December 2025
Warm Up While Keeping Costs Down
When the wintertime chills roll through, chase them away by pulling the heat in close and getting cozy. You’ll warm up quickly without raising energy bills when you skip the thermostat bump and grab a sweater, quilt, slippers or a heated blanket instead.
Home heating is the largest driver of the typical household’s energy bill in the cold months. Moving the thermostat up, even just a few degrees, can add up to significant increases in electricity costs.
Customers struggling to pay utility bills can contact customer service at 360-992-3000, 24 hours a day, seven days a week for help with payment arrangements or assistance programs.
Sign Up for Text Notifications
Get the latest outage and account information sent straight to your phone by text or email from Clark Public Utilities. Log in to MyAccount to customize notifications for power interruptions and restorations, payment reminders or paperless billing on our website.
Need help accessing your MyAccount? Call Customer Service at 360-992-3000 anytime, every day.
Water Rates Increase in 2026
Clark Public Utilities Water System rates will change effective Jan. 1, 2026, and again on Jan. 1, 2027. The two-year adjustments are the first increase for water customers since 2012 and will raise residential water costs approximately $4 to $13 per month.
Clark Public Utilities water rates are currently the lowest in the region and will remain among the lowest following the approved increases. The new rates reflect a comprehensive cost of service analysis and are required to fund significant systemwide infrastructure improvements needed to ensure a safe and reliable future supply of clean drinking water.
Over the next four years, Clark Public Utilities will prepare the water utility system for decades of service by investing $146.7 million to expand and modernize the system from source to meter.
Clark Public Utilities serves about 41,000 customers. Full rate schedules are available at www.clarkpublicutilities.com/rates.
Annual Race for Warmth Registration Open
Round up your walking or running club and tell your friends and family: registration is now open for the 12th annual Clark Public Utilities Race for Warmth on Sunday morning, January 25.
Bringing together more than a thousand runners and walkers, this annual community tradition offers something for all ages and abilities. As groups of friends stroll along the Vancouver waterfront for a good cause, other serious athletes appreciate the professionally timed race as a qualifying event ahead of marathon season. Together, participants hit the course in support of Operation Warm Heart, a Clark Public Utilities donation-funded program that helps households in financial crisis pay home heating bills.
The event starts and ends at the utility’s downtown Vancouver location on Fort Vancouver Way, with 5K and 10K routes through some of the city’s most beautiful and historic sights. Fun costumes, group themes and families with strollers are welcome — but please leave pets at home!
Registration is open — sign up today to reserve a race shirt in your size or make a tax-deductible donation to Operation Warm Heart at clarkpublicutilities.com/raceforwarmth. There you’ll also find additional information, route maps and registration options for individuals, groups and businesses. New this year, we’re offering a special group discount for businesses that want to put a team in the race! When 10 or more employees register together, each participant receives $10 off their registration.
A big thank you to local partners including the Area Heating & Cooling, Downtown Vancouver Rotary Club, New Tradition Homes, Alpha NW, Prairie Electric, Burgerville, Rotschy Inc. and many others for supporting Operation Warm Heart through the Race for Warmth.
Green Lights
Learn more about the utility’s voluntary renewable energy credit program.