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Grant PUD will spend much of the next two years preparing to make a big change in the way it buys the electricity it needs when generation from Priest Rapids and Wanapum dams isn’t enough and sells when the dams generate more than what’s needed to po...

A special group of 3,600 “electronic” juvenile salmon and steelhead will get helicopter rides in late April through May to transport them on a special mission for re-release into the Columbia River. The young fish are special for the valuable in...

Commissioners hosted March 24 a public hearing on Grant PUD’s Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT), a standardized master plan that will foster the most-efficient use of the capacity on the Grant PUD transmission system. Some five years in the maki...

Want to know more about Grant PUD's new rate-setting policy? The following FAQ will help. Why the change to the rate-setting policy? Commissioners unanimously voted in December 2025 to “unbundle” or itemize Grant PUD’s electric rates based on ea...

A scheduled rate increase for Grant PUD customers will start April 1 to counter inflation-fueled increases in costs on everything from wire and transformers to office supplies, plus cover increasing utility operational and capital requirements. The n...

Work is underway to create Grant PUD’s next, state-mandated Integrated Resource Plan, which describes how the utility will meet customers’ demand for electricity from 2027 to 2046, while maintaining reliab...