OPALCO Board Passes 2025 Budget and Rates
The 2025 OPALCO annual budget was approved at the November 20th board meeting including a 6% rate increase for all members. This works out to an increase of approximately $11/month … Read more
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The Co-op Way: Capital Credit Checks are in the Mail!
Just in time for the holiday season, more than $1.1M in capital credit checks are going out to longtime OPALCO members this month, as they do each year. As a co-op, OPALCO does … Read more
Lighting Up San Juan Island for the Next Generation
Those of you who live or have spent time on San Juan Island in the past few months may have seen the construction taking place at the Orcas Power & … Read more
Disasters in the Islands: Good News for Anxious Times
Common Sense & Simple Steps to Reassure & Prepare our Community By Brendan Cowan / SJC Emergency Management Director Visit www.islandsready.org/alerts to sign up for the local disaster alert system. Years ago, when … Read more
Community Spirit Lives on Through Scholarship Program
Nourdine Jensen served on the Orcas Power & Light Cooperative Board of Trustees for 37 years, from 1965 to 2008. Nourdine was a longtime boat builder and former Friday Harbor … Read more
Co-ops Vote! 2024 San Juan County Council candidates
Democratic Member Control is one of the seven principles that guides all cooperatives. We encourage our co-op members to vote in all elections. Orcas Power & Light Cooperative reached out … Read more