December 2019 – Power to the PUBLIC!

JeffPUD victory over PSE!

December 20, 2019 Bruce Wilkinson 0

In 2008 Jefferson County won their public power initiative and proceeded to take over from PSE. Three counties tried that year but only Jefferson County successfully liberated itself from PSE’s private monopoly control. Going from […]

PSE jacks rates AGAIN!!

December 5, 2019 Bruce Wilkinson 0

PSE asked the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (UTC) to increase rates on electricity by 6.9% this year after already getting a rate increase in 2018. Fortunately the UTC rejected their proposal. Instead they proposed […]

Solidarity

Kucinich is running for Congress!

STATEMENT OF DENNIS J. KUCINICH, Independent Candidate for Congress, OH-7.Member of the U.S. House of Representatives(1997-2013)January 24, 2024The Bible teaches us that “a House Divided against itself, cannot stand.” (Mark 3:25). Abraham Lincoln warned, almost [...]
Community

Dennis Kucinich calls for diplomacy.

How does this relate to everything else? I think Kucinich can show us. Dennis Kucinich on the Grayzone!
Solidarity

Utility Strike! US!

Right now we are seeing how quickly things can change when there is a crisis. Naomi Klein called it Coronavirus Capitalism and warned us that this can be a time for advancing the courageous goals [...]
Community

Pandemic pause on signature gathering for initiative.

Given the current public health emergency, you may have wondered (for a moment) how it might affect our campaign to electrify Thurston PUD. Well, we’ve been scratching our heads on this one, and if there’s [...]
Research

Why do we want to replace PSE with a public utility district?

LOCAL CONTROL PSE is accountable only to its shareholders and sets rates to maximize profits. Half the members on the Boards of PSE and Puget Holdings represent non-US investment groups that want to ensure adequate profits [...]