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Benton REA is not experiencing any reported widespread outages. If your home or neighborhood is out of power, please report it by calling 800-221-6987 or click the "Report an Outage" button below. To view all current outages that are affecting more than 10 members, click the "View Outage Map" button. 

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Featured Programs and Services

Lower Monumental Dam

Benton REA

We Need Your Help to Stop the Spill

Water that could have produced electricity was spilled over eight Snake and Columbia River dams this year. Benton REA got a bill for $110,406 of the spill cost. Congressman Dan Newhouse and Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rogers support legislation to stop any future spill. Benton REA needs your help. Please ask your senators to keep electricity affordable and reliable.

 

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PowerNET

Business I.T. Consulting

Our goal is to provide your business with personal, professional and timely support with our Business Class Consulting Services. Whether your network consists of four computers or 4,000, we are here to help.

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Benton REA

Co-op Solar Sells Out

Benton REA members are bringing renewable, carbon-free solar energy to the area. All 550 solar units in Benton REA's first community solar project have been claimed. To get your name on a waiting list for future solar opportunities, click here to download and submit an application.

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Benton REA & PowerNET

Employment Opportunities

Do you want to make a difference in your community? Join our team at Benton REA and PowerNET where you can help provide affordable, reliable and safe electricity as well as internet and IT consulting services to our member-owners. Our mission is to provide a stable, safe, competitive career oriented work environment for the cooperative’s employees. Benton REA is an equal opportunity employer.

Recent Co-op News

Lower Monumental Dam

Electric rates remain stable

September 20, 2018
On Wednesday, September 19, 2018, a news reporter incorrectly stated that Benton REA will raise rates $10 per member to cover the cost of the spill over the Columbia and Snake River dams. Benton REA will NOT be raising rates due to the 2018 spill. In April 2018, the Bonneville...
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Farm Workers Reap a Safe Harvest

September 16, 2018
It can be an exciting and exhausting time, the culmination of a season of hard work. However, the rush to harvest can also yield tragic outcomes. Each year, dozens of farm workers are killed and hundreds are injured in accidents involving power lines and electrical equipment. “Things people see every...
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Is Wireless Internet Right For Me?

September 4, 2018
Since 1997, Benton REA has served the Mid-Columbia and Lower Yakima Valleys with fast, reliable and safe internet through PowerNET. If you are new to the area, or just want to know more about your internet options, take a look at the answers to these frequently asked questions about PowerNET...
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Manager’s Message – September 2018

September 1, 2018
Dear Members, I’m inviting you to join me and some of the Benton REA staff at the RiverFest 2018 event, a festival showcasing all the benefits of our local rivers and hydrosystem. RiverFest will be held Saturday, September 8, from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. at the east end of Columbia...
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Co-op Solar Sells Out in 8 Days

August 17, 2018
On Monday, August 13, just eight days after members were able to enroll in Co-op Solar, the project sold out! “We are pleased with the response from our members,” said Troy Berglund, community development and member relations manager. “Our members obviously feel that solar energy is a worthwhile investment.” All 550...
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Farm Bros Sing About 811

August 11, 2018
Did you know digging without first calling 811 increases the chances you’ll knock out utility service to you and your neighbor? Don’t make a judgment call, make a phone call. Call 811 a few days before digging of any kind to have underground utilities marked. An underground line is damaged...
Mark Platt

Board Seeks District 4 Trustee

August 1, 2018
Mark Platt resigned effective June 30, 2018, from the Benton REA Board of Trustee. Mark and Ellen Platt moved to the Red Mountain area from Idaho Falls in 1998. In 2007 he joined the Benton REA Board and served as its Secretary/Treasurer for four years. During his 11 years of...
Scam Alert

Member Warns Others of Telephone Scam

July 20, 2018
“May I speak with whoever is responsible for the power bill,” said a voice over the telephone line. Thankfully, the Benton REA member who took this phone call on Thursday, July 19, 2018, understood that it was a scam attempt and hung up the phone. “The call sounded like an...
Benton REA Board President Mike Freepons digs a hole with 5 students to plant a tree

6th Graders and Benton REA Plant Trees for Cleaner Air

July 2, 2018
Future students, parents and visitors of Leona Libby Middle School track events will breathe easier and stay cooler under four new trees planted by students and Benton REA trustees. This spring, students in Mrs. Debbie Ellefson’s 6th grade science classes researched the causes of climate change and the effects of...
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Co-op Youth Visit D.C.

June 21, 2018
More than 1,800 youth from cooperatives across the United States converged in Washington, D.C. June 7-14 for the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA)'s Youth Tour. Five students from Washington co-ops attended. Nathan Cahoon and Taylor Smith, both of West Richland, represented Benton REA. Students from Tanner Electric Cooperative in...