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.
Seattle City Light is preparing for a major maintenance project at Boundary Dam on the Pend Oreille River in northeast Washington that will require lowering the reservoir behind the dam in September.
Seattle City Light and Pend Oreille Public Utility District, along with state and federal agencies, the Kalispel Tribe, conservation groups and concerned local citizens have filed comprehensive settlement agreements supporting the relicensing of Boundary Dam and the removal of Mill Pond Dam.
Seattle City Light, Bonneville Power Administration and Pend Oreille PUD announced today that they have completed a key step for re-establishing a transmission line that will increase BPA’s transmission reliability in northeastern Washington and lower costs for the two utilities.
