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 […]

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Election Blockade for Democracy

(This is a dangerous thought not an organized campaign.) The US 2020 election is facing crisis that is undermining democracy. This crisis has become acute because of the impact of coronavirus in numerous ways. Therefore [...]
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 [...]
Research

Advantages of Public Power

#1: Accountability and Transparency PUDs are governed by an elected Board of Commissioners. Citizens have access to meetings and documents, including planning, budgets, performance and other reports. Customers know how and why decisions are made. [...]