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Commissioners expressed no opposition to a proposal to round customers’ bills to the nearest dollar in response to the federal government’s decision to discontinue minting new pennies after November 2025. Cash payments are currently rounded up or dow...

Commissioners learned Tuesday that a study commissioned in early 2025 by Pacific Northwest utility companies, including Grant, Chelan and Douglas PUDs, shows the region faces an elevated risk of electricity blackouts today and int...

Continued rate analysis seeks fairness, stability, reduced risk Grant PUD’s rate policy ensures “core” customers – residential, ag and small business/general service – receive first access to the lowest rates this utility can offer, based on the low-...

Commissioners got their first look at an energy resource Tuesday that could be construed as a type of “hydropower” that uses water heated to steam by the earth’s core instead of the cold mountain runoff and ever-flowing Columbia River that powers Gra...

Grant PUD’s commissioners received an update during their workshop on Tuesday, April 28 about how the ongoing Columbia River Treaty negotiations between the U.S. Federal government and Canada are impacting Grant PUD. The...

Electric Rate Adjustment Grant County Public Utility District Effective Date: April 1, 2026  Approved by the Grant County PUD Commission What is changing on April 1, 2026? Grant County PUD has approved updated electric rates for T...