hydropower

Electricity demand in the county has been rising sharply since 2017 and will become much more acute with the electrification of cars and trucks.

The Seattle area utility will purchase five percent of the total output from the PUD's Rock Island and Rocky Reach dams for five years at a fixed rate.

It'll be one of a select few facilities in the entire country to produce green hydrogen and will be the first of its kind in Washington state.

PUD commissioners have approved the purchase of a second 5-Mega Watt electrolyzer, which is the machinery that produces hydrogen through a chemical process.

Since mid-November there have been at least six attacks on public electrical infrastructure in Western Washington and Oregon, including one causing thousands of people to lose power in Pierce County on Christmas Day. Here at home, the Chelan County Public Utility District (PUD) is keeping a close eye on the alarming trend, and Corporate Communications Manager Neil Neroutsos says they've been in th

The PUD noted in a statement Thursday that state law requires electric utilities to develop five- and 10-year plans with a mix of power sources to meet the needs of their customers.

4th District Rep. Dan Newhouse and Washington Senator Maria Cantwell have proposed a bill they say would improve permitting for pumped storage hydroelectric projects, create jobs in Central Washington, and protect Tribal interests and increase renewable energy production and storage ...

The Washington State Legislature passed the supplemental transportation budget for the current biennium. 12th District Rep. Keith Goehner says it was a bipartisan effort that did incorporate the expectation that Initiative 976 would be implemented ...