There will be a Special Meeting of the Board of Commissioners of Public Utility District No. 1 of Okanogan County on Monday, October 10, 2016 from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. in the PUD Auditorium located at 1331 Second Avenue North in Okanogan.  The Special Meeting is being held as a Board Workshop for the purpose of reviewing the Proposed 2017 Budget.

The Regular Meeting of the Board of Commissioners will be held on Monday, October 10, 2016 beginning at 2:30 p.m. in the PUD Auditorium, with the first item of business being a 30-minute executive session.  The regular business meeting open to the public will commence at 3:00 p.m.

Please join the Okanogan PUD for our Public Power Week Kick Off event October 1, 2016 at the Okanogan Harvest Festival in downtown Okanogan. We will be offering to ratepayers the opportunity to choose an energy saving surge protector or a box set that includes two (2) energy efficient shower heads and two (2) LED 25,000 hour light bulbs between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. We hope to see you there!

There will be a 6 hour power outage on October 6, 2016. It will begin at 12:05 a.m. Thursday morning and last until approximately 6:00 a.m. Thursday morning. The outage will affect all Okanogan County Electric Co-Op as well as Okanogan County PUD customers in the following areas: The Methow Valley from Carlton to Mazama, Loup Loup Ski Hill, Pleasant Valley, Town of Malott, south of Malott to the Ophir Grade including the Chiliwist. 

October 2-8, 2016 is Public Power Week, a time when communities across the U.S. celebrate the advantages of community-owned public power. More than 2,000 cities and towns light up their homes, businesses and streets with public power.

SmartHub is Okanogan PUD’s free online bill payment system that will be launched on October 3, 2016, replacing the current e-bill system. SmartHub lets you manage all aspects of your utility account online or with your mobile device.