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Commissioners heard that Grant PUD’s Human Resources Department has launched an initiative to identify the critical employees the utility will need into the future and which roles, including engineers, that have been typically hard to fill. Their con...

An accomplished leader with more than 34 years’ experience in customer service across a wide spectrum of public-utility services, has been named Grant PUD’s vice president of Customer Experience. Andy Wendell joined Grant PUD in June 2024 as senior m...

Grant PUD has reorganized into two divisions to streamline its reporting structure for increased efficiency and better alignment with other public-power utilities. Both divisions report directly to General Manager and CEO John Mertlich, who worked wi...

Grant PUD’s continued strong financial indicators have earned a credit rating upgrade from Aa3 positive to Aa2 stable from Moody’s Ratings, commissioners learned Tuesday. The rating applies to the $575 million in Grant PUD debt rated by the agency. T...

UPDATE, 5/21/2025 Vote postponed for proposed new fees for service applications. The vote on a resolution to increase fees for power-request applications has been postponed to a later commission meeting - likely in June - to give staff and commission...

Grant PUD’s Telecom & Fiber Services team told commissioners that as of March 31, 75.13% of Grant PUD’s customers are using the utility’s wholesale fiber-optic system. Communities with the highest participation rate include Desert Aire at 92.81%,...