#Washington

Mason PUD 3 commissioners, Squaxin Tribal leaders, and representatives of Taylor Shellfish formally dedicated PUD 3’s new Totten substation in SE Mason County.

Washington: Grant County PUD is in the works of purchasing a 50 MW mobile substation, estimated to cost $4.5 M. The PUD already has two mobile substations.

Sound Transit’s board picked the joint venture team to finish designs and build the Downtown Redmond Link Extension project, which has a contract of $729.27 M.

The cost to build a new electrical transmission line from Wanapum Dam to Quincy is estimated to be $140 M, and the project is estimated to be completed in 2026.

Joel Baxley, Acting Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development, announced the USDA is investing $485 M to upgrade rural electric systems and reduce energy costs.

USA, Washington: The Public Utility District is overhauling Snohomish County Norton Substation, which powers about half the waterfront and several hundred homes in the north end of Everett, Washington.

USA, Washington: The Port of Quincy in Washington State will be building two electrical power substations in 2017.

USA, Washington: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced nearly $2.3 billion in loans to build and improve rural electric infrastructure in 31 states.

USA, Washington, D.C.: Last week ABB testified before Congress at a House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee hearing and met with U.S. policymakers regarding minimizing U.S. grid vulnerabilities.

USA, Washington: Workers from a heavy moving and rigging company Omega Morgan have started preparing a new 175-ton power transformer in the Port of Pasco’s Big Pasco Industrial area for delivery to Energy Northwest’s Columbia Generating Station in Richland, Washington.

USA, Washington: Ferry County Public Utility District (PUD) has reached a decision to start processing their agency’s own transformer oil.