Quiet, Clean, Connected
Transportation in San Juan County shapes the future of the islands San Juan County faces a transportation paradox. Visitors come for the islands’ pristine beauty and tranquility, yet the ways … Read more
Electric Vehicles
Driving Change: A Local Non-profit Provides EV Rides to Communities in Need
In 2013, two San Juan Islanders, Bob Reilly and Curt VanHyning, saw a desperate need for free or affordable transportation services in Friday Harbor for disabled and elderly members of … Read more
Piecing Together Technology
Students Learn to Build Electric Vehicles The students in Friday Harbor High School’s EV Principles STEM class have been busy turning wrenches on a hands-on project. Since October, the students—under … Read more
OPALCO Member Story: Meet Sofi – Loving Her New All Electric Ride
Sofi aka Queen of the Universe is the first pup in the San Juans (that Pepper knows of) to get a Ford F-150 Lightning truck as her main napping spot. … Read more
EV Road Trip – Day 4
EV Road Trip Day 4. Pepper and I are taking it easy today. Stopping in to spend time with family as well as visiting the Ice Harbor Dam and figuring … Read more
EV Road Trip – Day 3
Today’s agenda: Start with a charge at City of Richland EVITA fast charger Tour Horn Rapids Solar Microgrid and Training Site Wanawish Dam Stop Benton REA substation tour