Public Utility District No. 1 of Douglas County is managed by Douglas County PUD, which is a nonprofit organization that maintains more than 2,000 public power systems in the United States. Founded in 1936, Douglas County PUD is a locally owned electric distribution system. The organization manages the Wells Project. It evaluates a range of generation capacity, power purchases, renewable energy, and energy conservation and efficiency resources in order to provide adequate service to customers at the lowest system cost. Douglas County PUD also specializes in the improvement of various waterfront parks in the towns of Bridgeport, Brewster and Pateros in Washington. It offers online information related to power rates. The organization additionally provides online bill payment options.