customer accounts (year end)
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Paul Lau, SMUD’s Chief Executive Officer and
General Manager
From the CEO: In 2025, SMUD remained committed to our region and our clean energy future — through innovation, partnership and perseverance.
We made great strides in 2025 with our 2030 Zero Carbon Plan, continuing to expand our clean technology portfolio with renewable energy and storage projects. We stayed true to our purpose: improving the quality of life for all our customers and community, while maintaining our guardrails of low rates and safe, reliable service. 2025 was a year of remarkable progress and resilience for SMUD, as we continue toward a zero-carbon future for all.
Safety and Reliability
In 2025, our commitment to safety and reliability grew even stronger by doubling down on our investments in grid reliability, infrastructure and safety for employees, contractors and customers.
In 2025, we replaced 210,237 circuit-feet of cable and 700+ poles.
Environmental Leadership
Our customers and community continue to embrace electric transportation
opportunities.
Our 2030 Zero Carbon Plan is a flexible roadmap to achieve our zero-carbon goal while ensuring that all customers and communities we serve reap the benefits of the clean energy transition.
Community Vitality
In 2025, we continued to meet the needs of our customers by focusing on outreach, education, technology enhancements and building awareness to achieve a carbon-free future by 2030.
We reached over 300,000 customers through community partnerships.
Affordability
Our rates are still among the lowest in California.
SMUD customers continue to receive low-cost power with rates more than 50% below those of our neighboring investor-owned utility and among the lowest in California. This kept about $1.8 billion in our community in 2025.
Organizational Agility
We continued to provide a workplace that values employees and provides opportunities for our workforce to shine by focusing on employee engagement, innovation and an ethical workplace.
We continued to expand our workforce training opportunities.