COO Frankie McDermott discusses SMUD’s efforts to address the industry’s ‘greatest challenges.’ SMUD is the host utility for the T&D World Conference & Exhibition, and McDermott is one of the featured ...

SMUD customers may see their electricity bills increase due to proposed rate hikes aimed at addressing inflation, wildfire costs, and new power investments.

SMUD customers may see their electricity bills increase due to proposed rate hikes aimed at addressing inflation, wildfire costs, and new power investments.

The latest January electricity rate increase of 2% followed another increase nine months earlier of 1.5%. However, those hikes have been smaller than the ones SMUD customers saw in 2020 and 2021.

SMUD says it has fully restored power downtown after a fire at one of the utility’s substations caused a three-day outage for 550 customers, including Old Sacramento.

California’s solar mandate went into effect in January, requiring all new single-family home construction to be built with access to renewable energy.

SMUD calls Hot Italian one of its “success stories,” but adds that its commercial energy-efficiency programs have helped thousands of businesses in the region save money on energy costs.

Hundreds of SMUD customers in Sacramento County still without power. Here's why As of Thursday night, more than 1,100 people across the county were still in the dark, several days after losing ...

A new lawsuit says police are going to people's homes without a warrant just because they use a lot of electricity. The tactic is used to search for illegal marijuana gardens.

They will just not lose power. Customers are encouraged to contact SMUD to make payment arrangements or to find out about energy assistance rate programs.

Sacramento’s electric utility, SMUD, is warning power outages will more than likely accompany this week’s intense storms. In a news brief issued on Tuesday, the utility predicted Wednesday’s ...

If you are a SMUD customer, your electricity bill is likely going to go up as the Sacramento Municipal Utility District is proposing a rate increase for each of the next two years. SMUD is ...