Data centers will join cryptocurrency operations in the highest rate payer class. and rates will increase substantially if they use more than 10 megawatts.
The Chelan Douglas Port Authority presented plans this week for a nearly $17 million cooling water site that would sit less than a mile from the data centers.
The Seattle area utility will purchase five percent of the total output from the PUD's Rock Island and Rocky Reach dams for five years at a fixed rate.
Update: Dec. 22, 2022 at 4:15 p.m.
Update on the Lake Wenatchee outages on Thursday.
East Leavenworth Road: 383 customers were originally out of power, but was reduced after isolating the outage area, all power was restored by 11 a.m.
Tumwater Canyon/Icicle Road: Reported at 8:02 a...