County postpones OPALCO Bailer Hill solar microgrid hearing again
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County postpones OPALCO Bailer Hill solar microgrid hearing again

Wednesday, December 11, 2024 FOLLOWING IS A STATEMENT BY SAN JUAN COUNTY GOVERNMENT San Juan County’s Department of Community Development (DCD) is postponing the public hearing examiner meeting (previously scheduled for Dec. 18) for OPALCO’s Bailer Hill micro-grid and battery installation project while waiting for additional information. The future hearing examiner meeting date is to…

OPALCO: ‘Support Local Renewable Energy Projects’
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OPALCO: ‘Support Local Renewable Energy Projects’

Following is a statement from Orcas Power and Light Cooperative (OPALCO) released Friday, June 14, 2024: Earlier this year OPALCO requested changes to the Comprehensive Plan regarding land use designations and now those changes are being reviewed by the San Juan County Planning Commission. Members can submit comments to the Planning Commission regarding OPALCO’s requests….

OPALCO upgrades Friday Harbor Substation for Future Power Demands
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OPALCO upgrades Friday Harbor Substation for Future Power Demands

FOLLOWING IS A NEWS RELEASE FROM ORCAS POWER & LIGHT COOPERATIVE (OPALCO) Thursday, May 30, 2024, 3:46 p.m. If you’ve gone to the brewery in Friday Harbor lately, you may have noticed some work being done on the Friday Harbor Substation owned and operated by OPALCO. This substation had reached capacity and as more community…

OPALCO Pursuing a Bold Tidal Power Generation Project
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OPALCO Pursuing a Bold Tidal Power Generation Project

A CNL2 VIDEO IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE. In an exclusive report published recently in the Salish Current, reporter Toby Cooper makes a deep dive into a project Orcas Power & Light Cooperative (OPALCO) is exploring in which a football field-sized machine would be tethered to the sea floor at a point between…