 Electric power for Darrington residents and businesses is provided by the Snohomish County Public Utility District (PUD), a consumer-owned public utility that serves all of Snohomish County.The PUD operates a small biomass cogeneration plant in Darrington that produces electricity from steam power by burning wood from the Hampton Lumber sawmill.The 7 MW plant was installed in 2006 after the rejection of an earlier proposal by the National Energy Systems Company (NESCO) for a similar plant that would have generated up to 20 MW.