This article is about the public electric utility. For the water utility, see Sacramento Department of Utilities.
Sacramento Municipal Utility District
Company type
Municipal
Industry
Electricity
Founded
1923
Headquarters
SMUD Headquarters Building Sacramento, California, United States
Revenue
US$ 1.652 Billion (2018)[1]
Operating income
US$ 242.087 Million (2018)[1]
Net income
US$ 209.138 Million (2018)[1]
Number of employees
2,278 (2018)[2]
Website
www.smud.org
The Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) is a community-owned electric utility serving Sacramento County and parts of Placer County.[3] It is one of the ten largest publicly owned utilities in the United States, generating the bulk of its power through natural gas (estimated 35.2% of production total in 2020) and large hydroelectric generation plants (29.1% in 2020). SMUD's green power (renewable) energy output was estimated as 33.8% in 2020.[4]
SMUD owned the Rancho Seco Nuclear Generating Station nuclear power plant, shut down by a vote of the utility's rate-payers in the late 1980s. Although the nuclear plant is now decommissioned, its now-unused iconic towers remain on the site. Solar arrays and the 500-megawatt Cosumnes gas-fired plant have risen in proximity to the towers.
SMUD's headquarters building, built in the late 1950s on the edge of the East Sacramento neighborhood, is notable for its mural by Sacramento artist Wayne Thiebaud. The mural wraps around the ground floor of the building and is accessible to the public. It is one of the earliest major works by the artist, and remains his largest installation to date.
^ abc"Consolidated Financial Statements Report of Independent Auditors". Sacramento Municipal Utility District. 2019. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
^"2018 Annual Report". Sacramento Municipal Utility District. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
^"Company information". Sacramento Municipal Utility District. Retrieved 2020-01-11.
^"2020 POWER CONTENT LABEL". Sacramento Municipal Utility District. 2020. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
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