Welcome to the City of Redding Electric Utility website. In operation since 1921, the City of Redding Electric Utility strives to provide safe, reliable power at competitive rates to all of our customers. Currently our utility serves over 39,000 residential and business accounts. We also provide the street lighting system for this northern California city of approximately 80,000 people. The employees for REU are proud to serve our community with electricity - an essential service to our everyday lives.

At this site, we will provide information about our rates and services, some technical and engineering information, and energy conservation tips. In addition, you will find a list of phone numbers for our staff so if you can't find the answer to your question, call us and we will be happy to help you.

By investigating our site, you will find information about the current services we offer to both residential and commercial customers, how to report an outage, ways to save energy and lower your electric bill, and some answers to your engineering and technical questions. Under the General Information section of our site, you will find information about how municipal utilities operate, current legislation information, and many links to related sites including the United States Department of Energy, Western Area Power Administration, and the California Energy Commission, as well as many other useful and interesting sites.

Directly below you will find an index that will assist you in finding the information you are looking for. At the bottom of each page is an e-mail address to send your questions, suggestions, or comments. Let us know what you think.