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If your home or neighborhood is experiencing an electrical power outage, please report it by calling 800-221-6987 or 509-786-1626. You may also 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 News and Services

A woman uses the Benton REA and PowerNET kiosk at Prosser's Lep-Re-Kon Harvest Foods.

Benton REA & PowerNET

New Payment Kiosks

Benton REA’s new payment kiosks are at Lep-re-kon Harvest Foods in Prosser and Yoke’s Fresh Market in West Richland. Bills can be paid at the kiosks using cash, check or card anytime the stores are open. Payments are posted to members’ accounts immediately, and the process is easy. Click to learn more.

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Benton REA

Power To Care Bill Assistance Available

Power To Care allows members to round up their monthly electric bill to the nearest dollar, donating the spare change to a fund that helps fellow members pay their past-due electric bills. Qualifying residential members who need assistance paying their electric bill may apply for up to $275. Click to learn more.

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PowerNET

Broadband Internet Now Available

Broadband service, up to 100x100 Mbps download and upload speed, is now available within 1 mile of Granger’s Cherry Hill and the Whitstran and Ward Gap Road areas of Prosser. And more tower locations are coming soon! Click to learn more and complete our free signal test request. 

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Benton REA

Claim Your Ownership Cash

Each year the Benton REA Board of Trustees chooses to pay back ownership credits to members, and thousands of those checks go uncashed. Call us to update your contact information so you will receive your ownership credit payments.

Recent Co-op News

Electrical Safety Month (1)

5 Ways to Help You Save on Your Summer Energy Bill

April 16, 2024
Here are 5 ways that can help you save energy, money, and increase the comfort of your home. Installing a smart thermostat is one of the simplest ways to manage home energy use and keep summer bills in check. Smart thermostats are easy to install and allow you to control...
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Planting Trees and Bushes for Energy Efficiency

April 8, 2024
Careful planning can lead to a beautiful, safe, energy saving landscape.  Spring and summer are opportune times for yard work and DIY projects. Making improvements to your landscaping can provide valuable shade and promote better efficiency, lowering your summer energy bills. Large deciduous (leaf-shedding) trees planted on the east, west,...
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Seeking Candidates for Board Districts 7 and 8

March 19, 2024
Benton REA is governed by eight trustees who each represent a district of members. Trustees are elected by members to serve three-year terms. Candidates In 2024, the incumbent Benton REA trustees whose terms expire are Ted Wallace, district 7 and Catherine Russell, district 8. Members who meet the candidate qualifications...
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You Have the Power to Care

February 14, 2024
In September 2020, Benton REA launched the Power to Care bill assistance program. Now, the program has helped income-qualified members pay nearly $85,000 in past-due bills. Donating to the Fund Each month, 744 Benton REA members choose to round up their electric bill to the nearest dollar or more. Since...
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Claim Your Ownership Cash

January 23, 2024
Benton REA members, you may have money on the table. Each year the Benton REA Board of Trustees chooses to pay back ownership credits to members, and thousands of those checks go uncashed. After one year, uncashed checks become unclaimed and the funds are transferred to Benton REA’s Education Fund....
A mother, son, father and daughter sit at a couch looking at a map for their family emergency plan. Emergency supplies and food are on the coffee table. Backpacks and clothes are on the couch and floor.

Be A Fam With A Plan

January 23, 2024
It’s not pleasant to think about worst-case scenarios, but a little planning can make a big difference if the worst happens. Follow these tips to avoid feeling helpless during a disaster. Before Communicate:  Talk with your family about who to call, where to go and what to do if disaster...
Dams provide irrigation water and electricity to run irrigation pumps north of West Richland, Washington. Photo of irrigated corn and alfalfa fields near a Benton REA distribution power line north of West Richland.

Dams: One Structure, Many Benefits

January 23, 2024
At first glance, dams look like they hold back and store water, but they actually do so much more. Dams protect communities from floods, provide water to irrigate farmland, enable safe passage for boats and barges, create places to play on the river and provide the Northwest with renewable, carbon-free...