Seattle City Light will introduce a Time of Use (TOU) rate in 2025, giving customers a new way to manage their energy use and lower their bills. To help you understand how this will work, we asked the TOU team to explain the basics of TOU rates and how they… [ Keep reading ]
At Seattle City Light, we’re working hard to bring you new options to help you better understand and manage your energy use. That’s why we’re excited to announce that an optional Time of Use (TOU) rate will be available to residential and small/medium business customers starting in mid-2025. With TOU… [ Keep reading ]
Update: On Nov. 21, Seattle City Council voted to adopt the 2025-2026 budget, which includes approval for Seattle City Light’s planned rate increases. Seattle City Light is a public, not-for-profit utility, and we make decisions for the long-term benefit of our customers and the communities we serve. We work hard… [ Keep reading ]
Update as of December 2024: When will the 2025 Time of Use (TOU) Rate be available? We plan to offer the Time of Use (TOU) Rate in mid-2025. Right now, we are creating a system to help you better understand and manage your energy use. This will include tools to… [ Keep reading ]
As we continue into the new year, we have received many inquiries about the recent rate adjustments. So, we’ve compiled the following list of frequently asked questions to keep our community informed. Why did Seattle City Light raise rates, and when did this change happen? In 2022, the Seattle City… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle City Light will implement new rates effective Jan. 1, 2024. In addition to the planned 4.5% base rate increase adopted by City Council last fall, we will apply two automatic surcharges: The anticipated bill increase for a typical residential customer will be about $9 per month, or $18 per… [ Keep reading ]
After deferring or reducing increases in recent years, utility responds to pressures of inflation, growth and new technologies. Seattle City Light is a public, not-for-profit utility, and we make decisions for the long-term benefit of our community and customers. We work hard to keep rates low and predictable for all… [ Keep reading ]
Update January 4, 2022: City Light became aware of an error in our billing system that resulted in some Seattle City Light residential customers receiving bill notifications on Jan. 4, 2022, that show double charges for the same usage. The error was limited to a subset of approximately 12,500 residential customer bills processed. We have paused all… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle City Light submitted to the City Council today a rate schedule for the next two years that follows the directions Mayor Jenny Durkan gave us during development of our Strategic Plan, which was approved in June.
Low revenue from the surplus energy Seattle City Light sells to other utilities has triggered a 1.5 percent surcharge on electricity rates, starting in August.
