Pacific Power intends to expand its Hazelwood Substation in West Albany, and the city’s hearings board will review the utility’s request in a virtual hearing scheduled for July 30.
Albany set to add EV stations downtown
Written May 16th, 2020 by Hasso Hering
Pacific Power has offered to give the Albany urban renewal district (CARA) $63,548 to set up public charging stations for electric vehicles downtown.
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Tags: C2 Group, CARA, charging stations, downtown EV chargers, electric cars, Pacific Power
Tags: C2 Group, CARA, charging stations, downtown EV chargers, electric cars, Pacific Power
Quick repairs in the middle of the night
Written December 15th, 2019 by Hasso Hering
It’s not every night you wake up with the flashes of emergency lights playing on the ceiling of your room. So when it happens, you are inclined to get up, get dressed and see what’s going on outside in front of your house.
Those voltage regulators: Looks were an issue
Written November 1st, 2019 by Hasso Hering
Those three big gray canisters on a scaffold along North Albany Road are voltage regulators Pacific Power has been installing over the last few days.
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Tags: North Albany growth, North Albany Road, Pacific Power, voltage regulators
Tags: North Albany growth, North Albany Road, Pacific Power, voltage regulators
Looks of electric equipment bug mayor
Written August 15th, 2019 by Hasso Hering
Albany Mayor Sharon Konopa called it “one ugly piece of equipment.” It’s a voltage regulator assembly, and Pacific Power plans to install it on city-owned property just north of the park-and-ride station off North Albany Road.
It’s to keep our power on …
Written August 14th, 2018 by Hasso Hering
Trimming branches above power lines is not the only thing that has to be done from time to time. Sometimes, as in this case, the whole top of a dead tree has to come down.
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For better reliability: Board OKs PP&L project
The outcome wasn’t in doubt, so it was no surprise this afternoon when the Hearings Board of the Albany Planning Commission unanimously approved the expansion of Pacific Power’s Hazelwood substation.
Tags: Albany Hearings Board, Hazelwood substation, Pacific Power