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 […]
Articles by Bruce Wilkinson
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 […]
Event
David Rovics: Power to the Public Benefit at Traditions!
April 1st, Wednesday, 7:30PM. $24/ $12 low income “David Rovics is the musical version of Democracy Now!” -Amy Goodman, host, Democracy Now! David Rovics is a songwriter, musician, blogger and podcaster based in Portland, Oregon. Since the […]
Research
Detailed Advantages of Public Power
The central advantage of Public Power means homes and businesses run on electricity provided by a not-for-profit, locally owned utility. That means the community has more control, so all the benefits produced by public power—including […]
Event
Power to the Public Launch with Dennis Kucinich was a HUGE SUCCESS!
This week has been our launch week for the Thurston Public Power Initiative 2020 with our heavy hitter Dennis Kucinich in town. He has volunteered a huge amount of his time over the past 5 […]
Community
Why is Dennis Kucinich coming to Olympia?
Public Power made him who he is! That’s why! (Dennis Kucinich is coming 7PM February 4th at the Olympia Center.) Dennis J. Kucinich is an independent, iconoclastic thinker who has charted a singular approach through […]
Research
PUD’s are better: here’s why.
Thurston PUD won’t be the same as Chelan PUD, but over time it could be as good and better! Chelan has existed for over 75 years and unlike PSE wasn’t sold to foreign firms that […]
Community
It’s only the beginning…
Corporate cash buys election— Public Power supporters undeterred (This was originally published in December of 2012 in Works In Progress. Let’s remember, learn and give thanks.) By John Pearce with Doug Riddels Works In Progress […]
PSE Watch
Tell WUTC to deny foreign owned PSE a rate hike!
Major price hike Puget Sound Energy has asked the Washington State Utilities and Transportation Commission (WUTC) to approve energy price hikes of 6.9% for electricity and 7.9% for natural gas. If approved, PSE would collect […]