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Formed | 1905: The first municipally owned hydro facility, Cedar Falls, begins generating power for Seattle |
Type | Electric utility |
Jurisdiction | City of Seattle and some outlying communities |
Headquarters | Municipal Tower, 700 Fifth Avenue, Seattle, Washington, United States |
Employees | 1,872 |
Agency executive |
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Website | https://www.seattle.gov/city-light |
Seattle City Light is the public utility providing electricity to Seattle, Washington, in the United States, and parts of its metropolitan area, including all of Shoreline, nearly all of Lake Forest Park, and parts of unincorporated King County, Burien, Normandy Park, SeaTac, Renton, and Tukwila.[1] Seattle City Light is the 10th largest public utility in the United States and the first municipal utility in the US to own and operate a hydroelectric facility. In 2005, it became the first electric utility in the United States to fully offset all its carbon emissions and has remained carbon neutral every year since.
Seattle City Light is a department of the City of Seattle and is governed by the Economic Development, Technology & City Light committee of the Seattle City Council.