Twelve winning students will have their artwork and energy conservation ideas featured in City Light’s 2014 Shrinking Bigfoot calendar, which will go on sale in November. All proceeds will go directly to Project Share, a one-time emergency assistance program that helps customers with their electric utility bill.
Seattle City Light has partnered with 10 large non-profit affordable housing providers to enroll eligible income-qualified customers in the Utility Discount Program that provides a 60 percent discount off Seattle City Light bills and 50 percent discount off Seattle Public Utility bills.
At 11:30 a.m. today, a construction contractor driving a backhoe at a Seattle City Light work site near Denny Way and Pontius Avenue North, snagged an overhead power line, bringing it down and breaking four poles. No one was injured.
Emergency responders from several regional agencies gathered today at Seattle City Light’s North Service Center to emphasize the need for Puget Sound residents to be prepared for potentially treacherous winter weather and power outages.
The days are getting shorter, the air is a little cooler and it is the perfect time to plant trees in the Seattle. Join Seattle City Light and the Fauntleroy community in planting 20 street trees in this vibrant neighborhood Nov. 2.
Seattle City Light held a public open house on Oct. 9 to share information about the utility’s Denny Substation Project, and to receive feedback on early design concepts for the new construction. Nearly 70 people attended the open house to provide input, voice concerns and ask questions about the project.
Understanding the seismic vulnerabilities utilities in the Pacific Northwest have and encouraging mitigation before the next big earthquake hits was the goal of the first meeting of the Northwest Electric Utility Seismic Group on Oct. 15. Seattle City Light hosted the meeting, which drew representatives from 10 utilities across the… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle City Light and Vancouver, B.C.-based Powerex filed a $2 million settlement agreement with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) today to resolve claims relating to high prices for energy that were charged during the West Coast energy crisis of 2000-01.
The Paramount Theater opened its Broadway season last night under new bright lights that will reduce the historic theater’s energy consumption enough to save $43,000 each year.
Lauren Rhoades of Seattle won the top prize in Seattle City Light’s Cookin’ with Kilowatts contest Wednesday with her recipe for 0.6 Kilowatt Coq Au Vin.
