Work is underway to create an updated plan to detail Grant PUD’s continuing efforts to meet the state’s clean-energy mandate, which includes special provisions for underrepresented and vulnerable customer groups.
The 2026-2029 Clean Energy Implementation Plan is required of all electric utilities in the state. It picks up where Grant PUD’s “first interim-period plan,” from 2022 to 2025 leaves off and must show that Grant PUD is still on track to comply with the following targets set by the state’s Clean Energy Transformation Act (CETA):
- Eliminate coal as a source of electricity from its power supply by year’s end. A diminishing amount of coal generation is included in the mix of the electricity Grant PUD purchases from the regional energy wholesale market in exchange for its hydropower to cover the county’s demand.
- Eliminate at least 80% of greenhouse-gas-emitting energy from its mix by 2030. Utilities may purchase up to 20% of carbon-emitting energy, such as natural gas, by acquiring and retiring Renewable Energy Credits or other approved “offsets.”
- Meet the state target of eliminating all carbon emissions from its energy supply by 2045.
- Show it is developing energy-efficiency and demand-response targets. “Demand-response” is an agreement with certain customer groups to reduce their energy consumption during times of peak demand to free-up electricity for general use, county wide, to prevent outages and/or Grant PUD having to purchase costly energy from the regional wholesale market.
- Show that it has or is creating programs, like income-qualified bill-pay assistance, to ensure underrepresented or vulnerable customer groups have access to Grant PUD electricity.
The completed plan must be submitted to the state Department of Commerce by year’s end.
Grant PUD is developing a survey as part of the public participation process for the plan. The survey will gauge our customers’ priorities in a range of energy-related areas, from low rates and reliable service to clean energy and ways to save. Take the survey now, or watch for it soon on the Grant PUD website and social media platforms, as well as in the digital customer newsletter and in-person at the Grant PUD’s booth at this year’s Grant County Fair.
Hear the full discussion at 44:13 on the commission audio. See the full report on pages 12-27 of the presentation materials.
Commissioners also:
- Learned about the latest efforts to control risk, meet energy reliablity requirements and public records management during the Compliance, Risk and Control team's quarterly report. View the report on pages 1-11 in the presentation materials.Hear the discussion at 15:55 on the commission audio.
- Unanimously approved Resolution No. 9093 to award a contract for furnishing steel structures for the Eastern Quincy Transmission Expansion Project to MVA Power for $3.3 million, which was lower than the engineer’s estimate of $6.5 million. The contract includes the purchase of 67 steel structures for the transmission line project. See pages 8 to 59 of the commission packet.
- Unanimously approved Motion No. 3523 so Grant PUD’s audit department now reports to the Vice President of Legal, Regulatory, and Government Affairs, and Compliance, as part of organizational restructuring.