Bonneville Power Administration Energy Trading Floor
Where does OPALCO get its power? Our usual response is that it comes from the Bonneville Power Administration or from the Federal Columbia River Power System. The fuel mix that … Read more
Year: 2024
Ken Brown: Keeping the Office Clean and Safe
Ken Brown walks into the OPALCO office in Eastsound every Wednesday, hangs up his coat, places his snack (in a brown paper sack) into the staff refrigerator and gathers his … Read more
Powering Lopez: 40 Years at OPALCO
If you swing by the OPALCO Warehouse on Lopez Island on any day of the week, chances are you will run into Steve Dengler. He will be talking on the … Read more
OPALCO Team in the Community
As your member owned and operated non-profit cooperative, the team at OPALCO are your neighbors and community members. All of us live and work here and most of us give … Read more
Cultivating Efficiency on the Farm for a More Affordable Future
USDA REAP Grant Covered 25% of Project! Christine Langley is a farmer on Lopez Island who, with her partner, designed and built her own home and has developed their land … Read more
A whole new view: The Eskridge-Vallery Family gets new windows through OPALCO’s Switch It Up program
Carey Eskridge, his wife Christina Vallery, and their daughter Lola are relative newcomers to Orcas Island, moving here in 2022. Carey and Christina visited Orcas Island before their daughter was … Read more