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The people have spoken on city power | Letter to the editor
July 2, 2017, Bainbridge Island Review
Your editorial ["Nothing personal against city power," June 16] contained something that concerns me...read more
Editorial overestimates community support | Letter to the editor
June 22, 2017, Bainbridge Island Review
Your Review editorial on June 3 assumes that the 10 percent of islanders who are currently paying extra to PSE for green power are in favor of the city of Bainbridge taking over and running a power utility...read more
Nothing personal against city power | In Our Opinion
June 21, 2017, Bainbridge Island Review
Mayor Val Tollefson is frustrated. He said as much at this week's council meeting, as the council was on the verge of voting to suspend consideration of a proposal...read more
Lights out for public utility on Bainbridge
June 15, 2017, KING5
The island's two-year flirtation with a publicly-owned electric utility came to an end Tuesday night...read more
Bainbridge council won't send PSE takeover to ballot box
June 13, 2017, Bainbridge Island Review
The Bainbridge Island City Council has pulled the plug on the idea to create a city-run power company...read more
Lights out for public electric utility on Bainbridge
June 13, 2017, Kitsap Sun
The island's two-year flirtation with a publicly-owned electric utility came to an end Tuesday night...read more
Views are set on city power | In Our Opinion
June 8, 2017, Bainbridge Island Review
Here we are, just where we thought we'd be. And it's no surprise, of course...read more
Local biodigester could help power load | Letter to the editor
June 6, 2017, Bainbridge Island Review
Again, there has been another bewailing of the "dangers of climate" change that is devoid of any analytical analysis of our own carbon footprint and what might be done to mitigate it (at least here)...read more
Council not interested in balance | Letter to the editor
June 2, 2017, Bainbridge Island Review
On June 6, the final report on the electric utility municipalization project on Bainbridge Island will be presented to the city council...read more
News report was slanted against public power | Letter to the editor
June 1, 2017, Bainbridge Island Review
Bainbridge Island's Fox News? In case you thought a certain style of journalism died last week with the passing of Fox News founder Roger Ailes, The Review did its best to channel his ghost in its May 19 lead story of a PSE-funded study...read more
City Council's biased plan for utility debate | Letter to the editor
May 30, 2017, Kitsap Sun
On June 6 the final report on the electric utility municipalization project on Bainbridge Island will be presented to City Council by consultant D. Hittle & Associates...read more
Don't throw tax dollars at a costly gamble | Letter to the editor
May 26, 2017, Bainbridge Island Review
Why are we even considering running our own electric utility? In the 40 years we have lived on Bainbridge...read more
PSE Estimate for Bainbridge Island Muni Formation is Twice City's Estimate
May 26, 2017, Clearing Up
Puget Sound Energy released a study May 17 on what it could potentially cost Bainbridge Island to acquire the utility's infrastructure and form a municipal utility...read more
Puget Sound Energy flames Bainbridge public power study
May 17, 2016, Kitsap Sun
Setting up a city-owned electric utility on Bainbridge would cost island taxpayers $147 million, according to a study commissioned by Puget Sound Energy...read more
New study for Bainbridge city power company: PSE takeover would cost $146.8 million
May 17, 2017, Bainbridge Island Review
Creating a city-run electric company could cost the city of Bainbridge island $146.8 million, according to an independent consultant study paid for by Puget Sound Energy...read more
Church lands generator for emergency shelter
April 25, 2017, Kitsap Sun
For 17 years, Chapel Hill Presbyterian Church has served as an emergency shelter for residents of the Gig Harbor area...read more
City government in action: Wow | Letter to the editor
April 23, 2017, Bainbridge Island Review
While it was refreshing to see that a member of the Bainbridge Island City Council admitted that the results of their approval of the bike trail adjacent to Route 305 were a "sucker punch" to him, I wonder how it could be...read more
We need leaders who are willing to lead | Letter to the editor
April 23, 2017, Bainbridge Island Review
Our city doesn't need our permission to go into the business of selling power nor to acquire the assets of Puget Sound Energy on the Island...read more
An interesting but overlooked example | Letter to the editor
April 18, 2017, Bainbridge Island Review
After reading all the articles and ads from Island Power, and after attending the public meetings from both Island Power and PSE, I find it incredibly odd that we repeatedly hear about Jefferson County, but not Boulder, Colorado...read more
The faulty premise for PSE takeover | Letter to the editor
April 14, 2017, Bainbridge Island Review
In his letter to the editor (April 7), Steve Johnson takes the paper to task for ignoring climate change in the "public power debate."...read more
Ratepayers will finance hostile takeover | Letter to the editor
April 13, 2017, Bainbridge Island Review
Climate change is the most serious issue of our time...read more
Power study has been a sales job | Letter to the editor
April 12, 2017, Bainbridge Island Review
I want to share my concerns regarding the city's consideration of creating and managing an electric utility...read more
Newspaper ignores climate change | Letter to the editor
April 10, 2017, Bainbridge Island Review
Why is the Bainbridge Review ignoring the issue of climate change in the public power debate...read more
Face reality: City power company is a bad idea | Letter to the editor
April 7, 2017, Bainbridge Island Review
It may be time for another clear demonstration to awaken, or reawaken, the city council...read more
City power idea is misplaced environmentalism | Letter to the editor
April 4, 2017, Bainbridge Island Review
The current enthusiasm by the city council to even bother to explore an island electrical public utility can only be described as misplaced environmentalism...read more
Time to open your eyes | In Our Opinion
March 24, 2017, Bainbridge Island Review
Make your bed, now lie in it. The Bainbridge Island City Council has, and decided earlier this week it will stay snuggled in the idea that Bainbridge can create its own municipal utility...read more
Bainbridge neighborhoods lose power during heavy winds
March 10, 2017, Bainbridge Island Review
Two neighborhoods on Bainbridge Island's North End were without power Friday morning following a night of high winds in Western Washington...read more
Thousands lose power on Bainbridge Island
March 8, 2017, Bainbridge Island Review
Nearly 2,000 Bainbridge Island homes and businesses were without power Wednesday morning following a night of high winds on the island...read more
Update | Power back on for most of Bainbridge Island
March 8, 2017, Bainbridge Island Review
Electricity has been restored for most of the South End of Bainbridge Island...read more
A HORSE of a different color
March 3, 2017, American Gas magazine
Puget Sound Energy is partnering with a bioenergy company to pilot a demonstration project on converting food waste from local restaurants into energy for Bainbridge Island...read more
Hydropower from BPA is not carbon neutral | Letter to the editor
March 2, 2017, Bainbridge Island Review
BPA generates its power from multiple dams and is considered "green power." However, dams impede salmon migration and population...read more
City power utility is a waste of time, money | Letter to the editor
Feb. 21, 2017, Bainbridge Island Review
Island Power likes to talk about the "benefits" of public power...read more
Puget Sound Energy Foundation to hold dedication ceremony
Feb. 15, 2017, Bainbridge Island Review
The Puget Sound Energy Foundation is installing high-capacity generators at several locations across Kitsap and Whatcom counties...read more
Mixing 'green' and 'dirty' power | Letter to the editor
Feb. 15, 2017, Bainbridge Island Review
Several recent letters to the editor have noted that "green" power and "dirty" power (mainly coal) inevitably come from their respective generating sources to Bainbridge Island via the same electric power transmission lines...read more
Scammers are back on Bainbridge | In Our Opinion
Feb. 15, 2017, Bainbridge Island Review
Tax season is upon us, and evil people want to take your money...read more
Public power would be a good deal | Letter to the editor
Feb. 14, 2017, Bainbridge Island Review
The Review reports on the cost for islanders to acquire the PSE electric system as found in the just released draft "Bainbridge Island Electric Utility Feasibility Study....read more
Snowbound Bainbridge - our favorite photos from the blizzard | Gallery
Feb. 11, 2017, Bainbridge Island Review
It's all just a melted memory now. A few days of rain have washed away the remnants of the massive snowstorm that buried Bainbridge Island and much of the Puget Sound region under 4 or more inches of snow...read more
Wind advisory in effect for Bainbridge, Puget Sound
Feb. 10, 2017, Bainbridge Island Review
The National Weather Service has issued a wind advisory for the Puget Sound region, including Bainbridge Island, that will remain in effect until 3 p.m. Friday...read more
Heavy snow makes travel treacherous, leads to outages
Feb. 6, 2017, Kitsap Sun
Heavy snow has closed schools and knocked out power to many on the Kitsap Peninsula, particularly in the south end, and it's not expected to let up until later this evening...read more
Study examines whether public power would work on Bainbridge
Jan. 27, 2017, Kitsap Sun
City leaders got their first look this week at a study examining the feasibility of a public power utility on the island...read more
Film on island geology returns
Jan. 27, 2017, Bainbridge Island Review
Bainbridge Island’s shaking past, and possibly future, will return to the screen in a free second showing of the film, “The Geological Formation of Bainbridge Island,” in February at Bainbridge Cinemas...read more
Consultant study: Bainbridge takeover of PSE could cost more than $57 million
Jan. 24, 2017, Bainbridge Island Review
Purchasing much of Puget Sound Energy’s power system on Bainbridge Island and creating a city-run electric utility could cost more than $57.6 million, according to a draft feasibility study released this week by city officials...read more
Bainbridge Power founders to lead Energy lunch talk
Jan. 18, 2017, Port Townsend Leader
Jefferson County Energy Lunch hosts its monthly presentation, which for January focuses on "Assessing Local Energy Values: The Bainbridge Public Power Campaign" at 12:30 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 19 at the Port Townsend Yacht Club, 2503 Washington St...read more
Electrical grid doesn't discriminate | Letter to the editor
Jan. 18, 2017, Bainbridge Island Review
"Green" electric-power-only is not an option. That's not how an electrical grid works...read more
Bainbridge utility campaign topic of Port Townsend lunch
Jan. 17, 2017, Peninsula Daily News
Co-founders of a movement to give the city of Bainbridge Island the authority to establish a nonprofit electric utility will speak at Jefferson County Energy Lunch on Thursday...read more
Local power utility makes no sense | Letter to the editor
Jan. 11, 2017, Bainbridge Island Review
Mr. Tom Goodwin's letter published on Dec. 16 unfortunately contains both misinformation and disinformation...read more
Lights go out on north Bainbridge Island
Jan. 10, 2017, Bainbridge Island Review
Nearly 300 homes on Bainbridge Island lost power early Tuesday night...read more
Move to local power in 2017 | Letter to the editor
Dec. 22, 2016, Bainbridge Island Review
I have a wish for Bainbridge Island in 2017, which is we vote by year's end to establish a public power utility...read more
'Tribute Baskets' to be dedicated at Waypoint on Monday
Dec. 17, 2016, Bainbridge Island Review
Arts & Humanities Bainbridge and the city of Bainbridge Island will celebrate a new addition to the community's public art portfolio, "Tribute Baskets" by Christine Clark...read more
Green renewable electricity available now | Letter to the editor
Dec. 10, 2016, Bainbridge Island Review
Island residents need not wait for green power. It is available today and requires very little effort and cost to switch. You don't need to give up service reliability either...read more
Private utility customers are protected | Letter to the editor
Dec. 6, 2016, Bainbridge Island Review
Citizen oversight is meaningless for public utilities. This is in strong evidence given runaway power rates for the San Juan County public utility OPALCO, and a citizen lawsuit against Jefferson County PUD condemning its secret "executive" meetings...read more
Is Puget Sound Energy the best we can do?
Nov. 25, 2016, Bainbridge Island Review
How well is Puget Sound Energy serving ratepayers, like you and me? And is a PUD the only other option?...read more
BPA power supply not so 'clean' after all
Nov. 25, 2016, Bainbridge Island Review
On its webite, Island Power touts the "clean renewable power" that a city-owned electric utility would get from the Bonneville Power Administration...read more
Bainbridge council isn't leading on power issue | Letter to the editor
Nov. 22, 2016, Bainbridge Island Review
In addition to the excellent letter by Robert Fraik, the city council may be cited for failure to exercise due diligence in light of global warming...read more
Islanders would have a say in local power | Letter to the editor
Nov. 21, 2016, Bainbridge Island Review
Friends of Island Power are local volunteers working to put a measure on a ballot that would give the city of Bainbridge Island the authority to establish an electric utility...read more
There's a greener way to get power | Letter to the editor
Nov. 19, 2016, Bainbridge Island Review
My friends with the "Bainbridge Municipal Power" movement are admirably concerned about climate change...read more
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Nov. 18, 2016, Bainbridge Island Review
I have lived on Bainbridge for 52 years and have experienced lots of outages from windstorms. I am not unhappy with PSE because they have consistently done their best to improve the situation...read more
How a HORSE Can Help with Zero Waste Goals
Nov. 18, 2016, Environmental Leader
HORSES are gobbling up waste at a couple Seattle-area restaurants and breweries and turning that waste into renewable natural gas, or biomethane, which can be used for heat, electricity or transportation fuel...read more
Island Power fails at economics and civics
Nov. 16, 2016, Bainbridge Island Review
A recent letter to the Review suggested that Island Power will provide better response times to storm outages with local crews and work on reliability upgrades like under-grounding power lines and smart grid programs...read more
Be wary about 'reliable' comparisons
Nov. 11, 2016, Bainbridge Island Review
In his letter (Oct. 28), an Island Power board member, Randal Samstag, compares PSE's service in Kitsap County to the service a PUD provides in Snohomish County...read more
Boys & Girls Club receives timely donation from Puget Sound Energy
Nov. 5, 2016, Bainbridge Island Review
Many were devastated when Bainbridge Gardens had to cancel this year’s Pumpkin Walk due to inclement weather — the staff at the Boys & Girls Club of Bainbridge Island most of all...read more
Poor comparison for Island Power
Nov. 4, 2016, Bainbridge Islander
In the October 28th issue of Bainbridge Islander, letter-writer Jane Lindley suggests that Microsoft's pursuit of green power adds credence to Island Power's push for Bainbridge Island...This will be linked to the source document when the article is posted online.
Age-old lesson on irresponsibility
Nov. 4, 2016, Bainbridge Islander
It's no secret I am not a fan of the Bainbridge city council and the way they toss our money around...This will be linked to the source document when the article is posted online.
Bainbridge Island's preparedness event was a big success | Letter to the editor
Nov. 4, 2016, Bainbridge Island Review
During the last week of September, the city of Bainbridge Island, Bainbridge Island Fire Department, Kitsap Regional Library, Bainbride Island School District, Bainbridge Island Metropolitan Park and Recreation District, Puget Sound Energy, the Bainbridge Island Rotary, the Resilience Guild and many community members partnered to bring the community Three Days of Preparedness...read more
Let's work together on energy sources | Letter to the editor
Nov. 4, 2016, Bainbridge Island Review
I would like to share a consideration in the PSE versus Island Power debate that I haven't heard discussed publicly: Responsibility for our past...read more
Power outages here last longer | Letter to the editor
Nov. 3, 2016, Bainbridge Island Review
Puget Sound Energy's Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission report shows its power outages in Kitsap are the worst of any county it serves...read more
Letter of thanks: PSE donated after canceled fundraiser
Oct. 29, 2016, Kitsap Sun
We are very grateful for the money that Puget Sound Energy donated to our Boys & Girls Club to replace the money we lost by having to cancel our fundraiser, Bainbridge Gardens Pumpkin Walk...read more
Power outages here last longer | Letter to the editor
Oct. 28, 2016, Bainbridge Island Review
Puget Sound Energy's Washington Utilities and Transportaiton Commission report shows its power outages in Kitsap are the worst of any county it serves...read more
Microsoft shifting to greener power | Letter to the editor
Oct. 28, 2016, Bainbridge Island Review
Microsoft wants greener power than PSE can supply. Earlier this month, Clearing Up, an energy industry publication, ran an article about how Microsoft is working on a PSE exit plan...read more
Let's work together on new energy sources | Letter to the editor
Oct. 28, 2016, Bainbridge Island Review
I would like to share a consideration in the PSE versus Island Power debate that I haven't heard discussed publicly: Responsibility for our past...read more
Update: Hundreds on Bainbridge still without power Saturday, area braces for next storm
Oct. 15, 2016, Bainbridge Island Review
More than 400 homes on Bainbridge Island were still without power following a fierce rain and windstorm that rolled across Western Washington Friday...read more
Here are the facts on foreign purchase of PSE | Letter to the editor
Oct. 14, 2016, Bainbridge Island Review
In his letter (Sept. 23), Mark Hoffman tries to demonize the group that bought PSE. He uses words like "private equity," "leveraged buyout," and "raking in the money." I represented...read more
Update | Power outages expand on Bainbridge Island
Oct. 14, 2016, Bainbridge Island Review
The number of power outages on Bainbridge Island continued to grow Friday as high winds battered the Puget Sound region into the early afternoon...read more
Update | PSE: Nearly 20,000 now without power
Oct. 14, 2016, Bainbridge Island Review
Puget Sound Energy said nearly 20,000 homes and businesses in Western Washington were without power just before noon Friday, Oct. 14...read more
Windstorm cuts power to hundreds of homes on Bainbridge Island
Oct. 14, 2016, Bainbridge Island Review
A powerful rain and windstorm has left hundreds without power on Bainbridge Island. Puget Sound Energy reported 14 neighborhoods on Bainbridge were still without power just after 10:30 a.m. Friday...read more
Reserve judgment on city-run electric utility | Letter to the editor
Oct. 6, 2016, Bainbridge Island Review
In his recent letter, Mr. Mullis asserts that it will not be cheap to get inexpensive Bonneville Power Administration power delivered to our island, since PSE will charge a hefty fee to move that power from Gorst to our island. This is simply wrong...read more
Letters: PSE isn't a tool of corporate investors
Oct. 4, 2016, Kitsap Sun
In his letter ("Why can't we control our power?" Oct. 2), Mark Hoffman tries to demonize the investors who bought PSE. He uses scary words like "leveraged buyout," "private equity" and "raking in the most money." I represented...read more
Letters: Why can't we control our power?
Oct. 1, 2016, Kitsap Sun
Why can't we control our power? Why should Bainbridge wean itself off power from Puget Sound Energy (PSE)? How about this: After a leveraged buyout back in 2009, PSE is now owned by foreign investors whose investments were managed by Macquarie Capital...read more
Power study will inform islanders | Letter to the editor
Sept. 27, 2016, Bainbridge Island Review
Why should Bainbridge wean itself off power from Puget Sound Energy? How about this fact: After a leveraged buyout back in 2009, PSE is now owned by foreign investors whose investments were managed by Macquarie Capital...read more
Disaster preparedness event brings together citizens, pros
Sept. 26, 2016, Bainbridge Island Review
Bainbridge Prepares, a three-day-long disaster preparation event, will start off a little shaky. But that's a good thing. The second annual event begins Wednesday, Oct. 28 and will feature...read more
Council let us down on Island Power issue | Letter to the editor
Sept. 26, 2016, Bainbridge Island Review
Basic research confirms it. Our skepticism about Island Power's agenda was justified. And the Bainbridge city council let us down when it (5 to 2) authorized payment of $100,000 of our tax dollars...read more
Municipal power is not a good idea | Letter to the editor
Sept. 21, 2016, Bainbridge Island Review
All that glitters is not gold. Cheap electrical power, exclusively green energy, jobs and local control are being promised with almost evangelical zeal...read more
Island eatery to host new bioenergy pilot program
Sept. 19, 2016, Bainbridge Island Review
The punctual crowd looking for a brew and a bite at the Harbour Public House just before lunch on Tuesday had to step lightly around the giant crane delivering a 13,000-pound "horse" to the spot that used to be a small herb garden near the island eatery's front entrance...read more
Hearing planned on expanded utility taxes
Sept. 17, 2016, Bainbridge Island Review
The Bainbridge Island City Council will hold a public hearing later this month to consider expanding utility taxes to non-city utility providers...read more
Let's leave the utility professionals in charge | Letter to the editor
Sept. 15, 2016, Bainbridge Island Review
Who would regulate the proposed city of Bainbridge electric utility? Did you know that a private power company like Puget Sound Energy is regulated by two government agencies...read more
Bainbridge biodigester will eat like a HORSE
Sept. 13, 2016, Kitsap Sun
Like many digestive systems that find themselves at the Harbour Public House in Winslow, one that made its way there Tuesday was about ready to eat...read more
On the path to a golden isle | In our opinion
Sept. 8, 2016, Bainbridge Island Review
We were encouraged by the discussion at the Bainbridge city council's last meeting that city leaders are considering issuing councilmaniac, or non-voted, municipal bonds to pay for the much needed new police station...read more
Please learn how a power grid works | Letter to the editor
Aug. 29, 2016, Bainbridge Island Review
What is an electrical grid and how does it work...read more
Kickoff nears on city power study
Aug. 28, 2016, Bainbridge Island Review
The kickoff meeting to launch a feasibility study for creating a city-run electric utility will be held in the third week of September...read more
Island deserves unbiased study | Letter to the editor
Aug. 27, 2016, Bainbridge Island Review
Steve Johnson did get at least one thing right in his letter last week - we deserve facts on the PSE purchase discussion...read more
Hazard Hamlet is topic of next Growing Up Safe and Prepared program
Aug. 26, 2016, Bainbridge Island Review
Join Puget Sound Energy to learn about electricity saety at 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 27 at Kids Discovery Museum...read more
City utility means access to emission-free energy | Letter to the editor
Aug. 20, 2016, Bainbridge Island Review
Mr. Davis [July 29 edition of the Review] says if the island were to obtain electric power from Bonneville, we’d still get the same sources as we do now...read more
We'll be waiting to learn the high end cost | Letter to the editor
Aug. 14, 2016, Bainbridge Island Review
The city has authorized a consultant, Hittle, to perform an electric feasibility study. So now we move on to the work...read more
Community deserves facts on power utility | Letter to the editor
Aug. 13, 2016, Bainbridge Island Review
In recent letters to the editor about public power, Norm Davis asserts that Phil Rockefeller and I are putting out “misstatements and falsehoods"...read more
Please remember this debacle at election time | Letter to the editor
Aug. 8, 2016, Bainbridge Island Review
The continued push by our clueless city council to send Puget Sound Energy packing for an island-run power company demonstrates two things: a lack of business acumen and fiduciary responsibility...read more
Switch won't mean different energy source | Letter to the editor
Aug. 7, 2016, Bainbridge Island Review
I read the letter to the editor by former Senator Phil Rockefeller. While I respect the senator's past service to our community, many...read more
Bainbridge council should do homework first | Letter to the editor
Aug. 6, 2016, Bainbridge Island Review
It appears that I’m not the only one to have serious concerns about a proposal currently before the city that would set in motion a process for our city to buy out the Puget Sound Energy infrastructure on the island and transfer it to a city-owned and operated utility...read more
City council took bold step on utility proposal | Letter to the editor
Aug. 3, 2016, Bainbridge Island Review
I want to congratulate the Bainbridge city council on their 5-2 vote to authorize a study of the feasibility of setting up a city-run electric utility...read more
The next big idea for Bainbridge Island | Letter to the editor
Aug. 3, 2016, Bainbridge Island Review
Arguably, happiness is wanting the things you have. I feel lucky to live in a small, quirky town located in a naturally beautiful part of the world — but I can’t get past this Bainbridge utility idea...read more
Bainbridge power study is a big waste of money | Letter to the editor
Aug. 2, 2016, Bainbridge Island Review
I was clearing out a drawer of old brochures, maps, etc. and came across the 2012 Bainbridge Island Almanac prepared and distributed by the Bainbridge Island Review...read more
Local power means more taxes, bad serivce | Letter to the editor
July 31, 2016, Bainbridge Island Review
Dave Mackenzie and Sally Adams are right on with their paid advertisement regarding the huge movement by a few aggressive folks who would like to change us to "Island Power." ... read more
Bainbridge power study not expected until winter
July 30, 2016, Bainbridge Island Review
The much-anticipated consultant study on the potential for creating a city-run electric company isn’t expected until the end of the year...read more
Letters: Island-owned utility is the right idea
July 29, 2016, Kitsap Sun
I have used Colorado Public Power, Snohomish Counti PUD, Seattle Light, PSE and more for electricity during my life...read more
Disclosure needed on conflict of interest | Letter to the editor
July 24, 2016, Bainbridge Island Review
The chamber of commerce does a lot of important work on this island. I am a former member of the chamber mysel...read more
Study won't win hearts or minds | In our opinion
July 19, 2016, Bainbridge Island Review
Last week in this space, we asked the city to get a reality check on the idea to give Puget Sound Energy the gate while creating a new city-owned and operated electric utility...read more
Bainbridge council votes to hire consultant to study possible city takeover of PSE on island
July 17, 2016, Bainbridge Island Review
Continuing down a path that some called “shameful” and “a huge and unnecessary waste of money,” the Bainbridge city council voted Tuesday to spend nearly $100,000 to have a consultant investigate the idea of the city starting its own electric company...read more
Bainbridge will hire consultant to study a public electric utility
July 13, 2016, Kitsap Sun
The City Council voted Tuesday to commission a study that will examine the feasibility of a public electric utility on the island...read more
Opposition heats up against city-run electric utility on Bainbridge
July 11, 2016, Bainbridge Island Review
Public opposition to the proposal to create an island-based public power company continues to ramp up as city officials contemplate spendin $100,000 on a feasibility study for a city-run electric utility...read more
City power study is a waste of money, resources | In our opinion
July 10, 2016, Bainbridge Island Review
Don't waste the money. We find ourselves in wholehearted agreement this week with the Bainbridge Island Chamber of Commerce on the city proposal...read more
Bainbridge taxpayers can say goodbye to $100,000 | Letter to the editor
July 10, 2016, Bainbridge Island Review
On July 12, the city council will almost certainly vote to spend approximately $100,000 for a consultant study to do an "impartial" study of the city purchasing PSE Bainbridge assets and the city running an electrical power utility...read more
Ask city council members to retain consultant for power feasibility study | Letter to the editor
July 9, 2016, Bainbridge Island Review
As a person who served as state senator for our community for many years, I know fact-finding matters when considerin important policy issues...read more
Letters: Study needed for island's utility decision
July 9, 2016, Kitsap Sun
Please ask our City Council to vote on July 12th to study the feasibility of public power for Bainbridge Island...read more
Letters: Focus on improving PSE, not new utility
July 9, 2016, Kitsap Sun
Bob Dylan was right - 'You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows'...read more
Bainbridge council should pursue city power utility study | Letter to the editor
July 3, 2016, Bainbridge Island Review
I've been watching the letter writing campaigns and studying some of the issues and opportunities around the possibility for publicly-owned power on Bainbridge Island...read more
Island Power has inside connection to consultant | Letter to the editor
July 1, 2016, Bainbridge Island Review
Island Power wants the city to agree to pay $100,000 to a consulting firm, D. Hittle and Associates...read more
Power study goes in wrong direction | Letter to the editor
June 27, 2016, Bainbridge Island Review
The letter "Don't scrimp on power study for new city utility" (June 3) is both intellectually and morally wrong...read more
Public power facts worth the money | Letter to the editor
June 24, 2016, Bainbridge Island Review
For more than 70 years, PSE's monopoly franchise to serve Bainbridge Island has never been questioned, in spite of PSE rates...read more
PSE town hall on utility choice wasn't objective | Letter to the editor
June 21, 2016, Bainbridge Island Review
I attended the presentation by PSE at the museum on Monday night as I wanted to hear what they had to say about their service...read more
Bainbridge gets left out to dry with PSE switch | Letter to the editor
June 12, 2016, Bainbridge Island Review
I recall asking my brother how the town he lived in could survive without any industry. His response was, “We just take in each other’s wash.” Bainbridge Island’s city fathers have a different solution...read more
City-run electric utility is a financial gamble | Letter to the editor
June 9, 2016, Bainbridge Island Review
It is utterly impractical, and financially risky, for a city our size to take on the complex and difficult responsibility of operating and managing an electrical utility business. Forecasting service needs, and the engineering design and construction of a distribution plant, are complicated and costly...read more
Letters: No straight answers from PSE
June 8, 2016, Kitsap Sun
I attended the presentation by PSE at the museum on Monday night, as I wanted to hear what they had to say about their service on the Island, and to ask them about why they were resistant to even a study of municipal vs. PSE power...read more
Don't scrimp on power study for new city utility | Letter to the editor
June 8, 2016, Bainbridge Island Review
Naysayers who would have the city council scrimp on studying how we might operate a public electric utility are myopically uninformed and should not carry the day...read more
Study goes in the wrong direction | Letter to the editor
June 7, 2016, Bainbridge Island Review
I stand with others who have voiced concerns here about pursuing a city-owned and city-operated energy utility. What’s proposed by Island Power is a government takeover of Puget Sound Energy’s facilities on Bainbridge Island...read more
Path to the ballot for island residents | Letter to the editor
June 6, 2016, Bainbridge Island Review
Have you ever had an idea that you thought would be good for the island? Good enough that people might want to vote on it? No? Well, if you did, you’d quickly find out there is no easy path to put a measure on the ballot...read more
Look elsewhere to reduce carbon gases | Letter to the editor
June 4, 2016, Bainbridge Island Review
Gold and precious stones could not induce me to say derogatory things about the mewing’s of the Bainbridge Islander NIMBYS who want “clean power” from Bonneville instead of from PSE’s Colstrip while doing nothing about our own carbon footprint…read more
Town hall with PSE coming next week
June 4, 2016, Bainbridge Island Review
Puget Sound Energy will host a town hall meeting 7 p.m. Monday, June 6 at the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art auditorium to answer questions and concerns about what the future might hold for electric services on the island…read more
City electric utility may not be a great deal | Letter to the editor
May 30, 2016, Bainbridge Island Review
Island Power claims on its website that power from Bonneville Power Administration would be “renewable” and “100 percent carbon-free.” What a great deal! But let’s look at these claims more closely…read more
Money for power study is cash well-spent | Letter to the editor
May 29, 2016, Bainbridge Island Review
In your recent opinion piece the Review argued against the city spending money on a feasibility study now to create a public power electric utility on Bainbridge...read more
Beware of promises of lower electricity rates | Letter to the editor
May 28, 2016, Bainbridge Island Review
It’s true that public utility districts (PUDs) provide power and water to many areas in our state...read more
City needs to get its priorities straight | Letter to the editor
May 19, 2016, Bainbridge Island Review
The Bainbridge Island City Council has much to do. Buying the PSE electric power system on the island should not be one of those priorities…read more
It’s real money – our money | In our opinion
May 17, 2016, Bainbridge Island Review
This is real money we’re talking about here...read more
Speak out against city utility measure | Letter to the editor
May 8, 2016, Bainbridge Island Review
Are we in another city spending spree?...read more
City-managed power company is a bad idea | Letter to the editor
May 5, 2016, Bainbridge Island Review
Please don’t do it!...read more
City interviewing bidders on public power study
April 28, 2016, Kitsap Sun
Bids are in for a feasibility study on municipal power and the city manager is moving forward with interviews for each of the companies…read more
Bainbridge councilman proposes extending initiative, referendum powers to voters
April 13, 2016, Kitsap Sun
Bainbridge Island Councilman Ron Peltier on Tuesday proposed extending powers of initiative and referendum to the city's voters. Referendums would allow residents to review some proposed city laws and vote on them…read more
Bainbridge Island issues RFP for electric municipalization feasibility study
March 11, 2016, Clearing Up
The City of Bainbridge Island has asked for bids to conduct a feasibility study of electric utility municipalization...read more
Bainbridge will seek public power study
March 9, 2016, Kitsap Sun
The City Council will request proposals for a feasibility study about municipal power, after a vote at Tuesday's council meeting…read more
Cost of study on Bainbridge municipal power gives council pause
March 2, 2016, Kitsap Sun
City Council discussion on a feasibility study for a municipal power company on Bainbridge Island centered on balancing the affordability of the study with giving residents enough information before voting…read more
Bainbridge task force to study public power utility
Dec. 16, 2015, Kitsap Sun
City Manager Doug Schulze is organizing a volunteer task force to help the city consider creating a public-owned power provider on Bainbridge Island…read more
Bainbridge takes up talk of public power
Oct. 3, 2015, Kitsap Sun
The Bainbridge Island City Council will take the first step toward considering municipal public power during Tuesday night’s council meeting, according to Mayor Anne Blair. The council will discuss how many signatures are needed…read more