Mason County PUD No. 1 was honored by AT&T and Government Technology for the District’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic at a national Special Districts Summit, held virtually on December 15th. According to Government Technology’s website, the Special Districts Awards Program is designed to recognize innovation and leadership within special district agencies across the country. […]
POTLATCH, WA- Mason County PUD No. 1 was honored this fall with four awards for excellence in communications. The District received a first place honor from the Northwest Public Power Association (NWPPA) in the Group A (less than 10,000 customers) wildcard category for their Dam Proud shirts, as well as a second place finish […]
https://mason-pud1.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/PUD-1-Celebrating-85-Years.jpg00Kristin Mastellerhttps://mason-pud1.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/PUD-1-Celebrating-85-Years.jpgKristin Masteller2020-11-25 15:10:592020-11-25 15:10:59Mason PUD 1 Receives National and Regional Recognition for Communications
Mason County PUD No. 1 unveiled their second community solar project at a drive-in ribbon cutting on Tuesday, July 28th at the PUD’s new warehouse in Potlatch. After construction delays and rescheduling due to the pandemic, persistence paid off as over two dozen customers, community members, employees and commissioners came together under proper safety guidelines […]
https://mason-pud1.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/CommunitySolarII_Ribbon-Cutting_2020_far.jpg310910Kristin Mastellerhttps://mason-pud1.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/PUD-1-Celebrating-85-Years.jpgKristin Masteller2020-08-06 14:33:122020-08-19 09:37:24Mason PUD 1 Celebrates Community Solar II Ribbon-Cutting
Mason County PUD No. 1 unveiled their second community solar project at a drive-in ribbon cutting on Tuesday, July 28th at the PUD’s new warehouse in Potlatch. After construction delays and rescheduling due to the pandemic, persistence paid off as over two dozen customers, community members, and employees came together under proper safety guidelines to […]
https://mason-pud1.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/CommunitySolarII_Ribbon-Cutting_2020_far.jpg310910Kristin Mastellerhttps://mason-pud1.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/PUD-1-Celebrating-85-Years.jpgKristin Masteller2020-07-31 09:39:132020-08-19 09:40:52Mason PUD 1 Celebrates Community Solar II Project
Just weeks after receiving first place safety honors for the second year in a row from the American Public Power Association in April, PUD 1 received the same top recognition again from the Northwest Public Power Association (NWPPA), bringing the utility’s total to four first place safety awards in the last 24 months. Darin Hall, […]
https://mason-pud1.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/PUD-1-Celebrating-85-Years.jpg00Kristin Mastellerhttps://mason-pud1.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/PUD-1-Celebrating-85-Years.jpgKristin Masteller2020-05-05 16:30:212020-05-05 16:30:43Mason PUD 1 Wins Another Top Safety Award from Northwest Public Power Association
The American Water Works Association’s Pacific Northwest Section presented Mason County PUD No. 1 with four of the Association’s “Excellence in Communications” awards in 2020, for communications campaigns that were rolled out in 2019. The honors were bestowed in the categories of: Electronic Communications for the PUD’s social media platforms Internal Communications for the PUD’s […]
https://mason-pud1.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/PUD-1-Celebrating-85-Years.jpg00Kristin Mastellerhttps://mason-pud1.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/PUD-1-Celebrating-85-Years.jpgKristin Masteller2020-04-28 12:15:172020-05-05 16:30:43Mason PUD 1 Receives Four “Excellence in Communications” Awards from American Water Works Association
WASHINGTON, D.C.– For the second consecutive year, Mason County PUD No. 1 has earned the American Public Power Association’s Safety Award of Excellence for safe operating practices. The utility earned another first place award in the category for utilities with 30,000-59,000 worker-hours of annual worker exposure. Brandon Wylie, chair of the APPA’s Safety Committee, presented […]
https://mason-pud1.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/PUD-1-Celebrating-85-Years.jpg00Kristin Mastellerhttps://mason-pud1.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/PUD-1-Celebrating-85-Years.jpgKristin Masteller2020-04-16 14:50:532020-05-05 16:30:43Mason PUD 1 Honored with National Award for Outstanding Safety Practices
Mason County PUD No. 1 received notice from the Washington State Department of Health that five capital water projects submitted by the PUD in November of 2019 were chosen for Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) loans, totaling nearly $600,000. Three of these projects qualified for a 100% loan forgiveness subsidy, including the Bay East […]
https://mason-pud1.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/PUD-1-Celebrating-85-Years.jpg00Kristin Mastellerhttps://mason-pud1.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/PUD-1-Celebrating-85-Years.jpgKristin Masteller2020-04-01 08:32:322020-05-05 16:30:43Mason PUD 1 Receives Funding from Drinking Water State Revolving Fund
Potlatch, WA- In response to customer interest, Mason County PUD No. 1 is rolling out a second community solar project. Community Solar II, will be approximately 55 kilowatts in size and sited atop the PUD’s new vehicle storage warehouse that is starting construction this winter and scheduled to be completed in April. PUD 1 electric […]
https://mason-pud1.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/PUD-1-Celebrating-85-Years.jpg00Kristin Mastellerhttps://mason-pud1.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/PUD-1-Celebrating-85-Years.jpgKristin Masteller2019-12-20 15:26:122020-05-05 16:30:43Mason PUD 1 Launches Second Community Solar Project
At the annual Northwest Communications & Energy Innovations Conference (NIC) in Marysville last week, Mason County PUD No. 1 was honored with three first place plaques and two second place nods at the Excellence in Communications contest, hosted by the Northwest Public Power Association. PUD 1 was recognized in the Group A (10,000 customers or […]
https://mason-pud1.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/PUD-1-Celebrating-85-Years.jpg00Kristin Mastellerhttps://mason-pud1.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/PUD-1-Celebrating-85-Years.jpgKristin Masteller2019-09-24 17:38:242020-05-05 16:30:43Mason PUD 1 Receives Five Excellence in Communications Awards from NWPPA
Mason County PUD No. 1’s board of commissioners passed a resolution recently in support of the federal Columbia River Power System and the four lower Snake River dams. The reason for this is that our utility, along with the region’s public power community at large, realize that the lower Snake River and Columbia River dams […]
At the April 23, 2019 board of commissioners meeting, Mason County PUD No. 1’s lead water system operator TJ Goos was presented with a plaque inscribed “2018 Water Operator of the Year” by Evergreen Rural Water of Washington (ERWoW). Goos was surprised with the announcement of his award at the ERWoW annual conference in Yakima […]
https://mason-pud1.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/PUD-1-Celebrating-85-Years.jpg00Kristin Mastellerhttps://mason-pud1.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/PUD-1-Celebrating-85-Years.jpgKristin Masteller2019-04-25 18:54:122020-05-05 16:30:43PUD 1’s TJ Goos Named “2018 Water Operator of the Year” by Evergreen Rural Water of Washington
March 2018- “Spill” is quite literally the water that is spilled through massive gates that are raised at our federal hydropower dams. The spill is designed to help young salmon migrate quicker and easier downstream from the rivers to the ocean. Due to a ruling after two decades of litigation from fish advocates, Judge Simon […]
https://mason-pud1.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/PUD-1-Celebrating-85-Years.jpg00Kristin Mastellerhttps://mason-pud1.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/PUD-1-Celebrating-85-Years.jpgKristin Masteller2018-03-22 11:06:332020-05-05 16:30:43New “Spill” Mandates and the Upcoming Impact to our Electricity Rates
March 2017- PUD 1 receives its power from Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) which runs the hydroelectric system in the Northwest. Back in the mid-1990’s the federal government passed a new energy bill which gave some of the benefits of the hydro system back to investor-owned utilities (IOUs) like Puget Sound Energy. The IOUs complained that […]
https://mason-pud1.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/PUD-1-Celebrating-85-Years.jpg00Kristin Mastellerhttps://mason-pud1.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/PUD-1-Celebrating-85-Years.jpgKristin Masteller2017-03-28 08:50:582020-05-05 16:30:43Why We Need to Revisit Bonneville’s Residential Exchange Program
My father helped build the lower Snake River dams. I’m sure he would turn over in his grave if he knew what some environmental organizations are now proposing. For example, Wendy Gerlitz of the Northwest Energy Coalition (NWEC) recently opined that the region must choose between healthy populations of wild salmon and removing the Snake […]
March, 2016- When I opened this morning’s paper the headline read, “Washington Considers Nation’s First Carbon Tax.” At a recent Washington PUD Association meeting we discussed the various carbon reduction policies that are currently in play in Olympia as well as Washington DC. There are multiple policies that could impact our cost of providing reliable […]
February marked the 80th year of public service for Mason County PUD No. 1. While Homer T. Bone is often cited as the “father of public power”, one very influential public power supporter in our state was Morrison F. Pixley. Pixley was a land developer and the nephew of Frank M. Pixley, the celebrated founder […]
https://mason-pud1.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/PUD-1-Celebrating-85-Years.jpg00Kristin Mastellerhttps://mason-pud1.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/PUD-1-Celebrating-85-Years.jpgKristin Masteller2015-08-11 13:32:552020-05-05 16:30:44An 80 Year Tradition of Public Power
The PUD was honored with three Excellence in Communications Awards from the American Water Works Association’s Pacific Northwest Division at their annual conference.
https://mason-pud1.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/mason-building-1.jpg14702000Kristin Mastellerhttps://mason-pud1.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/PUD-1-Celebrating-85-Years.jpgKristin Masteller2015-05-11 18:55:312020-05-05 16:30:44PUD 1 Takes Home Three Excellence in Communications Awards from AWWA-PNWS
December, 2014 Emergency Preparedness is important. In October, the PUD participated in the Great Washington Shake Out earthquake drill and earlier in the year employees revised our Emergency Response Plan. We have to be ready so that when the devastating earthquake does finally hit, we have a practiced plan in place to help get the […]
June 2014- By: Commissioner Jack Janda On a recent tour of the Hanford Site with the Energy Northwest Executive Board, I was struck by the difference between the nuclear waste the Department of Energy is dealing with from our country’s defense programs, and what some people call nuclear “waste” from the generation of electricity. People […]
https://mason-pud1.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/PUD-1-Celebrating-85-Years.jpg00Kristin Mastellerhttps://mason-pud1.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/PUD-1-Celebrating-85-Years.jpgKristin Masteller2014-07-22 10:55:332020-05-05 16:30:44Time to Dispel the Myths about Used Nuclear Fuel
April, 2014- Mason County residents are seeing something on TV and in other media that has been a part of our way of life for over 75 years, yet is often overlooked: how hydropower dams and the incredible power of the Pacific Northwest’s Columbia and Snake Rivers benefit our daily lives. This public education effort […]
https://mason-pud1.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/PUD-1-Celebrating-85-Years.jpg00Kristin Mastellerhttps://mason-pud1.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/PUD-1-Celebrating-85-Years.jpgKristin Masteller2014-04-24 09:15:012020-05-05 16:30:44CleanHydro Highlights Hydropower and River Values
Olympia and Washington, D.C. appear to be in love with high cost wind and solar power while discriminating against low cost hydro power. Generous government subsidizes are provided to encourage the development of these new intermittent resources. For example, if a homeowner puts solar panels on their rooftop, they can get a credit from the […]
https://mason-pud1.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/PUD-1-Celebrating-85-Years.jpg00Kristin Mastellerhttps://mason-pud1.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/PUD-1-Celebrating-85-Years.jpgKristin Masteller2013-07-18 11:32:112020-05-05 16:30:44Increase Water Power
An Op/Ed from Jack Janda, chair of the Mason County PUD No. 1 board of commissioners and Linda Gott, chair of the Mason County PUD No. 3 board of commissioners. Mason County’s two public utility districts, PUD 1 and PUD 3 proudly serve their customers with safe, reliable electrical service at the lowest reasonable cost. […]
https://mason-pud1.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/PUD-1-Celebrating-85-Years.jpg00Kristin Mastellerhttps://mason-pud1.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/PUD-1-Celebrating-85-Years.jpgKristin Masteller2012-07-23 11:26:042020-04-13 11:07:00Protecting Local Control
I write this article with the intention to inform you of some issues important to public power rate payers and to explain why you continue to see your electric bills increase. Like many Northwest utilities, most of Mason County PUD No. 1’s power is hydroelectric and purchased from Bonneville Power Administration (BPA). For the last […]
https://mason-pud1.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/PUD-1-Celebrating-85-Years.jpg00Kristin Mastellerhttps://mason-pud1.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/PUD-1-Celebrating-85-Years.jpgKristin Masteller2012-06-21 15:03:222020-04-13 11:07:00People, Power and Politics
Mason County PUD No. 1 was the first public utility district in Washington State, incorporated in 1934 and beginning operations in February of 1935. Located in Potlatch along the beautiful Hood Canal, PUD 1 serves approximately 5,100 electric customers, 2,000 water connections and manages one small community septic system. Our electric service district reaches from […]
https://mason-pud1.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/PUD-1-Celebrating-85-Years.jpg00Kristin Mastellerhttps://mason-pud1.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/PUD-1-Celebrating-85-Years.jpgKristin Masteller2012-05-17 06:31:342020-04-13 11:07:00Celebrating 80 Years of Public Service
Mason PUD 1 Receives Innovation Award for Pandemic Response
NewsMason County PUD No. 1 was honored by AT&T and Government Technology for the District’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic at a national Special Districts Summit, held virtually on December 15th. According to Government Technology’s website, the Special Districts Awards Program is designed to recognize innovation and leadership within special district agencies across the country. […]
Mason PUD 1 Receives National and Regional Recognition for Communications
Blog, NewsPOTLATCH, WA- Mason County PUD No. 1 was honored this fall with four awards for excellence in communications. The District received a first place honor from the Northwest Public Power Association (NWPPA) in the Group A (less than 10,000 customers) wildcard category for their Dam Proud shirts, as well as a second place finish […]
Mason PUD 1 Celebrates Community Solar II Ribbon-Cutting
NewsMason County PUD No. 1 unveiled their second community solar project at a drive-in ribbon cutting on Tuesday, July 28th at the PUD’s new warehouse in Potlatch. After construction delays and rescheduling due to the pandemic, persistence paid off as over two dozen customers, community members, employees and commissioners came together under proper safety guidelines […]
Mason PUD 1 Celebrates Community Solar II Project
Blog, NewsMason County PUD No. 1 unveiled their second community solar project at a drive-in ribbon cutting on Tuesday, July 28th at the PUD’s new warehouse in Potlatch. After construction delays and rescheduling due to the pandemic, persistence paid off as over two dozen customers, community members, and employees came together under proper safety guidelines to […]
Mason PUD 1 Wins Another Top Safety Award from Northwest Public Power Association
NewsJust weeks after receiving first place safety honors for the second year in a row from the American Public Power Association in April, PUD 1 received the same top recognition again from the Northwest Public Power Association (NWPPA), bringing the utility’s total to four first place safety awards in the last 24 months. Darin Hall, […]
Mason PUD 1 Receives Four “Excellence in Communications” Awards from American Water Works Association
NewsThe American Water Works Association’s Pacific Northwest Section presented Mason County PUD No. 1 with four of the Association’s “Excellence in Communications” awards in 2020, for communications campaigns that were rolled out in 2019. The honors were bestowed in the categories of: Electronic Communications for the PUD’s social media platforms Internal Communications for the PUD’s […]
Mason PUD 1 Honored with National Award for Outstanding Safety Practices
NewsWASHINGTON, D.C.– For the second consecutive year, Mason County PUD No. 1 has earned the American Public Power Association’s Safety Award of Excellence for safe operating practices. The utility earned another first place award in the category for utilities with 30,000-59,000 worker-hours of annual worker exposure. Brandon Wylie, chair of the APPA’s Safety Committee, presented […]
Mason PUD 1 Receives Funding from Drinking Water State Revolving Fund
NewsMason County PUD No. 1 received notice from the Washington State Department of Health that five capital water projects submitted by the PUD in November of 2019 were chosen for Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) loans, totaling nearly $600,000. Three of these projects qualified for a 100% loan forgiveness subsidy, including the Bay East […]
Mason PUD 1 Launches Second Community Solar Project
NewsPotlatch, WA- In response to customer interest, Mason County PUD No. 1 is rolling out a second community solar project. Community Solar II, will be approximately 55 kilowatts in size and sited atop the PUD’s new vehicle storage warehouse that is starting construction this winter and scheduled to be completed in April. PUD 1 electric […]
Mason PUD 1 Receives Five Excellence in Communications Awards from NWPPA
NewsAt the annual Northwest Communications & Energy Innovations Conference (NIC) in Marysville last week, Mason County PUD No. 1 was honored with three first place plaques and two second place nods at the Excellence in Communications contest, hosted by the Northwest Public Power Association. PUD 1 was recognized in the Group A (10,000 customers or […]
Op-Ed: Mason PUD 1 Commission Supports the FCRPS and Lower Snake River Dams
NewsMason County PUD No. 1’s board of commissioners passed a resolution recently in support of the federal Columbia River Power System and the four lower Snake River dams. The reason for this is that our utility, along with the region’s public power community at large, realize that the lower Snake River and Columbia River dams […]
PUD 1’s TJ Goos Named “2018 Water Operator of the Year” by Evergreen Rural Water of Washington
Blog, NewsAt the April 23, 2019 board of commissioners meeting, Mason County PUD No. 1’s lead water system operator TJ Goos was presented with a plaque inscribed “2018 Water Operator of the Year” by Evergreen Rural Water of Washington (ERWoW). Goos was surprised with the announcement of his award at the ERWoW annual conference in Yakima […]
New “Spill” Mandates and the Upcoming Impact to our Electricity Rates
Blog, NewsMarch 2018- “Spill” is quite literally the water that is spilled through massive gates that are raised at our federal hydropower dams. The spill is designed to help young salmon migrate quicker and easier downstream from the rivers to the ocean. Due to a ruling after two decades of litigation from fish advocates, Judge Simon […]
Why We Need to Revisit Bonneville’s Residential Exchange Program
Blog, NewsMarch 2017- PUD 1 receives its power from Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) which runs the hydroelectric system in the Northwest. Back in the mid-1990’s the federal government passed a new energy bill which gave some of the benefits of the hydro system back to investor-owned utilities (IOUs) like Puget Sound Energy. The IOUs complained that […]
SALMON OR RENEWABLE HYDROPOWER?
Blog, NewsMy father helped build the lower Snake River dams. I’m sure he would turn over in his grave if he knew what some environmental organizations are now proposing. For example, Wendy Gerlitz of the Northwest Energy Coalition (NWEC) recently opined that the region must choose between healthy populations of wild salmon and removing the Snake […]
Nation’s First Carbon Tax?
Blog, NewsMarch, 2016- When I opened this morning’s paper the headline read, “Washington Considers Nation’s First Carbon Tax.” At a recent Washington PUD Association meeting we discussed the various carbon reduction policies that are currently in play in Olympia as well as Washington DC. There are multiple policies that could impact our cost of providing reliable […]
An 80 Year Tradition of Public Power
Blog, NewsFebruary marked the 80th year of public service for Mason County PUD No. 1. While Homer T. Bone is often cited as the “father of public power”, one very influential public power supporter in our state was Morrison F. Pixley. Pixley was a land developer and the nephew of Frank M. Pixley, the celebrated founder […]
PUD 1 Takes Home Three Excellence in Communications Awards from AWWA-PNWS
NewsThe PUD was honored with three Excellence in Communications Awards from the American Water Works Association’s Pacific Northwest Division at their annual conference.
Emergency Preparedness is Everyone’s Responsibility
Blog, NewsDecember, 2014 Emergency Preparedness is important. In October, the PUD participated in the Great Washington Shake Out earthquake drill and earlier in the year employees revised our Emergency Response Plan. We have to be ready so that when the devastating earthquake does finally hit, we have a practiced plan in place to help get the […]
Time to Dispel the Myths about Used Nuclear Fuel
Blog, NewsJune 2014- By: Commissioner Jack Janda On a recent tour of the Hanford Site with the Energy Northwest Executive Board, I was struck by the difference between the nuclear waste the Department of Energy is dealing with from our country’s defense programs, and what some people call nuclear “waste” from the generation of electricity. People […]
CleanHydro Highlights Hydropower and River Values
Blog, NewsApril, 2014- Mason County residents are seeing something on TV and in other media that has been a part of our way of life for over 75 years, yet is often overlooked: how hydropower dams and the incredible power of the Pacific Northwest’s Columbia and Snake Rivers benefit our daily lives. This public education effort […]
Increase Water Power
Blog, NewsOlympia and Washington, D.C. appear to be in love with high cost wind and solar power while discriminating against low cost hydro power. Generous government subsidizes are provided to encourage the development of these new intermittent resources. For example, if a homeowner puts solar panels on their rooftop, they can get a credit from the […]
Clean Hydro Campaign
Blog, NewsLearn more about hydroelectricity and why the Columbia River system is so vital to the Pacific Northwest! www.cleanhydro.org
Protecting Local Control
Blog, NewsAn Op/Ed from Jack Janda, chair of the Mason County PUD No. 1 board of commissioners and Linda Gott, chair of the Mason County PUD No. 3 board of commissioners. Mason County’s two public utility districts, PUD 1 and PUD 3 proudly serve their customers with safe, reliable electrical service at the lowest reasonable cost. […]
People, Power and Politics
Blog, NewsI write this article with the intention to inform you of some issues important to public power rate payers and to explain why you continue to see your electric bills increase. Like many Northwest utilities, most of Mason County PUD No. 1’s power is hydroelectric and purchased from Bonneville Power Administration (BPA). For the last […]
Celebrating 80 Years of Public Service
Blog, NewsMason County PUD No. 1 was the first public utility district in Washington State, incorporated in 1934 and beginning operations in February of 1935. Located in Potlatch along the beautiful Hood Canal, PUD 1 serves approximately 5,100 electric customers, 2,000 water connections and manages one small community septic system. Our electric service district reaches from […]