...1991 - Present

E-Car Charging Stations Installed

Posted on January 1, 1993 posted in ...1991 - Present, ALL Timeline

1993:  OPALCO installed the first electric car recharging stations on San Juan Island.

Four New Cables Laid Between Lopez and San Juan Island – ADD PIX

Posted on June 1, 1961 posted in ...1951 - 1975, ALL Timeline

July 1961:  OPALCO  laid four new cables between Lopez and San Juan.

Lopez-San Juan Cable Breaks Again

Posted on June 23, 1959 posted in ...1951 - 1975, ALL Timeline

The submarine cable between Lopez and San Juan failed again. Diesel generators in Friday Harbor supplied power until the early morning of July 17, when the repaired cable … Read More

Friday Harbor OPALCO Office Shuttered to Save Money

Posted on January 1, 1958 posted in ...1951 - 1975, ALL Timeline

OPALCO’s Friday Harbor offices closed for reasons of economy. They reopened in September, 1960.

OPALCO Buys Friday Harbor Power Co.

Posted on September 1, 1941 posted in ...1935 - 1950, ALL Timeline

OPALCO purchased L. T. Mulvaney’s Friday Harbor Light and Power Company (diesel).