Puget Sound Energy (PSE) is an energy company providing electrical power and natural gas in the Puget Sound region of the northwest United States. It serves electrical power to more than 1 million customers in Island, Jefferson, King, Kitsap, Kittitas, Pierce, Skagit, Thurston, and Whatcom counties. It provides natural gas to more than 720,000 customers in King, Kittitas, Lewis, Pierce, Snohomish and Thurston counties. The company owns fossil-fue...
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Puget Sound Energy (PSE) is an energy company providing electrical power and natural gas in the Puget Sound region of the northwest United States. It serves electrical power to more than 1 million customers in Island, Jefferson, King, Kitsap, Kittitas, Pierce, Skagit, Thurston, and Whatcom counties. It provides natural gas to more than 720,000 customers in King, Kittitas, Lewis, Pierce, Snohomish and Thurston counties. The company owns fossil-fuel, hydroelectric, and wind-power plants with more than 2,400 megawatts (MW) of capacity. The company's largest power generation asset comes from the Colstrip coal-fired power plants in Montana, which accounts for approximately 60% of the company's owned power generation.
PSE relies on coal-fired energy generation for 37% of its power supply fuel mix. PSE is Washington State's largest consumer of coal power and was responsible for approximately 58% of the state's coal power consumption in 2008.
PSE derives approximately 42 percent of its...
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