OPALCO Pole Replacement for Orcas Road Re-Alignment
OPALCO is relocating a line of transmission poles along Orcas Road as part of the County’s road re-alignment project. The new poles will be strung with larger transmission wire which … Read more
Co-op Updates
Major Power Outage Caused by Car Accident – OPALCO Building New Path for Power
All of Orcas, Shaw, Blakely and some of Lopez island were without power for almost 10 hours after a car accident on Lopez took out a transmission pole at 10:30 … Read more
OPALCO Bills Go Up in January – average of $7
When OPALCO members open their bills in January, they will be about $7 higher. Most of the increase is driven by the 2017 installation of “George” (our new $15M submarine … Read more
Capital Credit Checks Coming – plus a little extra!
In December, capital credit checks will be sent out to members who were active in 1992, which is OPALCO’s usual 25-year cycle for capital credit distributions. Based on a larger … Read more
DAUCIUNAS AND MADSEN WIN OPALCO ELECTION; 269 ATTEND 80th ANNUAL MEETING ON THE FERRY
OPALCO members boarded the ferry on Saturday, May 6th to participate in the 2017 Annual Meeting and learn the results of the Board of Directors’ election. Voter participation was lower … Read more
Winnie Wins a Finnie!
OPALCO Board Member Winnie Adams Honored with Environmental Stewardship Award On Earth Day, OPALCO Board Member Winnie Adams was honored by the Stewardship Network of the San Juans with a … Read more