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Lonely Osprey Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places

A single male osprey has been looking for love in the wrong place – a Seattle City Light tower along the Duwamish River.

City Light Volunteer Climbers Reach Rainier Summit, Raise Money for American Lung Association

On their climb up Washington’s tallest mountain, Seattle City Light employees Ed Richards and Cecile Bamer had two goals – reach the 14,411 foot summit and raise money for the American Lung Association. During the American Lung Association’s Climb for Clean Air, they achieved both.

Seattle City Light’s Jim Baggs Elected to Western Electricity Reliability Post

Seattle City Light Compliance Officer Jim Baggs has been elected to chair the membership committee that will advise a new company created to oversee electric reliability coordination for energy generation and transmission in 17 western states.

City Light Seeks Customer Comments on Advanced Meters

Seattle City Light is scheduled to start replacing its aging electrical meters with advanced meters that provide two-way communication in 2015. As a part of the planning process for that transition, City Light is asking its customers to share any comments, questions or concerns they might have about advanced meters. We want to hear from you.

Northwest Utilities Add Muscle to Fight for Customers in Columbia River Treaty Talks

With hundreds of millions of dollars at stake for 6.4 million Pacific Northwest electric utility customers, a coalition of 70 Northwest utilities, including Seattle City Light; industry associations; and other entities has hired Washington, D.C. and Seattle-based law firm Van Ness Feldman. The coalition known as the Columbia River Treaty Power Group plans to share its views with policy makers and regional stakeholders on economic, environmental and operational issues as the United States prepares to renegotiate the 1960s-era Columbia River Treaty.