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Utility Fact Sheet

Electric Utility
City of Santa Clara
FACT SHEET - DEC 2025
City Hall
1500 Warburton Avenue
Santa Clara, CA 95050		 Phone:
408-615-6600
Form of Government: Council-City Manager
No. of Employees (Budgeted 2025-26): 235
Operating Adopted Budget (2025-26):1 $ 1,079,678,740
Fast Facts:
Electric Accounts 62,447
Peak Demand 746.5 MW
Service Area 18.41 square miles
System Load Factor 78.6%
Transmission Lines 62.3 miles
Distribution Lines:
Underground 394.1 miles
Overhead 185.1 miles
Street Lights 8,442
2025 Calendar Year Retail Transactions:
Sales Revenues2 $ 812,207,182
kWh Sales3 5,028,370,817
Purchased Power & Generation for Retail:
kWh
City-Owned Generating Facilities 845,376,256 16.5%
Joint Power Agencies 572,889,567 11.2%
Market Purchases/Sales 661,990,746 12.9%
Purchased Power Agreements 3,057,025,210 59.5%
Total 5,137,281,779 100.0%
Average Monthly Customer Count of Accounts & Total Annual kWh Sales:
kWh
Residential 54,000 258,889,827 5.1%
Commercial 6,818 121,110,056 2.4%
Industrial 1,287 4,631,535,053 92.1%
Other 342
 16,835,881
 0.3%
Total 62,447 5,028,370,817
 100.0%

Note 1: Includes Transfers Out between SVP Funds
Note 2: Unaudited; Includes revenue from unmetered accounts and public benefits charges.
Note 3: kWh sales may include adjustments due to timing issues.

Financial Statement and Information

Silicon Valley Power is an enterprise of the City of Santa Clara and was established in 1896. On a not-for-profit basis, Silicon Valley Power owns power generation facilities, has investments in joint ventures that produce electric power, and trades power on the open market. These efforts are directed toward ensuring its retail customers—the citizens, organizations and business of the City of Santa Clara—a highly reliable source of electric power at low, stable rates.

View the June 30, 2025 with totals as of June 30, 2024 Financial Statement.

See previous Silicon Valley Power's annual financial statements on the City's Finance Department page.

Last Updated:
05-22-2026