Third Electric Vehicle Added to Fleet
OPALCO purchased a Nissan LEAF, a 100% battery-powered, zero-emission electric vehicle for OPALCO business. Electric Vehicle charging stations on San Juan, Lopez and Orcas Island are updated to … Read More
Giant Residential Solar Array Starts Feeding Power into OPALCO Grid
Orcas Island residents Richard and Becky Greaves installed a 30kW photovoltaic (PV) system, the largest privately owned system in the Northwest and the largest local producer in OPALCO’s … Read More
OPALCO Starts Selling “Green Power”
The Green Power Program began. Members who opted in paid a 4 cent-per-kWh premium on their bills. Of this amount, 2.5 cents paid for BPA’s Environmentally Preferred Power … Read More
E-Car Charging Stations Installed
1993: OPALCO installed the first electric car recharging stations on San Juan Island.
Electric Vehicles Join OPALCO Motor Pool
OPALCO purchased its first two electric vehicles with a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy: a General Motors G-Van and a Solectria Force, a retrofit based on … Read More
Celebrate OPALCO's 75th Anniversary
