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
This afternoon, the City Council unanimously voted to confirm Debra Smith as the new General Manager and CEO of Seattle City Light.
Continue readingSeattle City Light CEO appointment moves forward
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.
Continue readingSeattle City Light in the spotlight today
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.
Continue readingDurkan nominates Debra Smith to head Seattle City Light
Today Mayor Jenny Durkan nominated Debra Smith to be the new CEO of Seattle City Light.
Continue readingSeattle City Light six-year strategic plan one step closer to approval
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.
Continue readingCouncil embarks on update to Seattle City Light strategic plan
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.
Continue readingLarry Weis out as Seattle City Light CEO
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.
Continue readingA missed opportunity that never really was
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.
Continue readingSeattle City Light moves forward with joining Energy Imbalance Market
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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