As a result of today’s Seattle City Council vote approving an ordinance to allow Seattle City Light to enter into an innovative energy conservation contract with its largest customer, Nucor Steel, enough energy will be saved to heat 540 Seattle homes for a year.
City Light customers are reminded that starting in January 2013, an average rate increase of 4.4 percent goes into place.
Seattle City Councilmember Mike O’Brien seeks a new representative for the City Light Review Panel to represent City Light’s residential rate-paying customers.
By a vote of 8-0, the Seattle City Council today reconfirmed Jorge Carrasco for another four years as Seattle City Light superintendent.
By a vote of 8-0, the Seattle City Council has passed a resolution adopting Seattle City Light’s proposed six-year strategic plan. The plan includes revenue requirements that equal about a 4.7 percent rate increase for each of the next six years.
Mayor Mike McGinn and a group of business leaders endorsed a strategic plan for Seattle City Light that is designed to guide operations, investments and rates at the municipally owned utility.
Seattle’s City Council approves legislation to encourage all Seattle City Light customers to participate in the utility’s Community Solar program.
Today the City Council unanimously passed a resolution allowing Seattle City Light to extend residential rate assistance to low-income customers residing in the Seattle Housing Authority and King County Housing Authority if they are not receiving other assistance with their electric utility bills.
You, our customers, are the focus of everything we do at Seattle City Light, so I’m pleased to provide an overview of key accomplishments we achieved on your behalf in 2010. — Jorge Carrasco, Superintendent
The Seattle City Council unanimously approved a budget for Seattle City Light today that will lower customers’ energy costs in 2011, followed by a modest increase in 2012.
