Commercial customers are charged based on actual electrical use recorded on an electric meter.  Currently, one rate for each class of customer determined by monthly power use and/or peak monthly demand is offered.  More rate options are being investigated.

Residential customers are charged based on actual electrical use recorded on an electric meter.

The current electric rates be accessed here.

Electric Facilities Fees Ordinance No. 2008-03

Electric Connection Fees Ordinance No. 2018-01

The current connection fees are listed on the New Construction page.

Misc Fee Schedule

The Renewable Portfolio Standard is a requirement that the governing body implement and enforce a renewable portfolio standard to encourage renewable resources.  The Truckee Donner Public Utility District's Board defines which renewable resources, the percentage and the goal for this standard.

The Reliable Public Power Provider (RP₃) designation, which last for three years, recognizes public power utilities that demonstrate proficiency in four key disciplines: reliability, safety, workforce development, and system improvement.  Criteria within each category are based on sound business practices and represent a utility-wide commitment to safe and reliable delivery of electricity.

Truckee Donner Public Utility District (TDPUD) is one of 275 of the nation's more than 2,000 public power utilities to earn the RP₃ designation from the American Public Power Association (APPA).  TDPUD first achieved a Gold designation in 2015, a Platinum in 2018,  and has now improved to the Diamond designation in 2021. To see our most recent award, please click here.  

To learn more about the RP3 designation, please visit www.publicpower.org/rp3.

 TDPUD 2023 Board Workshop Series on Electric Resources (click here)

Truckee Donner Public Utility District (TDPUD), in procuring electric resources, strives to balance the benefits of rates, environment/carbon, and reliability.  TDPUD must also comply with numerous California State mandates including achieving a 60% renewable portfolio standard (RPS) by 2030 and a requirement that all of the State's electricity come from carbon-free resources by 2045.

TDPUD has made great strides to introduce carbon free resources into our electric resource portfolio and to diversify our resource mix while maintaining stable and competitive rates plus investing in system reliability.  Today, TDPUD procures nearly 65% carbon-free resources, well ahead of the California mandates, while maintaining stable and competitive electric rates.  Furthermore, TDPUD's Board is considering a new Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS) solar project (Red Mesa) which is scheduled to come on line in 2022 and which would increase TDPUD's carbon-free resources to approximately 75%.

To vet potential sources of electricity like the proposed Red Mesa Solar Project, the TDPUD participates in the UAMPS Resource Project which evaluates new electric resources and technologies and makes recommendations for procurements to its public power members.  TDPUD's existing wind project (Horse Butte) and new heat-recovery project (Veyo) came out of this process.

The following link provides recent information on TDPUD's Electric Resource Portfolio.