Richland’s city council unanimously approved an option agreement with Atlas Agro for land for a data center at a Dec. 2 meeting. 

The question is not whether data centers are good or bad. The real question is whether we will utilize them as tools to build a prosperous future – or push away these opportunities that other states will happily capture.

INEF bring a systems approach to assist energy stakeholders with research and analytics to better understand and manage the interrelationship between emerging energy technologies and their impacts on current energy systems, the economy, natural resources and public policy.

Cascade Natural Gas recognizes the critical role natural gas utilities play in supporting growing energy demand in the communities we serve, and the interdependence of the gas and electric systems. 

The developer planning a wind farm in the Horse Heaven Hills had already intended to scale back the number of turbines before the state recently restricted the project over nesting concerns for endangered ferruginous hawks. The revised plan now calls for fewer turbines, but ones that are taller, with larger blades, and potentially located closer to the Tri-Cities.

Hot on the heels of two other data center proposals for the Tri-Cities area is a plan for one in West Richland.
A commercial real estate developer confirmed it is interested in developing farmland in the 7,600-acre Lewis & Clark Ranch area in West Richland that’s earmarked for future development.

A recent report from a council of state agencies leading Washington’s transition to clean energy points to a growing concern beyond generating clean power: being able to move it around the state.

The planned construction and powering of four initial small modular reactors north of Richland is still years away, but the company behind their design is moving to ensure they have the advanced fuel they’ll need.

A farm in the Horse Heaven Hills near Prosser recently got an electric upgrade that enables it to expand its storage capacity as well as power up future projects.

Benton PUD’s culture of continuous improvement, supported by strategic investments in redundancy and advanced system monitoring, keeps us ahead of evolving needs.