Private company
Sacramento Municipal Utility District
Logo: Sacramento Municipal Utility District, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4
Publicly owned electric utility
The Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) is a community-owned electric utility serving Sacramento County and parts of Placer County. It is one of the ten largest publicly owned utilities in the United States, generating the bulk of its power through natural gas (estimated 35.2% of production total in 2020) and large hydroelectric generation plants (29.1% in 2020).2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- HeadquartersSacramento1
- Websitewww.smud.org
- Legal formGOVERNMENT3
- Kind of organizationGovernment entity1
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- StatusActive3
- LEI statusIssued and current3
- Registered address6301 S St., 95817 Sacramento, United States3
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The Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) is a community-owned electric utility serving Sacramento County and parts of Placer County. It is one of the ten largest publicly owned utilities in the United States, generating the bulk of its power through natural gas (estimated 35.2% of production total in 2020) and large hydroelectric generation plants (29.1% in 2020).2
Corporate structure
Sacramento Municipal Utility District sits at the top of its group. 2 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.
- Sacramento Municipal Utility District Sacramento, California, United States
- Northern California Energy Authority Subsidiary · Sacramento, California, United States
- Upper American River Project Owned · California, United States
Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.
What it owns
What Sacramento Municipal Utility District reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.
Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)
- Upper American River Project
Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1
Subsidiaries and ownership
Also owns
- Upper American River Project
From Wikidata.1
Timeline
- Jul 2, 1923Founded Founded1
Funding
Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.
- Federal grants $207.2M
- Other federal assistance $249.5K
- Federal contracts $5.5M
Figures by year
| Year | Federal grants | Other federal assistance | Federal contracts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | – | – | $19.9K | $19.9K |
| 2025 | – | – | $297.2K | $297.2K |
| 2024 | $53.0M | $249.5K | $40.1K | $53.3M |
| 2023 | – | – | $246.6K | $246.6K |
| 2022 | – | – | $24.5K | $24.5K |
| 2021 | – | – | $174.9K | $174.9K |
| 2020 | – | – | $2.0M | $2.0M |
| 2019 | – | – | $331.1K | $331.1K |
| 2018 | – | – | $138.4K | $138.4K |
| 2017 | – | – | $83.7K | $83.7K |
| 2016 | – | – | $15.3K | $15.3K |
| 2015 | $799.3K | – | $1.4M | $2.2M |
| 2014 | – | – | $63.9K | $63.9K |
| 2013 | $14.6M | – | $91.9K | $14.6M |
| 2012 | $1.9M | – | $140.1K | $2.0M |
| 2010 | $9.4M | – | $59.2K | $9.5M |
| 2009 | $127.5M | – | $107.8K | $127.6M |
| 2008 | – | – | $186.1K | $186.1K |
Federal awards
Obligated amounts from USAspending.gov5, by calendar year, 2008–2026, for its registration. Obligations are what agencies committed, not always what was paid out. Contracts pay for goods and services; grants, loans and direct payments are assistance. Loans are charted at the face value of the loans listed here. An award’s amount below is its lifetime total, and some began before the years charted.
Largest grants
- Dec 24, 2009$127.5M from Department of Energy: Electricity Delivery And Energy Reliability, Research, Development And Analysis6 To SACRAMENTO MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT Award DEOE0000214
- Oct 1, 2024$50.0M from Department of Energy: Grid Infrastructure Deployment And Resilience7 To SACRAMENTO MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT Award DEGD0000902
- Jan 27, 2010$5.1M from Department of Energy: Renewable Energy Research And Development8 To SACRAMENTO MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT Award DEEE0003070
- Jan 5, 2010$4.3M from Department of Energy: Renewable Energy Research And Development9 To SACRAMENTO MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT Award DEEE0002066
- Oct 1, 2024$2.9M from Department of Energy: State Energy Program10 To SACRAMENTO MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT Award DESE0000737
- Feb 1, 2012$2.0M from Department of Energy: Renewable Energy Research And Development11 To SACRAMENTO MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT Award DEEE0005414
- Apr 1, 2012$1.5M from Department of Energy: Renewable Energy Research And Development12 To SACRAMENTO MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT Award DEEE0005413
- Oct 1, 2015$425.8K from Department of Energy: Electricity Delivery And Energy Reliability, Research, Development And Ana; Electricity Delivery And Energy Reliability, Research, Development And Analysis13 To SACRAMENTO MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT Award DEOE0000782
Largest direct payments
- Jan 1, 2023$249.5K from Department of Energy: Grid Deployment Office - Other Direct Funding Mechanisms/Identified Transactions14 To SACRAMENTO MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT Award DEGR0000034
Links
- Websitewww.smud.org1
- X (Twitter)x.com/SMUDUpdates1
- Facebookwww.facebook.com/mysmud1
- Instagramwww.instagram.com/mysmud1
- YouTubewww.youtube.com/channel/UCG-JNJVBZJ5d5BOXZqOFT1g1
- WikipediaSacramento Municipal Utility District
- WikidataQ7397001
Sources
The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.
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- 6USAspending.govDEOE0000214: Department of Energy
- 7USAspending.govDEGD0000902: Department of Energy
- 8USAspending.govDEEE0003070: Department of Energy
- 9USAspending.govDEEE0002066: Department of Energy
- 10USAspending.govDESE0000737: Department of Energy
- 11USAspending.govDEEE0005414: Department of Energy
- 12USAspending.govDEEE0005413: Department of Energy
- 13USAspending.govDEOE0000782: Department of Energy
- 14USAspending.govDEGR0000034: Department of Energy