The PUD is the largest utility customer of the Bonneville Power Administration, a major wholesale marketer of energy in the Western United States.

The PUD proposed that the federal government provide an additional $10 million towards this increased cost citing a "gentlemans agreement".

[6] When the federal government refused to provide the additional funding the project was cancelled by the PUD after spending nearly $10 million in reserves and grants.

These budgeted amounts were smaller than the actual costs of drilling, which totaled $4.375 million at the time that project was cancelled in 2012.

[9] The utility started offering incentives, loans and other resources for small-scale solar installations in spring 2009.

The utility has weatherized more than 60,000 homes, recycled more than 33,000 older, energy-wasting refrigerators and freezers, and sold more than 12 million compact fluorescent lights and LEDs at discounted prices through a retail network.

[12] The Snohomish County Public Utility District is a municipal corporation that was formed by a majority vote of the people on November 3, 1936.

[15] The agency paid $100,000 to partially transcribe the tapes after it had entered into a predatory contract during an energy shortage in 2001.

[17] By 2027, the PUD plans to replace seven electrical substations that had become outdated or unable to cope with growing populations in areas of the county.

[18] The PUD provides electrical service to 373,000 homes and businesses across all of Snohomish County and Camano Island.

The Henry M. Jackson Hydroelectric Project, which began operating in 1984, is the largest and is located in the Sultan River Basin.

[25][26][27] The PUD also receives energy from a biomass project at the Hampton Lumber Mill in Darrington, Washington.

Another biogas project, in Monroe, Washington, uses cow manure, restaurant grease and other wastes to produce methane for power generation.