It was on this day 60 years ago the Washington state director of Conservation and Development signed the order that created the Washington Public Power Supply System – today’s Energy Northwest – a joint action agency with 17 public utility district members. The primary mission of this new state agency would be to meet the collective needs and aggregate the resources of public utilities statewide and, through cooperative action, build and operate electrical generating and transmission facilities.

We’ve come a long way in the past six decades. Our agency has experienced tremendous change and positive growth. Today we provide services and solutions to 27 member utilities, and own and operate facilities that generate more than 1,300 megawatts of power. We employ more than 1,100 local residents, and we deliver nearly $500 million in economic impact to the local economy each year.

For the last 60 years we have provided a stable work environment for an entire generation of employees, and now we welcome a second generation of employees.

On this day, our 60th birthday, we can look back with pride at everything we’ve accomplished, and look forward to the accomplishments we will achieve in 2017 and beyond.

Thank you.

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