The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has issued an order for a new, 42-year license for Seattle City Light’s largest hydroelectric dam, Boundary, on the Pend Oreille River near Metaline Falls.
While the Pacific Northwest is experiencing cold temperatures and mountains are covered with snow, unusually warm conditions in other parts of the country are holding down prices on the surplus electricity Seattle City Light sells to other utilities.
Northwest Backroads will be taking you on a tour of Pend Oreille County and pointing out all its attractions including the Boundary Dam. Tune in Saturday, Oct. 27 at 7:30 p.m. on KING 5 (Seattle NBC Channel 5) and on KREM TV (Spokane CBS Channel 2) on Saturday, Nov. 3 at 9 p.m.
Seattle City Light is completing a year-long maintenance project at Boundary Dam on the Pend Oreille River in northeast Washington that will require lowering the reservoir behind the dam twice this month.
Seattle City Light is scheduled to reopen the Forebay Recreation Area at Boundary Dam in Pend Oreille County on Sept. 30.
Camping at the Boundary Dam Forebay Recreation Area in Pend Oreille County will be closed, starting tomorrow, until early August while Seattle City Light completes maintenance work on a sluice maintenance gate for the dam.
Seattle City Light Superintendent Jorge Carrasco expressed cautious optimism about power production this year. The utility entered April with near-record amounts of snowpack above its hydroelectric dams on the Pend Oreille and Skagit Rivers, promising a healthy supply of electricity this summer.
Seattle’s City Council approves a 10-year agreement with Pend Oreille County for impact payments related to Boundary Dam.
A major maintenance project at Boundary Dam on the Pend Oreille River in northeast Washington will require closing the Forebay Recreation Area and campground longer than expected.
