News - Benton PUD

Summer 2022 Newsletter

July 15, 2022

Check out the articles in the latest edition of Between The Lines:

Message from the General Manger
General Manager's Editorial to the Tri-City Herald
Governor Inslee Comments on Snake River Dams
Science is Unsettled - Delayed Mortality
Low Income Conservation Rebates
EmPOWERing Our Community
Save Energy This Summer
Your Opinion Matters

Categories: assistance, Dams, Energy, income, Low, Newsletter, programs, Rebates

Your voice matters - help save the lower Snake River Dams

March 17, 2020

Your comments are needed to save the lower Snake River dams from being breached
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National Hydropower Day

August 23, 2019

August 23, 2019 marks National Hydropower day!
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Categories: Dams, Summer

RiverFest 2019 Coming Up in September

August 12, 2019

Don’t miss this free event for the whole family where you can learn more about reliable hydropower.
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Categories: Dams, Events, Summer

Local Utilities Support 100% Clean Energy and the Snake River Dams

July 3, 2019

Benton PUD and Franklin PUD Board of Commissioners, Benton REA Board of Trustees, and the Richland City Council unanimously approved resolutions supporting the Lower Snake River Dams.
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Categories: Dams, News Releases

Fall 2018 Newsletter

November 14, 2018

The following articles are included in the latest edition:

Facts about the lower Snake River dams
Weatherization & Home Automation Workshops
12 Ways to Save Energy During the Holidays
Make a donation to Helping Hands program
Top ways to prepare for Winter Weather
New payment Kiosk
Solar Incentives Going Away

Categories: Dams, Energy programs, Helping Hands, Low income assistance, Newsletter, Rebates

A historical look at the salmon runs using real numbers

October 11, 2018

In the “dams or no dams” debate, facts and figures often quoted may be presented out of context. A recent op-ed in the Tri-City Herald, August 23, 2018 (Activist Groups Say Give us our Dammed Snake River Back) stated that “as many as 16 million (salmon) once returned to these rivers (Columbia and Snake) each year”. The reader was given no context and left to assume that it must be the dams that are solely responsible for the salmons’ decline.
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Spring 2018 Newsletter

June 5, 2018

The following articles are included in the latest edition:

New Electric Vehicle Charging Station
In the news: Court orders dams to spill

Categories: Award, Dams, Electric Vehicles, Electrical safety, Newsletter, Rebates, RP3, Safety

Response to study on replacing energy from the Snake River dams

May 2, 2018

A great perspective from Todd Myers, Environmental Director at Washington Policy Center about replacing hydropower from the Snake River dams. This guest opinion ran in the Tri-City Herald on Friday, April 13, 2018.

Guest Opinion: errors and arbitrary assumptions plague study on replacing energy from Snake River dams

Read more here: http://www.tri-cityherald.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/article208773014.html#storylink=cpy

Categories: Dams, Editorials

2017 Summer Customer Newsletter

August 9, 2017

Categories: Dams, Events, Helping Hands, Newsletter, Rates, Senior Day, smarthub

Benton PUD and Franklin PUD Commissions pass resolution supporting federal legislation to protect the Snake River dams

July 25, 2017

Benton PUD and Franklin PUD Commissions passed resolutions in support of federal legislation that affirms the current operations under the existing Federal Columbia River Power System (FCRPS) Biological Opinion (BiOp). Other utilities also passed resolutions including Benton REA, Mason PUD 1 and Mason PUD 3 (Shelton, WA).

The legislation, H.R. 3144, proposed on a bipartisan basis by Representatives Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA), Kurt Schrader (D-OR) and Greg Walden (R-OR), supports the hydrosystem and the benefits it brings to the region through clean, renewable and affordable power.

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Hydropower Flows Here

July 17, 2017

Benton PUD, along with the Bonneville Power Administration, is sharing information with consumers about the various attributes of this renewable, clean, reliable source of electricity that powers nearly 60 percent of Northwest homes and businesses.
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