Meet a Passive House
Meet a Passive House Don’t worry – it’s not a lazy house, just an extremely efficient style of home building. This house in heart of Eastsound uses about one-third of … Read more
The Island Way
Take Climate Change Action with OPALCO! Stewards, Energy Roundtables and Island Way Workshops
Are you looking for things you can DO to combat climate change? Is there a home energy efficiency project you’d like to DO this year? Do you have ideas for … Read more
OPALCO Board Nominations Open: Interested? Virtual Open House for Candidates January 6th
OPALCO nominations for board candidates are now open. You can help shape our energy future! There are three positions open: one position in District 1 (San Juan, Brown, Henry, Pearl and Spieden islands), one position in … Read more
Rate Updates and New Programs from OPALCO – Coming in 2022
The November OPALCO Board Meeting included several changes for cooperative members including a 4% rate increase for all members, a change to the way solar producers get paid for the … Read more
Meet Christine and Zach Chan – an energetic farming family
Christine Chan and her family have lived San Juan Island for almost 30 years. They raised their children, installed gardens, worked their jobs, helped their neighbors and relied mostly on … Read more
EV Road Trip – all the way home
306 miles to get home. A couple of charging stops (Taco Bell and Walmart) and let the pup run around.