Orcas Power & Light Cooperative (OPALCO) is a member‐owned cooperative and on May 16th, the member‐owners will exercise their right to elect their Board of Directors. Who is a member of … Read more
After three years of upgrades through OPALCO’s Commercial Lighting and EnergySmart Programs, Island Market is now “one of the most energy efficient grocery stores in the Northwest,” according to Mark Larson … Read more
OPALCO sent out free energy efficiency kits in brown boxes from Niagara Conservation Co. to more than 6,800 members who live full‐time in OPALCO’s service territory. The kits were paid for by … Read more
Last week a big package arrived by barge at Obstruction Pass landing: a twelve‐ton transformer for Orcas Power & Light’s Olga Substation. The transformer was delivered to the substation, where it … Read more
Ed Marble joined the OPALCO board for District 3 in April of 1986 when Tom Chamberlain retired and asked Ed to finish out his term. Now Ed has passed the same ball … Read more
This past December, we experienced some of the coldest weather on record. Temperatures hovered in the teens and low twenties for ten days. We all did the best we could with … Read more
