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Commission meeting news. Other topics: Conservation targets
Commission meeting news. Other topics: Fiber strategic planning; paperless billing; security services; Salmon Festival.
High winds and heavy snowfall can send trees into power lines and cause damage to poles.
Commission meeting news. Other topics: 2012 budget; telecom authority; special meetings.
More than 60,000 people visited Rocky Reach Dam and Visitor Center this year an increase of about 10,000 from 2010, due in part to the 50th birthday celebration for the dam held last June.
Chelan County PUD crews will be replacing an 82-foot pole for a transmission line in the Manson area on Tuesday, Oct. 25, and two roadswill need to be closed most of the day.
Commission meeting news. Other topics: bond refinancing; new sockeye hatchery
Another opportunity for public comment is coming up at 1 p.m. on Oct. 17.
Chelan residents invited to public meeting.
Pieces of the local and national power puzzle will be connected by two guest speakers at a free evening presentation at Wenatchee Valley College on Oct. 4 during Public Power Week.
Commission meeting news. Other topics: industrial rates.
The PUD is among agencies sending items declared surplus to an auction by Chuck Yarbro Auctioneers starting at 9 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011, at Rocky Reach Dam.
Commission meeting news: Other topics, paperless billing, Commission meetings change to first and third Mondays.
Commission meeting news. Other topics: Resource$mart and white sturgeon eggs.
As part of its 75th anniversary, the PUD is hosting an online sing-along to “Roll on Columbia,” written by Woody Guthrie.
Customers can visit any PUD office in Wenatchee, Leavenworth or Chelan, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 27 to receive a bag of 20 compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs).
Aug. 8 commission meeting news: Second-quarter financial results; investment report.
High river flows as this year’s near-record snowpack melts have contributed to a late-season increase in mosquitoes.
Clean, renewable solar, wind and hydropower are on deck when Chelan PUD’s SNAP program sponsors the Wenatchee AppleSox baseball game Friday, July 22.
Up to 5,000 adult sockeye and 1,000 adult Chinook salmon are moving past the dam daily on their way upstream to spawn
Commission meeting news.
Chelan County PUD is inviting the community to share in celebrating 50 years of clean, renewable, affordable hydropower at 7 p.m. on June 30 at the dam.
The PUD has reorganized duties for eight senior managers who will report directly to General Manager John Janney.
Commission meeting news. Other topics: Columbia River flows, Lake Chelan level.
For the safety of trail users, the section of the riverfront trail that runs from Third Street in East Wenatchee south along Highway 28 to the park is closed June 6-10.
It’s all about hands-on fun in these summer classes.
High Columbia River flows have forced Chelan County PUD to close one boat launch until further notice, and the PUD is urging caution for anyone using its parks near the river.
Commission meeting news. Other topics: insurance premiums.
Detour will guide trail users around the work May 25-June 3.
Commission meeting news. Other topics: Lake Chelan level.
Commission meeting news.
Commission meeting news. Other topics: Bond ratings, Lake Chelan level, safety.
Commission meeting news. Other topics: debt refinance, bond rating, Lake Chelan level.
New this year is a report on the environmental and social effects of the PUD’s wide-ranging programs.
Commission meeting news. Other topics: Runoff forecast; Alcoa tour.
In Wenatchee, Conservation staff will be at Lowe’s Home Improvement Warehouse from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on April 23.
Gov. Chris Gregoire signed into law today an amendment to the state’s Recreational Use Statute that will protect Chelan County PUD from being held liable if kayakers are injured during trips through the Chelan River Gorge.
This is a dramatic increase over the March 1 Lake Chelan Basin runoff forecast of 82 percent of average.
Commission meeting news.
Commission meeting news. Other topics: Alcatel contract.
Celebrate the power of trees at Arbor Day tree seedling distributions in six local communities on April 16.
Commission meeting news. Other topics: Upper Salmon Recovery Board award; Alcoa tour.
Commission meeting news. Other topics: Eastbank Hatchery improvements; Tri-Commission meeting; runoff forecast.
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Survey of 400 randomly selected PUD customers will begin the week of March 21.
Commission meeting news. Other topics: Tree Line USA Award.
Commission meeting news. Other topics: fiber update, kayaking.
With another successful auction, the PUD locked in additional predictable revenue of $86.4 million from Nov. 1, 2011, through the end of 2015, in exchange for a share of future power produced by Rock Island and Rocky Reach dams.
In 2011, Rocky Reach will celebrate its 50th birthday and the dam’s Visitor Center opens at 9 a.m. on Saturday, March 12, to kick off the celebration.
Despite recent winter storms, snowpack continues to accumulate at a rate that is less than average.
The PUD Parks Department is looking for a local group that would like to raise money by running the concession stand.
Commission meeting news. Other topics: Eagle Creek upgrades; juvenile sturgeon study; RUS grant fiber build-out .
Commission meeting news. Other topics: Columbia River Treaty negotiations.
Commission meeting news. Other topics: rate changes, surcharge.
To restore full confidence in his management team as decisions are made about the future of the PUD’s fiber-optic system, General Manager John Janney announces changes.
Last year’s actual runoff from April 1 through July 31 was 101 percent of average.
2011 is Rocky Reach Dam's 50th birthday, too.
Commission meeting news. Other news: fish survival studies; predator control.
Commission meeting news. Other topics: legislative update; board Balanced Scorecard.
Commission meeting news: Other topics: fiber cable; board meeting recording policy.
Commission meeting news.