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Tag: Seattle City Light

Seattle City Light proposes rate increases to cover revenue shortfall

On 03/17/2021 By Kevin Schofield In utilities

This morning, representatives of Seattle City Light went before the City Council to pitch a change to the retail electricity rates that the utility charges. The bottom line: no visible change to rates this year, and a 3.9% increase next year. But these are complicated times, and there’s a fair amount to unpack in their proposal.

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Debra Smith confirmed as new CEO of Seattle City Light

On 10/01/2018 By Kevin Schofield In appointments, utilities

This afternoon, the City Council unanimously voted to confirm Debra Smith as the new General Manager and CEO of Seattle City Light.

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Seattle City Light CEO appointment moves forward

On 09/20/2018 By Kevin Schofield In appointments, utilities

This morning, the City Council finished up its interview of Debra Smith, who is Mayor Durkan’s nomination for CEO of Seattle City Light. After deliberations and a public hearing, they voted to pass the nomination out of committee, setting it up for final approval on October 1.

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Seattle City Light in the spotlight today

On 09/11/2018 By Kevin Schofield In appointments, audit, utilities

There are two notable items of news related to Seattle City Light today: an audit of its billing practices, and more details on the Mayor’s nominee for the utility’s CEO position.

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Durkan nominates Debra Smith to head Seattle City Light

On 08/28/2018 By Kevin Schofield In appointments, utilities

Today Mayor Jenny Durkan nominated Debra Smith to be the new CEO of Seattle City Light.

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Seattle City Light six-year strategic plan one step closer to approval

On 06/28/2018 By Kevin Schofield In finance, utilities

This afternoon, the City Council voted to send Seattle City Light’s 2019-2024 Strategic Plan out of committee and to the full Council for final approval on July 9th, along with some direction on how to address the power utility’s biggest issues.

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Council embarks on update to Seattle City Light strategic plan

On 05/21/2018 By Kevin Schofield In utilities

Next week the City Council begins the process of reviewing and revising the six-year Strategic Plan for Seattle City Light.  They have a lot of issues to dig through.

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Larry Weis out as Seattle City Light CEO

On 12/04/2017 By Kevin Schofield In utilities

In the middle of Mayor Durkan’s press conference announcing the resignation of SPd Chief Kathleen O’Toole, she dropped a bombshell: she has also accepted the resignation of Larry Weis as CEO of Seattle City Light.

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A missed opportunity that never really was

On 08/01/2017 By Kevin Schofield In housing, parks, utilities

Yesterday afternoon the Council voted to declare a piece of city property to be surplus, and to allow the official owner, Seattle City Light, to sell it. Selling off surplus city property is a fairly regular occurrence, but for many reasons this one stands out as a rather frustrating exception.

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Seattle City Light moves forward with joining Energy Imbalance Market

On 12/13/2016 By Kevin Schofield In utilities

Seattle City Light CEO Larry Weis announced yesterday that the utility is moving forward with preparations to join the California Independent System Operators (CAISO) Energy Imbalance Market (EIM).

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