OPALCO Board Takes Action: Balanced Budget = Rate Increase
At their November meeting, the OPALCO Board approved the 2014 budget for a total of $30,665,000, which includes a rate increase of 6%. The increase is necessary to meet the … Read more
Author: Krista Bouchey
OPALCO Board Enthusiastically Supports Broadband Acceleration
November 21, 2013: Eastsound WA─In front of a packed room at their regularly scheduled meeting in Friday Harbor, the OPALCO Board issued and approved the following motion: Our island communities … Read more
CenturyLink Outage: OPALCO Carrying Phone and Data Traffic over Co-op Fiber and Microwave Radios
OPALCO crews have been working around the clock to provide a temporary solution for our co-op members impacted by the CenturyLink outage. OPALCO’s data communications system is now carrying the … Read more
CenturyLink Outage: 911 Service Restored; Cooperative Work Continues
CenturyLink has restored access to 911 and local inter-island phone services in San Juan County through a bypass created by splicing CenturyLink’s central office connection into OPALCO’s fiber and microwave … Read more
OPALCO TO AID CENTURYLINK ON SERVICE RESTORATION
Orcas Power & Light Cooperative (OPALCO) is working with CenturyLink to help resolve a county-wide service outage due to a submarine cable break on CenturyLink’s system. Service was disrupted early … Read more
OPALCO Construction Project on Cattle Point Road
OPALCO is preparing to install 2.2 miles of conduit and facilities for a new underground feeder and distribution line from the intersection of Argyle Road and Pear Point Road south … Read more