Working With Us

It takes a community working together to deliver safe, affordable, reliable energy to homes and businesses. We work in close partnership with local contractors, developers, consultants and businesses to support economic development while ensuring projects are delivered on time and within budget. 

Fostering Diversity in Business

City Light strives to build partnerships with businesses that reflect the diversity of our community. We actively participate in the City of Seattle's Women- and Minority-Owned Enterprises (WMBE) Program to support those businesses that add value to our services, our customers and our community by promoting their inclusion in day-to-day procurement opportunities.

Learn more about City Light's Women- and Minority-Owned Businesses program, or contact our specialist to answer your questions.

To promote your business and make it easier to do work with City Light, register your business and get listed in the City’s online business directory.

Trade Ally Hub

City Light aims to provide designers, contractors, and installers with incentives, clear communication, relevant training, and effective tools to successfully complete energy projects. The Trade Ally Hub is your go-to resource to find everything you need. Stay informed by connecting with us and come back to this page for updates.

Permitting for Electrical Service

You may need an electrical permit when you are installing new electrical wiring, altering existing wiring, extending wiring or attempting to connect to the power grid. Seattle businesses can learn more at the Seattle Department of Construction & Inspections. Businesses in other cities should contact their appropriate jurisdiction.

Transmission Services

Learn more about gaining access to our transmission system assets.

Joint Use Licensing and Partnerships

If you are another utility (cable, power, phone service, DSL, fiber optics or other) looking to share space on a set of City Light poles, our Joint Use Engineering team can help.

Renewable Resource Acquisition

City Light is actively seeking to acquire new, renewable resources to meet our customers’ needs for clean energy. We issue new Requests for Proposals (RFPs) often.

Real Estate Services

Learn more about how we manage our portfolio of City Light land properties.

City Light

Dawn Lindell, General Manager and CEO
Address: 700 5th Ave, Seattle, WA, 98104
Mailing Address: PO Box 34023, Seattle, WA, 98124-4023
Phone: (206) 684-3000
SCL_ExternalComms@seattle.gov

Seattle City Light was created by the citizens of Seattle in 1902 to provide affordable, reliable, and environmentally responsible electric power to the City of Seattle and neighboring suburbs.