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Would it be easier to make weekly or biweekly payments instead of one large payment each month? If so, PrePay may be right for you.
Statistics indicate that PrePay electricity programs help lower electric consumption due to customer awareness of usage patterns. Any customer interested in monitoring his or her electric use would benefit from our PrePay program.
This comes down to the efficiency of the solar cell, which "collects" the light energy, and it’s a simple exercise in scale. If you have a collector that is 20% efficient, which is on the high side for solar cells available on today’s market, it will absorb about 20% of the light that hits it. If you shine a lot of light on it (direct sunlight), the total amount of useful light for the production of energy will be much higher than if you shine a very little bit of light on it (ambient light). So, while "ambient light" may be able to generate a small amount of electricity from a solar PV system, it will greatly reduce the actual capacity factor of that system.
An electrical work permit is required by Washington State L&I on all new and/or altered wiring. There is a fee required for this permit.
This notice is provided in an effort to give you information regarding required electrical work permits.
For your convenience, you can receive a permit on the Washington State Deptartment of Labor & Industries website or in person at any Labor and Industries office.
An electrical inspector is in the Mason County area on designated days. Contact the Department of Labor and Industries, at one of the phone numbers listed below, for the days scheduled in your area.
The electrical inspector will leave an orange sticker on your meter base if the service has been approved. It is the customer's responsibility to notify PUD 3 of approvals. You can either call in the designated numbers on the orange sticker, or bring in your electrical work permit application copy which has been signed off by the state inspector. PUD 3 must have the approval before the service connection can be scheduled.
Please note that a hold harmless may not be used in lieu of the Labor & Industries approval. Some emergency situations may be an exception. It will be the sole discretion of PUD 3 to determine what constitutes an emergency. Please contact PUD 3 at (360) 426-0888 for more information.
Contacts & Comments
To contact the Department of Labor and Industries, please call:
- (360) 902-6350 in Tumwater/Olympia
- (360) 308-2800 in Silverdale (for the Belfair area)
Inspectors are available for questions Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.
Any comments about these procedures should be addressed to:
Department of Labor and Industries, Electrical Inspection Division
Tumwater: 7273 Linderson Way Southwest, Tumwater, WA 98502
Silverdale: 10049 Kitsap Mall Boulevard Northwest, #100, Silverdale, WA 98383
Mail: PO Box 44460, Olympia, WA 98504-4460
Eligibility is determined by household size, income, and energy burden. Energy burden is defined as the share of annual household income used to pay annual home energy bills.
- Households meeting income requirement with energy burden of less than 6% will receive a one-time credit of $175.
- Households meeting income requirement with energy burden of 6% or greater will receive a one-time credit of $500.
Customers currently receiving PUD’s Low-Income Senior Discount or Low-Income Disabled Discount are not eligible for the Project Share program. However, these and other customers who qualify for Project Share can participate in our low-income energy efficiency programs.
To apply for this program, click on the link below to fill out the online application. Please include supporting income and energy source documentation.
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- Printable Application - English (PDF)
- Printable Application - Spanish (PDF)
- Project Share Policy - English (PDF)
- Project Share Policy - Spanish (PDF)
If you would like to know more about Project Share, contact us at (360) 426-8255.
Call (855) 939-3721 to pay your bill by phone over our secure automated system.
PUD 3's secure, automated pay-by-phone system allows you to pay your bill by phone from anywhere, at anytime.
You may also choose to pay your bill online with SmartHub, or by downloading our SmartHub app from your phone's app store.
Project Share Assistance Program
If you round up your bill to the nearest dollar each month through the PUD’s “Round-Up” program, your extra change can help a family in need keep the heat on through the winter months.
Project Share is an assistance program that was started in 1983 to assist PUD 3 low-income customers. Qualifying low-income households receive a one-time credit of up to $500.
The program has served our community for 40 years due to the generous donations of our customers. To those who have never participated or are not aware of the program, please give Project Share some thought. All contributions are allocated to qualified low-income customers.
Your helping hand is a good opportunity for neighbors to help neighbors and your donation is tax-deductible.
It's Easy to Give to Project Share!
- Add any amount to your electric payment and note the amount of your donation on the payment stub, or
- Make out a separate check to Project Share, or
- Fill out the online donation form here:
For more information, please call us at (360) 426-8255.