Tri-Cities Fast Facts

  • The Tri-Cities area is currently home to 1,600 PhDs and 7,000 engineers and scientists and has the second highest percentage of technology jobs per 1,000 in the state.    The average annual wage for a Professional, Scientific and Technology Services (P-T-S) worker in Benton County is $61,415.

    World class technology companies need world class workers, and, with some exceptions, they are generally available in the Tri-Cities. In 2000, 94 percent of Benton County’s population 25 years of age or older had a high school diploma or better.   Almost 40 percent had at least four years of college and, of those, almost 10 percent held advanced degrees.    Benton County has roughly twice as many PhDs as the state average at 1.5 percent of all adults 25 or older.

    The Tri-Cities is home to a far higher percentage of P-T-S workers than anywhere else in the state.   In 2004, P-T-S workers accounted for 12.45 percent of all non-farm employment in the MSA.   The percentage of P-T-S workers in King County (home of Microsoft) was 6.66 percent and the statewide average was 4.81 percent.

    Patent activity by local companies and their employees is also a good measure of how active an area is in the innovative process.   These ideas are the basis of future products and processes.   In 2007, Tri-City companies received 32 new patents and submitted 46 patent applications.

    RESIDENTIAL

    Rate Existing Effective thru 12/31/12 2013 Effective 1/1/13
    Customer Charge
    $/Mo.    		 Single Phase
    Multi Phase    		 $ 10.75
    17.95    		 $ 12.25
    20.45
    Energy
    $/kWh    		 Annual 0.0570 0.0616

    SMALL GENERAL SERVICE MONTHLY DEMAND: 0 – 50 KW

    Rate Existing Effective thru 12/31/12 2013 Effective 1/1/13
    Customer Charge $/Mo. Single Phase
    Multi Phase    		 $ 8.00
    13.35    		 $ 15.00
    25.03
    Energy $/kWh All Winter
    W – (0-2,500)
    W – (2,501-20,000)
    W – (20,001+)    		 0.0441
    0.0438
    0.0278
    All Summer
    S – (0-2,500)
    S – (2,501-20,000)
    S – (20,001+)    		 0.0407
    0.0400
    0.0212
    Annual 0.0486
    Demand $/kW All kW
    kW >50    		 5.95

    MEDIUM GENERAL SERVICE MONTHLY METERED DEMAND: >50 – 300 kW

    Rate Existing Effective thru 12/31/12 2013 Effective 1/1/13
    Customer Charge $/Mo. Single Phase
    Multi Phase    		 $ 12.75
    21.25    		 $ 25.00
    41.67
    Energy $/kWh All Winter
    W – (0-20,000)
    W – (20,001+)    		 0.0433
    0.0326
    All Summer
    S – (0-20,000)
    S – (20,001+)    		 0.0377
    0.0238
    Annual 0.0312
    Demand $/kW All kW
    kW >50    		 5.80 5.85

    LARGE GENERAL SERVICE MONTHLY METERED DEMAND: >300 – 1000 kW

    Rate Existing Effective thru 12/31/12 2013 Effective 1/1/13
    Customer Charge $/Mo. Single Phase
    Multi Phase    		 $ 30.00
    50.00    		 $ 25.00
    41.67
    Energy $/kWh All Winter
    W – (0-20,000)
    W – (20,001+)    		 0.0431
    0.0324
    All Summer
    S – (0-20,000)
    S – (20,001+)    		 0.0374
    0.0235
    Annual 0.0312
    Demand $/kW All kW
    kW >50    		 5.70 5.85

    SMALL INDUSTRIAL MONTHLY METERED DEMAND: >1000 – 5000 kW

    Rate Existing Effective thru 12/31/12 2013 Effective 1/1/13
    Customer Charge $/Mo. Single Phase
    Multi Phase    		 $ 45.00
    75.00    		 $ 80.00
    133.33
    Energy $/kWh All Winter
    W – (0-20,000)
    W – (20,001+)    		 0.0429
    0.0323
    All Summer
    S – (0-20,000)
    S – (20,001+)    		 0.0373
    0.0233
    Annual 0.0350
    Demand $/kW All kW
    kW >50    		 5.60 6.25

    LARGE INDUSTRIAL MONTHLY METERED DEMAND: >5000 kW

    Rate Existing Effective thru 12/31/12 2013 Effective 1/1/13
    Customer Charge $/Mo. Single Phase
    Multi Phase    		 $ 115.00
    115.00    		 $ 120.00
    120.00
    Energy $/kWh All Winter 0.0331
    All Summer 0.0241
    Annual 0.0323
    Demand $/kW All kW 3.85 5.40

    SMALL IRRIGATION MONTHLY METERED DEMAND: 0 – 60 HP

    Rate Existing Effective thru 12/31/12 2013 Effective 1/1/13
    Annual Minimum
    HP Charge    		 Single Phase
    Multi Phase    		 $ 90.00
    150.00    		 $ 100.00
    166.67
    $/kWh Annual 4.60 5.19
    All Winter
    W – (0-2,500)
    W – (2,501-20,000)
    W – (20,001+)    		 0.0449
    0.0440
    0.0284
    All Summer
    S – (0-2,500)
    S – (2,501-20,000)
    S – (20,001+)    		 0.0407
    0.0400
    0.0215
    $/kW All kW
    kW >50    		 6.30

    LARGE IRRIGATION MONTHLY METERED DEMAND: >60HP

    Rate Existing Effective thru 12/31/12 2013 Effective 1/1/13
    Annual Minimum
    HP Charge    		 Single Phase
    Multi Phase
    $/kWh All Winter 0.0325
    All Summer 0.0265
    Annual 0.0329
    $/HP Annual 4.50 4.97
    $/kW All kW kW>50 5.95

    STREET LIGHTING

    Rate Existing Effective thru 12/31/12 2013 Effective 1/1/13
    Energy
    $/kWh    		 Monthly $ 0.0793 0.0952

    TRAFFIC LIGHTING

    Rate Existing Effective thru 12/31/12 2013 Effective 1/1/13
    Basic Charge Monthly $ 2910.00
    Energy
    $/kWh    		 Monthly 0.0670 0.0701

    SECURITY LIGHTING

    Rate Unmetered Metered
    Existing Effective thru 12/31/12 2013 Effective 1/1/13 Existing Effective thru 12/31/12 2013 Effective 1/1/13
    Residential Yard Light (250 W or less) $ 8.65 $ 10.40 $ 4.85 $ 5.80
    Area Lighting $ 13.00 $ 15.60 $ 5.55 $ 6.65
    400 Watt Mercury Vapor $ 13.00 $ 15.60 $ 5.55 $ 6.65
    500 Watt or less Incandescent $ 24.00 $ 28.80 $ 8.60 $ 10.30
    1000 Watt Mercury Vapor $ 24.00 $ 28.80 $ 8.60 $ 10.30
    1000/1500 Watt Incandescent $ 8.65 $ 10.40 $ 4.85 $ 5.80

    Rates are monthly charges per installed light.
    Pole Rental:
    When an individual wood pole is required on a new installation, the following monthly charges apply:
    40 feet or less: $1.20
    Over 40 feet: $1.20 plus $0.06 per foot
    Additional charge will be made for lamps installed 75 feet or more above the ground.

    CABLE TELEVISION AMPLIFIER

    Rate Existing Effective thru 12/31/12 2013 Effective 1/1/13
    Energy
    $/kWh    		 Monthly $ 0.0481 $ 0.0481