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Electricity in Idaho and the Northwest Reed Burkholder - April 12, 1992

	total sales 1993 (MWH)2	purchased from BPA-1993 (MWH)3	% purchased from BPA 1993 (MWH)	Average residential power bill2	% of annual electricity from 4 lower Snake River dams6	Annual value per residence of electricity from 4 lower Snake River dams
Seattle City Light	8,914,888	2,158,503	24.2%	$402.61	3.0%	$12.09
Washington Water Power	10,445,596	1,101,507	10.5%	$658.23	1.3%	$8.64
Idaho Power	14,995,927	207,184	1.4%	$702.81	.175%	$1.23
Portland General1	19,654,000	2,362,907	12.0%	$603.55	1.0%	$6.23
Puget Power	20,101,089	2,293,237	11.4%	$708.97	1.4%	$10.10
Pacificorp7	57,362,000	1,588,788	2.8%	$622.00	.35%	$2.18
Combined	131,473,500	9,712,126	7.4%		0.93%

¹ 1991 data
² Source: Annual report of each utility
³ Source: Bonneville Power Administration annual report 1993
⁶ The four lower Snake River dams are a small part of the 30-dam electrical system managed by the BPA, just 12.5% in 1993; 8.6% in 1991
⁷ Pacificorp conducts its retail electric utility operations as Pacific Power and as Utah Power.
⁸ Idaho Power, Washington Water Power, Utah Power and Pacific Power serve over 90% of the people of Idaho. BPA-supplied Coops and Municipalities serve most of the remaining Idahoans.
⁹ 6,788,010 people is 78% of the population of the Northwest, that is, Washington, Idaho and Oregon.