Washington's largest utility moves to add more wind power
Puget Sound Energy is adding a wind farm in Klickitat County to its clean energy portfolio, the latest move in the utility’s transition to become greenhouse gas neutral by 2030, as state law mandates.
On Tuesday, the company signed a long-term contract with Avangrid to move nearly 200 megawatts of power from a wind project called Big Horn I onto the grid. That’s enough power to electrify 70,000 homes annually, according to PSE.
“We are excited that this latest agreement with Avangrid helps us meet some of the most ambitious clean energy laws in the nation while delivering on our customers’ expectations,” said Craig Pospisil, senior vice president and chief development officer of Puget Sound Energy.
But the state’s largest investor-owned utility still has a long way to go to completely decouple itself from greenhouse gas emissions. And electricity rates are rising for customers as it works toward that goal.
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