Energy Resource Planning: Integrated Resource Plan

Energy resource planning

More than 1.3 million Washington homes and businesses count on Puget Sound Energy to provide safe, reliable, reasonably priced energy service. To meet their expectations, PSE must have adequate supplies of natural gas and electricity on hand at all times. What's more, PSE must strive to obtain its energy supplies – whether from the utility's own facilities or from outside sources – at the lowest reasonable cost and in an environmentally responsible manner.

PSE conducts comprehensive research and planning to develop an effective energy-resource strategy. The strategy's cornerstone is PSE's Integrated Resource Plan (IRP). This plan is a detailed examination of the many resource options available to PSE, along with a thorough and objective assessment of the likely benefits, costs and risks associated with each option.

Integrated Resource Plan

Puget Sound Energy's IRP is an extensive analysis of the expected risks, costs and opportunities associated with procuring future energy supplies. The plan's aim is to help guide PSE's efforts to secure reliable, cost-effective energy resources for serving customers' needs. One aspect of the plan is a careful projection of PSE customers' natural gas and electricity needs two decades into the future. Updated every two years, the plan also provides a critical, research-based assessment of the many options available for meeting customers' long-range energy requirements.