Chelan County Public Utility District No. 1 complied with state requirements for its 2024–2025 energy conservation target, according to a Washington State Auditor’s Office report released yesterday.
Auditors examined whether the district properly developed and adopted its 23,389-megawatt-hour conservation target and acquired sufficient energy savings to meet it. The review covered January 1, 2024, through December 31, 2025.
Auditors concluded that the district complied in all material respects with the requirements examined under Washington’s Energy Independence Act.
“Our examination disclosed no issues that are required to be reported under Government Auditing Standards,” the report states.
Washington voters approved the Energy Independence Act as Initiative 937 in November 2006. It requires electric utilities with more than 25,000 customers to meet energy conservation and renewable-energy targets.
Under state law, qualifying utilities must set and publicly disclose two-year conservation targets based on identified opportunities for cost-effective energy savings, then meet those targets during the two-year period.
Chelan PUD was one of 14 municipal electric utilities and public utility districts the State Auditor’s Office was required to examine for compliance with the act during the reporting period.
The Chelan PUD examination focused on conservation. It did not include an opinion on the district’s compliance with the law’s separate renewable-energy targets.
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