Terry Pyle News Today

EPHRATA — Rich Wallen will remain Grant PUD’s chief executive officer/general manager, according to a release Tuesday from the PUD.

Grant PUD announced Tuesday that Wallen will continue to head the utility.

EPHRATA - Grant Public Utility District (PUD) commissioners announced on Tuesday that Rich Wallen will remain as the utility’s Chief Executive Officer/General Manager. This decision comes after Wallens previous resignation

EPHRATA — Grant County PUD customers will see an increase in their electrical rates beginning April 1. Utility district commissioners approved an overall 3% rate increase, averaged across all rate classes, on a 3-1-1 vote Jan. 23.

EPHRATA — Grant County PUD customers are considering a rate increase in 2024, but whether it will be 3% across the board to all customer classes, or an overall 3% increase, is still to be determined. Utility district commissioners talked about some of their thinking on rates during a rate workshop Tuesday.

EPHRATA — Grant County PUD customers are invited to a commission workshop at 9 a.m. Nov. 23 to discuss electrical rates and rate-setting policy. That invite followed an extensive review of commissioner ideas about rates, rate stability and meeting conduct, among other topics on Tuesday.

EPHRATA — A planned discussion about possible Grant County PUD rates was abruptly canceled and a PUD commission workshop closed for a few minutes after a statement from commission chair Nelson Cox...