Editing Jefferson County, Washington (section)

==Infrastructure==

===Utilities===

The Jefferson County Public Utility District (PUD) provides [[electricity]] to over 23,000 customers in Jefferson County and water to 5,600 customers.<ref>{{cite web |date=February 18, 2025 |title=Accountability Audit Report: Public Utility District No. 1 of Jefferson County |page=6 |url=https://portal.sao.wa.gov/ReportSearch/Home/ViewReportFile?arn=1036637&isFinding=false&sp=false |publisher=[[Washington State Auditor|Office of the Washington State Auditor]] |accessdate=March 3, 2025}}</ref> It was established in 1939 to construct electrical infrastructure for rural communities and expanded into providing water service in 1981.<ref>{{cite web |title=History Of Jefferson County PUD No. 1 |url=https://www.jeffpud.org/mission-vision-history-of-the-pud/ |publisher=Jefferson County Public Utility District |accessdate=March 3, 2025}}</ref> The PUD began electrical service to the entire county in April 2013 after it had acquired assets and infrastructure from [[Puget Sound Energy]], a private operator, for $103 million. The transfer had been approved by voters in the November 2008 general election after Puget Sound Energy had been sold to an Australian [[hedge fund]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Wilson |first=Scott |date=April 14, 2023 |title=Public power vote in 2008 set up PUD's 10th anniversary in 2023 |url=https://www.ptleader.com/stories/public-power-vote-in-2008-set-up-puds-10th-anniversary-in-2023,115666 |work=[[Port Townsend & Jefferson County Leader]] |accessdate=March 3, 2025}}</ref>