Grant PUD's financial forecast through September shows a strong current-year position, with Change in Net Position projected at $302.8 million, approximately $54.9 million favorable compared to the 2026 budget, commissioners learned Tuesday. The favorable position is primarily driven by Net Power, which is forecasted approximately $78.9 million abo...
Grant PUD commissioners are considering a staff proposal to create new electric rate classes for data centers in 2027 and explore combining some existing rate classes in an ongoing effort to protect core customers from rising costs pushed by the utility's most energy-intense customers. The proposed 2027 rates package includes keeping core customers...
State lawmakers are expected to revisit early next year their efforts to create wildfire-mitigation legislation that would hold utilities liable for wildfire damage sparked by the equipment they own, Grant PUD commissioners heard Tuesday during their weekly workshop. The effort follows stalled legislation from HB227, which never made it out of comm...
Residential, small business, and agricultural customers remain the utility's top priority. Large power users, including data centers, are expected to fund the additional resources and infrastructure required to serve their growth while helping to support the long-term strength of Grant County's electric system. 1. How many data center customers do ...
Grant PUD Commissioners adopted Grant PUD's 2026 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) during their business meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 25.Grant PUD's current power portfolio, combined with anticipated power-supply agreements, contracted renewable generation projects, and continued participation in wholesale energy markets, are expected to provide sufficien...
Rate simplification and restructuring could be in the works, following Grant PUD's latest cost-of-service analysis (COSA) to best determine the cost of providing and delivering electricity to each customer group at the lowest rate possible. Commissioners got their first look at draft results at their Aug. 18 workshop but want time to study the anal...
Commissioners heard Grant PUD's plans for the Grant County Fair next week. During the fair, which begins with Grant PUD Day on Tuesday, Aug. 18 and runs through Saturday, Aug. 22, Grant PUD's Customer Experience staff will have a booth in the Commercial Building and will share information regarding the utility's Income Qualified discount rate, whic...
We are sad to report that a member of the public was injured this morning in an off-road accident involving one of our vehicles. A Grant PUD employee was driving along the transmission line corridor near Highway 17 northwest of Moses Lake when the vehicle contacted the person. When the employee recognized what had happened, he immediately stopped, called 911, and stayed with the injured person until help arrived.
Grant PUD lost 15 wood distribution poles in the wildfire that threatened Coulee City earlier this month. Crews installed a new, fabric wrap around the lower portion of the new poles to make them more resistant to fire damage.
At their 7/14/2026 workshop commissioners:
Electric vehicle owners traveling busy Highway 282 will find 10 EV charging stations for public use at Grant PUD’s future Ephrata Service Center, currently under construction with completion slated for early 2028.
MATTAWA — A tugboat leased by a contractor working on a Grant PUD project sank upstream of Priest Rapids Dam overnight Sunday, causing a diesel spill in the Columbia River. Grant PUD contractors and crews began cleanup after discovering the spill early Monday morning.
The Commission approved the following items during its business meeting on Tuesday, June 23:
Grant PUD’s commissioners will host a public hearing, July 28, during their 1 p.m. business meeting, at 30 C ST SW Ephrata WA 98823, to present its 20-year plan for providing service in the most cost-effective way possible by assembling a viable energy portfolio, preserving flexibility, managing costs and reducing exposure to myriad uncertainties.
Commissioners expressed no opposition to a proposal to round customers’ bills to the nearest dollar in response to the federal government’s decision to discontinue minting new pennies after November 2025. Cash payments are currently rounded up or down to the nearest 5 cents. The rounding proposal is expected to have minimal impact on customer bills and Grant PUD’s annual bill revenue.
Commissioners learned Tuesday that a study commissioned in early 2025 by Pacific Northwest utility companies, including Grant, Chelan and Douglas PUDs, shows the region faces an elevated risk of electricity blackouts today and into the future unless states extend deadlines for transitioning to renewable energy, ease obstacles to building more transmission lines and/or allow natural gas be used as an interim backup energy supply.
Grant PUD’s General Manager John Mertlich was invited to attend the Marlin City Council meeting on March 17 to answer questions from residents in the area about Grant PUD’s recent purchase of 960 acresof farm and undeveloped shrub steppe land. The following is a synopsis of the questions from those in attendance with answers primarily provided by Grant PUD staff members following the meeting.
Commissioners got their first look at an energy resource Tuesday that could be construed as a type of “hydropower” that uses water heated to steam by the earth’s core instead of the cold mountain runoff and ever-flowing Columbia River that powers Grant PUD dams.