Clark Public Utilities

P.O. Box 8900

Vancouver, WA 98668

360-992-3000

www.clarkpud.com

mailbox@clarkpud.com

 

General Information

Incorporation: Formally known as Public Utility District No. 1 of Clark County, Clark Public Utilities was formed by a vote of the people in 1938. It is a not-for-profit municipal corporation organized under the laws of the state of Washington.

Voting District: All registered voters living in Clark County.

Current Electricity Rates: Residential electric rates are 7.36 cents per kilowatt-hour.

Current Water Rates: For the typical residential customer, the rate of $1.38 per 100 cubic feet.

Mission: Clark Public Utilities is a customer-owned public utility district that provides electric and water service in Clark County.

Annual Revenue: 2006 operating revenue: $340 million for electricity; $10.7 million for water.

 

Form of Government

Elected commissioners

 

Elected Officials

A three-member board of commissioners is elected by the citizens of Clark County to set policy for the utility. Their six-year terms are staggered. Commissioners set utility policy, approve annual budgets, establish rates, approve major purchases and select a general manager to run the utility.

 

District 1

Carol Curtis

Term expires: 12/31/12

District 2

Nancy Barnes

Term expires: 12/31/10

District 3

Byron Hanke

Term expires: 12/31/14

 

Engagement Opportunities

• Meetings of the board are held the second and fourth Tuesdays at 9 a.m., in the commission room at the utility's Vancouver Service Center, 1200 Fort Vancouver Way.
• The utility sponsors and hosts the annual Home and Garden Idea Fair at the Clark County Events Center.
• The utility is active in the community in terms of coordinating stream bed cleanups and restoration, conservation education, and more.
• Clark Public Utilities is a regular participant at the Clark County Fair each year, where they host a booth and give out free cups of cold water.

 

Staff

• Wayne Nelson, general manager
• Pat McGary, director of energy resources
• Larry N. Bekkedahl, director of engineering
• Douglas E. Quinn, P.E., director of water services
• Janet M. Gourle, director of information services
• Richard A. Dyer, Jr., CPA, director of finance/treasurer
• F. Andrew Huck, director of operations
• Mathew P. McCudden, director of customer services

 

Notes of Special Interest

 

Electric Utility

• Service area: All 667 square miles of Clark County

Water Utility

• Service area: Communities of Hazel Dell, Salmon Creek, Hockinson, Brush Prairie, La Center, Meadow Glade, Amboy, Venersborg, Lakeshore, Felida, Mt. Vista, Heisson, Dollars Corner, Duluth, Pioneer, Manor, Yacolt; also several small "satellite" systems throughout Clark County.

• Operations of the two systems are financially independent.