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Grant PUD and United Way of Grant County are collecting non-perishable foods in its Fill the Bucket food drive for the surrounding food banks this week, Monday-Friday. This is the second year Grant PUD has sponsored the event. "Our goal is to look for opportunities to give back and help give back to our communities during this time of year," said Ryan Holterhoff, Grant PUD public affairs

After several years of irregular rate increases, Grant Public Utility District has regained strong financial stability and the proposed 2020 budget assumes one tenth of one percent rate revenue increase which is down from the two percent annual increases in prior years...

Grant PUD teamed up the Wanapum People to host the annual Archaeology Days next week at the Wanapum Heritage Center. Youth Day will be Tuesday, October 15 from 9:30-2:45 for kids, including but not limited to school groups, to participate hands on ...

The Grant County PUD is offering the chance for the public to participate and provide feedback on the 2020 budget the week of October 6th. There will be three public hearings this week in Ephrata, Moses Lake and Quincy. The afternoon on October 8, at 2, the first public hearing will take place in the Ephrata Headquarters commission room...

Grant PUD crews were evacuated at Priest Rapids Dam Thursday after a fire broke out in the exciter cabinet of the #1 generating unit around 3:15 p.m. The utility says 50-60 employees were in the area and safely able to get out. Grant County Fire was called to the scene, but PUD workers were able to put the fire out using the company's CO2 fire extinguishing system...

Grant PUD officials, working with the Federal Emergency Regulatory Commission, removed the non-failure emergency condition at Priest Rapids Dam earlier today. The dam had been operating under the non-failure emergency condition since March 28, when leaking water was discovered in the dam’s spillway monoliths during an investigational drilling program. Out ...

From a press release: Starting April 1, cryptocurrency miners and other “evolving-industry” firms will pay the first of a three-year, graduated increase to a new, above-cost electric rate designed to protect Grant PUD from risk and preserve below-cost rates for core customers. Commissio ...

From a press release - Drilling for drainage and inspection in the spillway monoliths at Priest Rapids Dam is complete, as around 230 core samples have been extracted from the dam’s grout gallery. The discovery of excess leakage due to a disbonded lift joint earlier this year, resulted in the need for the drilling.  ...

From a press release - Grant PUD commissioners unanimously agreed Tuesday to move forward to create a new customer rate class for cryptocurrency miners that would protect the interests of the utility’s existing customers. By adopting this policy, the board also affirmed its position that core customer groups – residential, irrigation and commercial customers – will continue to be first in line for

Crews continue investigating the leakage discovered in spillway monoliths at Priest Rapids Dam. Initial analysis shows that a disbonded lift joint is the source of the leakage. A lift joint is the area between two concrete blocks poured at different times ...