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Tariff data · 2026-08-26
Puget Sound Energy Inc · WA

8 (Residential & Farm General Service - Three Phase)

When does peak hit on Puget Sound Energy Inc’s 8? The hour never matters here — only the season. Rates peak October–March.

  • peak18.99¢
  • off-peak18.67¢
Weekdays
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What does 8 cost a year?

This does not look like an ordinary household tariff — the tariff is named “General Service”. The utility files it under its residential sector, but the estimates below assume a normal home, so they may not describe what this service is for. We leave it out of the plan-to-plan comparisons for that reason.
HouseholdUsesPer yearWorks out to
Apartment

One or two people, no central air, no electric heat

4,866 kWh$1,22825.2¢ / kWh
Family home

Three or four people with central air conditioning

9,453 kWh$2,08922.1¢ / kWh
Home with an EV

Same house, plus an electric car charging overnight

13,103 kWh$2,77621.2¢ / kWh

Estimates, not quotes. We run three made-up but realistic households through this tariff hour by hour for a full year — including the way air conditioning loads the afternoon and an EV loads the small hours. Your own bill depends on when you actually use electricity, which is exactly the thing a per-kWh number hides.

What you actually pay

PeriodRateApplies when
peak18.99¢midnight–midnight, October–March
off-peak18.67¢midnight–midnight, April–September

Plus a fixed charge of $25.95 per month.

Should you be on 8?

The hour of day does not change what you pay here — the month does. Running the same house through the full year, July costs about $231 and February about $139. That $92 swing is part rate and part weather, and it is the reason a budget built on your spring bill will break in July.

Before a single kilowatt-hour moves, this plan charges $311 a year in fixed fees. On the apartment above that is 25% of the whole bill; on the house with a car charging in it, 11%. Fixed charges are invisible in a cents-per-kWh comparison and they punish small users hardest — if you use very little electricity, the headline rate is the least important number on this page.

If this is new to you

Where this comes from

Effective
2026-03-21

the date this tariff took effect

Covers
delivery + supply

우편번호 매핑에서 이 지역 서비스 종류가 Bundled — 배달과 공급을 함께 판다

Enrollment
open to new customers

Tariff document: https://www.pse.com/-/media/Project/PSE/Portal/Rate-documents/summ_elec_prices_2026_03_21.pdf?rev=9728c0e290b04b3a8871d74f1541b1e9&sc_lang=en