Facts and figures
SMUD is the nation's sixth largest community-owned electric utility in terms of customers served.
The Sacramento Municipal Utility District began providing electricity to customers on December 31, 1946. Read about SMUD's history.
SMUD generates, transmits and distributes electric power to a 900-square-mile service area that includes Sacramento County and a small portion of Placer County.
SMUD’s purpose is to provide solutions for meeting our customers’ electrical energy needs.
General information
- Service area population: 1.4 million
- Service area (in square miles): 900
- Total number of customers: 589,599 (522,228 residential, 67,361 commercial)
- Employees: 2,161
- Transmission lines (in circuit miles): 473
- Distribution lines (in circuit miles) : 9,784
- Peak demand: 3,299 megawatts (July 24, 2006)
(March 2008)
More information
The latest annual report recaps the past year and includes SMUD's audited financial statements. Download this large PDF file.