The Town of Steilacoom purchases all its power needs as a full requirements preference customer of the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA). The town’s electric system configuration consists of the following:
- 150,000 feet (28.4 miles) of underground residential distribution (URD) cables
- 450 transformers
- 677 streetlights - retrofitted with LED lights which reduced energy consumption by 274,096 kWh per year
- 2,800 secondary services (metered connections)
- 197 underground vaults
- 4 main primary feeder lines
- 7 sets of feeder switch gear
- 4 feeder reclosures
- 1.5 miles of overhead wires and transformers
For new qualifying renewable energy installations, the following are required:
Power Outage Preparations
Be prepared and know what to do when the lights go out.