Quick Fact: Bailer Hill Microgrid
Note: Due to permitting issues this project is on hold. See this 3-part series on the project to learn more: Part 1: Why Local Renewable Generation Part 2: Why Bailer … Read more
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Doe Bay Project Alert: Power Lines Going Underground
OPALCO has started the project to move the overhead power lines underground from the (temporary) Doe Bay bridge to the Eagle Lake intersection. The project is expected to take around … 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