Puget Sound Energy

We are excited to share the PSE Foundation’s 2024 competitive community grant program has provided half a million dollars to 89 organizations within our service area: http://ms.spr.ly/6045l0B5X This year’s program focused on some of the most pressing needs within our region: food security, shelter support, and childcare assistance granted with flexibility, reflecting the Foundation’s commitment to increasing organizational capacity to meet these critical challenges.

We’ve partnered with the City of Issaquah to reduce reliance on non-renewable energy sources and create a more sustainable future for our community. Together, we're working towards a goal of 300 new Green Power participants, and we’re already 32% to our goal! Read more about our joint efforts to power a cleaner energy future for all: http://ms.spr.ly/6042lxrJp

Puget Sound Energy and its development partner Trammell Crow Company have officially broken ground on our new Operational Training Center, a cutting-edge facility designed to drive a culture of safety, while providing hands-on training for field workers, first responders, engineering, and project management staff to ensure the safe and reliable delivery of energy. We appreciate our project partners, the City of Puyallup, and the Puyallup community for their support and look forward to the training center opening in late summer 2025. #safety #energysafety #sustainbility

Craig Pospisil, Vice President of Business Development and M&A at PSE, delivered the keynote address at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of ElectricityEnergy Storage Program Annual Meeting. Craig spoke about the competing challenges of meeting aggressive clean energy goals, the impact of extreme weather events, significant load growth, and the need to keep costs affordable for customers. He emphasized the critical role of energy storage systems in our resource planning efforts and urged the research community to consider how they can develop timely and economic reliability solutions to enable the clean energy transition.

We continue to make progress toward meeting our clean energy targets through a new power purchase agreement with Clearway Energy, Inc. to receive more clean energy from a new wind farm they are building in Montana. This agreement will help us meet some of the nation’s most ambitious climate policies, while ensuring the safe and reliable delivery of energy to our customers. Once complete, the Haymaker wind farm is expected to provide power to about 116,000 homes in our service area. Read more here: http://ms.spr.ly/6047lkqQP

We recently sat down with POWERGRID International to talk about battery storage and our efforts toward developing our own playbook for deploying and managing energy storage assets: http://ms.spr.ly/6044lrrxp Our goal is to effectively assess the batteries and keep them operational, while partnering with vendors who can support as many use cases as possible with the fewest configurations.

We were recently featured on NewsData’s Energy Northwest Podcast where our Aaron August and John Mannetti sat down with Dan Catchpole to discuss the role of virtual power plants and new technology in PSE’s work to deliver a cleaner energy future. Listen to the podcast here: http://ms.spr.ly/6047lOFpX

The return of the Baker Salmon sockeye means members of Upper Skagit Indian Tribe can participate in their traditional Tribal Harvest. The most recent harvest from July 8-10 saw about 25 boats in the water fishing for about 75-80 households. We appreciate our continued partnership with the Tribe. The recent magnitude of robust Sockeye returns are a testament to the number and quality of partnerships built in fish propagation and fish passage: http://ms.spr.ly/6049lzuE7

Today is National Lineworker Appreciation Day! A very special 'Thank You' to our PSE Electric First Response teams and Potelco Inc crews who endure the weather elements and work tirelessly to ensure our customers have safe and reliable service. We greatly appreciate our lineworkers and the pride they take in keeping the power on!

“If we see something that can be made better – whether it’s our product, chocolate, processes, or factory – we do it.” Seattle Chocolate Company is known for its delicious chocolate creations, but they are also a powerhouse of environmental initiatives. With PSE, they source 100% of their natural gas from a renewable resource, and match their electricity usage with wind and solar energy. Learn how your business can start making an impact: http://ms.spr.ly/6047l8qUV