About Tacoma Power

Tacoma Power is an innovative, resident-owned electric utility that generates, transmits and distributes electricity and provides energy in an increasingly competitive marketplace.

We are committed to providing high-value, competitively priced products and services to our customers through the quality of our employees and the responsiveness that results from local ownership.

We will continue to serve our customers in Tacoma and neighboring communities and serve new markets to benefit both existing and new customers.

Tacoma Power is a proud member of the National Hydropower Association

Tacoma Power was established in 1893 when the residents of Tacoma voted to buy the privately owned Tacoma Light & Water Company. Local citizens believed that public ownership and local control would give them a higher caliber of services and the ability to maintain control over them. That decision paved the way for us to build one of the finest and most reliable electric systems in the United States.

Today, Tacoma Power, a division of Tacoma Public Utilities, is a community-owned, not-for-profit energy provider. For over a century, our City of Tacoma and Pierce County customers have depended on us for safe and reliable energy.

Our clean energy future will be built on a solid foundation of renewable, carbon-free hydropower, while we expand to include innovative energy technologies.

We commit to continuing to make thoughtful and responsible choices about our financial and environmental resources.