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PUD considering Chicago Climate Exchange role
Chelan County PUD
News Release
6/25/2007
As part of the continuing effort to have hydropower recognized as a renewable energy source, PUD staff is researching possible involvement as a provider of renewable energy in the Chicago Climate Exchange.
The exchange, founded in 2003, puts together entities voluntarily seeking to reduce their carbon emissions with others that may have renewable energy available to offset those emissions.
General Manager Rich Riazzi said the exploratory steps are part of an overall effort to stay on top of the rapidly changing national and state debates on renewable power.
“We are trying to position ourselves as a leader and to have as many options as possible in a period of uncertainty,” Riazzi told the board.
Gregg Carrington, external affairs director, and Melissa Lyons, power resource analyst, reported the PUD submitted a draft proposal to the exchange to determine if turbine and generator improvements at Rocky Reach Dam and reductions in spill related to the fish bypass would qualify as offsets.
The PUD may seek to join the exchange if the proposal is accepted and if other issues that may arise are resolved.
In other business, commissioners:
- Declared as an emergency the need to repair the gearbox for the pump that creates attraction water for the Rock Island Dam right bank fish ladder and authorized negotiations with The Gear Works in Seattle for the work. Repairs are estimated at $54,000 and expected to take six to eight weeks. Adult salmon and steelhead are still able to use the ladder to migrate upstream.
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PUD commissioners have set a special meeting from noon to 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 28, to attend the Manson Customer Partnership Group meeting at the Manson Parks and Recreation District office, 312 S. Quetiloquasoon Ave.
The next regular meeting of the PUD commission is at 1 p.m. on July 2, 2007, in the boardroom at PUD headquarters, 327 N. Wenatchee Ave.
Most PUD commission meetings are recorded, and a link to the audio is available on the PUD’s home page at www.chelanpud.org.
Kimberlee Craig
Public Information Officer
509-661-4320, direct line
509-679-6858, cell
kimc@chelanpud.org