Facts and figures

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SMUD is the nation's sixth largest community-owned electric utility in terms of customers served.

The Sacramento Municipal Utility District began providing electricity to customers on December 31, 1946. Read about SMUD's history.

SMUD generates, transmits and distributes electric power to a 900-square-mile service area that includes Sacramento County and a small portion of Placer County.

SMUD’s purpose is to provide solutions for meeting our customers’ electrical energy needs.

General information

Service area population: 1.4 million
Service area (in square miles): 900
Total number of customers: 589,599 (522,228 residential, 67,361 commercial)
Employees: 2,161
Transmission lines (in circuit miles): 473
Distribution lines (in circuit miles) : 9,784
Peak demand: 3,299 megawatts (July 24, 2006)

(March 2008)

More information

The latest annual report recaps the past year and includes SMUD's audited financial statements. Download this large PDF file.

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