Electric Utility Information

History

Established in 1887, Colton's Electric Utility is the oldest founded utility in San Bernardino County. The utility was created to provide quality, reliable service to residential and business customers within the city. To date the utility goals include providing responsive and reliable service, equitable rates, and superior customer service. Colton Electric Utility owns and operates its own power plant, five substations and the entire electrical infrastructure including the transmission and distribution lines within the city boundaries. The utility serves approximately 16,818 residential customers and 3,399 commercial and industrial customers, with a peak load of 93 Mega, or Million, Watts.

Resources

Conduit and Vault Specifications (PDF)

Statistics

All data as of June 30, 2023

Average Number of Customers by Class

Class20192020202120222023
Residential16,79516,95617,20817,29116,818
Commercial2,5692,5802,6262,6583,276
Industrial
8596102105123
Other267268272276249
Total19,71619,90020,20820,32920,465
ClassFiscal Year 2013 to 2014Fiscal Year 2014 to 2015% Change
Commercial2,0391,983-2.7%
Industrial78813.7%
Municipal206203-1.5%
Residential15,97916,1661.2%
Total18,30218,4330.7%

Consumption by Class (kWh) 

ClassFiscal Year 2013 to 2014Fiscal Year 2014 to 015% Change
Commercial67,855,65267,983,6710.2%
Industrial175,650,505167,744,998-4.5%
Municipal2,807,1252,886,3932.8%
Residential96,279,67398,085,6161.9%
Total342,592,955336,700,678-1.7%

Annual System Peak

Type of DataFiscal Year 2013 to 2014Fiscal Year 2014 to 2015% Change
Annual System Peak82.74 MW84.39 MW2.0%