Puget Sound Energy is Washington state's oldest local energy utility providing electrical power and natural gas primarily in the Puget Sound region of the northwest United States. The utility serves electricity to more than 1.1 million customers in Island, Jefferson, King, Kitsap, Kittitas, Pierce, Skagit, Thurston, and Whatcom counties; and provides natural gas to 750,000 customers in King, Kittitas, Lewis, Pierce, Snohomish and Thurston counties. PSE’s 6,000-square-mile electric and natural gas service area covers the largest metropolitan region north of San Francisco and west of... Chicago. PSE’s electric supplies include utility-owned resources as well as those under long-term contract, for a total capacity of 5,044 megawatts . PSE owns wind, hydroelectric, and thermal-fired power-generating facilities, with more than 2,900 MW of capacity. PSE is a national leader in wind power, and is recognized by the American Wind Energy Association as the second-largest utility owner of wind energy facilities in the United States.
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