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Cen­tu­ryLink Phone and Inter­net Out­age

March 13, 2025 | Announce­ment Posts,  Out­ages

Cen­tu­rylink is expe­ri­enc­ing a wide­spread out­age, so KPUD phones and inter­net are cur­rent­ly down. We are not able …
Latest News

Klick­i­tat PUD Lead­er­ship Change

March 13, 2025 | News

Press Release: March 11, 2025 Gen­er­al Man­ag­er Jim Smith is no longer with Klick­i­tat PUD effec­tive March 4, …
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New Klick­i­tat PUD Web­site!

Feb­ru­ary 21, 2025 | News

KPUD has been hard at work find­ing the best way to bring our cus­tomers the lat­est and great­est …
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Feb­ru­ary — Oper­a­tion Warm Heart Pro­mo­tion

Feb­ru­ary 13, 2025 | News

Spread the LOVE, Donate to Oper­a­tion Warm Heart! The month of Feb­ru­ary, KPUD is pro­mot­ing our in-house ener­gy …
A person sitting on a sofa while a portable heater operates on the floor nearby.

Cold Weath­er Impacts Elec­tric Bill

Jan­u­ary 13, 2025 | News

Why did my usage increase? I didn’t touch my ther­mo­stat. Impacts vary based on pri­ma­ry heat­ing source, house …
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Senior Dis­count Income Thresh­olds Increase; Par­tic­i­pa­tion Will Fol­low

Octo­ber 24, 2024 | News

The 2023–2024 Low Income Elder­ly dis­count pro­gram (Senior Dis­counts), assist­ed 347 Klick­i­tat PUD cus­tomers with approx­i­mate­ly $71,000 in …

Schedule of 2025 Board Meetings & Public Engagement

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Board Meetings

Meet­ings are reg­u­lar­ly sched­uled for the sec­ond and fourth Tues­day of each month. Click below for details and meet­ing agen­das, once avail­able. Next Meet­ing: Tues­day, March 11, 2025, 2 PM.

Klick­i­tat Pub­lic Util­i­ty District’s Board of Com­mis­sion­ers meet at 2:00 PM on the sec­ond Tues­day of each month, except where sched­ules need to adjust­ed for hol­i­days or unfore­seen cir­cum­stances, in the Klick­i­tat PUD Meet­ing Room locat­ed at 1313 S. Colum­bus Avenue, Gold­en­dale, Wash­ing­ton.

Spe­cial meet­ings and work­shops are called by the Com­mis­sion as the need aris­es, and are adver­tised in the local news­pa­pers under Legal Notices.

January

Tues­day, Jan­u­ary 14, 2025
KPUD Board Meet­ing — 2PM

Down­load the Jan. 14 Meet­ing Agen­da [PDF]

Tues­day, Jan­u­ary 28, 2025
KPUD Board Meet­ing — 2PM

Down­load the Jan. 28 Meet­ing Agen­da [PDF]

February

Tues­day, Feb­ru­ary 11, 2025
KPUD Board Meet­ing — 2PM

Down­load the Feb. 11 Meet­ing Agen­da [PDF]

Tues­day, Feb­ru­ary 25, 2025
KPUD Board Meet­ing — 2PM

Down­load the Feb. 25 Meet­ing Agen­da [PDF]

March

Tues­day, March 4, 2025
KPUD Board Meet­ing — 11AM
(Con­tin­u­a­tion of Feb. 25 Meet­ing Agen­da)

Tues­day, March 11, 2025
KPUD Board Meet­ing — 2PM

Down­load the March 11 Meet­ing Agen­da [PDF]

Tues­day, March 25, 2025
KPUD Board Meet­ing — 2PM

April

Tues­day, April 8, 2025
KPUD Board Meet­ing — 2PM

Tues­day, April 22, 2025
KPUD Board Meet­ing — 2PM

May

Tues­day, May 13, 2025
KPUD Board Meet­ing — 2PM

Tues­day, May 27, 2025
KPUD Board Meet­ing — 2PM

June

Tues­day, June 10, 2025
KPUD Board Meet­ing — 2PM

Tues­day, June 24, 2025
KPUD Board Meet­ing — 2PM

July

Tues­day, July 8, 2025
KPUD Board Meet­ing — 2PM

Tues­day, July 22, 2025
KPUD Board Meet­ing — 2PM

August

Tues­day, August 12, 2025
KPUD Board Meet­ing — 2PM

Tues­day, August 26, 2025
KPUD Board Meet­ing — 2PM

September

Tues­day, Sep­tem­ber 9, 2025
KPUD Board Meet­ing — 2PM

Tues­day, Sep­tem­ber 23, 2025
KPUD Board Meet­ing — 2PM

October

Tues­day, Octo­ber 14, 2025
KPUD Board Meet­ing — 2PM

Tues­day, Octo­ber 28, 2025
KPUD Board Meet­ing — 2PM

November

Tues­day, Novem­ber 11, 2025
KPUD Board Meet­ing — 2PM

Tues­day, Novem­ber 25, 2025
KPUD Board Meet­ing — 2PM

December

Tues­day, Decem­ber 9, 2025
KPUD Board Meet­ing — 2PM

Tues­day, Decem­ber 23, 2025
KPUD Board Meet­ing — 2PM

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Public Engagement

Fol­low­ing is a cur­rent sched­ule of Klick­i­tat PUD’s pub­lic events and com­mu­ni­ty engage­ment for 2025. Check back here page often, as events are added through­out the year.

Central Klickitat County Irrigators Meeting

Feb­ru­ary 19, 9:30 am
Gold­en­dale Grange

Eastern Klickitat County Irrigators Meeting

Feb­ru­ary 25, 9:30 am
Alder Creek Grange in Bick­le­ton

2025 Goldendale Home & Garden Show

May 2–4, 2025
Fri­day & Sat­ur­day, 10 am — 6 pm, Sun­day, 10 am — 3 pm

Klick­i­tat Coun­ty Fair­grounds
903 Fair­grounds Road
Gold­en­dale, WA 98620

Web­site

Alder Creek Pioneer Picnic & Rodeo

June 14, 2025
Fri­day-Sun­day

Cleve­land Park, Cleve­land

Web­site

Klickitat County Fair & Rodeo

August 14–17, 2025
Thurs­day-Sun­day, 9 am — 8 pm

Klick­i­tat Coun­ty Fair­grounds
903 Fair­grounds Road
Gold­en­dale, WA 98620

Web­site

Huckleberry Festival

Sep­tem­ber 5–7, 2025
Fri­day-Sun­day, 10 am — 10 pm

Dauben­speck Park
Bin­gen, WA

Web­site

Click Cov­er for March 2025 Arti­cles [PDF]

Ruralite Magazine

Ruralite Coun­try is a col­lec­tion of local fea­tures tak­en from our month­ly Ruralite mag­a­zine. It’s our way of cel­e­brat­ing the great place we call home and the inter­est­ing peo­ple who share it with us. We main­tain and update a sig­nif­i­cant archive of arti­cles for you to browse and enjoy.

Jan­u­ary 2025 Edi­tion: 2024 In Review [PDF]

Feb­ru­ary 2025 Edi­tion: Wel­come, Com­mis­sion­er Bell [PDF]

March 2025 Edi­tion: New Klick­i­tat PUD Web­site [PDF]

January

Cov­er- Reviv­ing a Coastal Species [PDF]
Win­ter Weath­er Impacts Elec­tric Bills Pages 4–5 [PDF]
Hap­py New Year Page 8 [PDF]
Rec­og­niz­ing Suc­cess Page 25 [PDF]
Help­ful Out­age Reporting_2024 Elec­tric Rates Pages 28–29 [PDF]
Save the Low­er Snake Riv­er Dams Page 32 [PDF]

February

Cover_ Windy Flats Wind Farm [PDF]
NW Ener­gy Future Hinges on Reli­able Ener­gy Sources Pages 4–5 [PDF]
Klick­i­tat PUD Rebates Page 8 [PDF]
6 Tips to Pre­vent Water Leaks Page 25 [PDF]
A Lit­tle Change Makes a Big Dif­fer­ence-Oper­a­tion Warm Heart Pages 28–29 [PDF]
All in a Year’s Work Page 32 [PDF]

March

Cover_Keeping the Lines Clear [PDF]
Brav­ing the Storm Pages 4–5 [PDF]
Net Meter­ing Annu­al Review Page 8 [PDF]
Don’t Fall Vic­tim to Util­i­ty Scams Page 25 [PDF]
Keep­ing the Lines Clear Pages 28–29 [PDF]
Thank You to Our Cus­tomers Page 32 [PDF]

April

Cover_White Salmon Line Crew Replaces Pow­er Pole [PDF]
Linework­er Appre­ci­a­tion Day Pages 4–5 [PDF]
KPUD Ener­gy Sav­ing Tips Page 8 [PDF]
Save Lives with One Call Before Dig­ging Page 25 [PDF]
Under­stand Your Meter Pages 28–29 [PDF]
KPUD’s Annu­al Water and Waste­water Rate Process Page 32 [PDF]

May

KPUD Pro­motes Drink­ing Water Week_Open House May 8 [PDF]
Stay Hydrat­ed this May Pages 4–5 [PDF]
Open House Notice Page 8 [PDF]
Bud­get Bill Program_FFA Ag Day Page 25 [PDF]
KPUD Pro­motes Ded­i­cat­ed Employ­ees & Hap­py Retire­ment Rod Kiser Pages 28–29 [PDF]
Spring Chore Tips Page 32 [PDF]

June

Cover_ Con­grat­u­la­tions Grad­u­ates [PDF]
Run­ning Down a Dream_Lexi Mol­nar Pres­i­den­tial Schol­ar Pages 4–5 [PDF]
Com­mu­ni­ty Spot­light Ad Page 8 [PDF]
One Bud­get, All Year Long Page 25 [PDF]
Con­grat­u­la­tions, Grad­u­ates Pages 28–29 [PDF]
Klick­i­tat Leg­is­la­tors Sup­port Our PUD Page 32 [PDF]

July

Cov­er- Fire Pre­pared­ness [PDF]
Wel­come to the Team Pages 4–5 [PDF]
KPUD Car Wash_Free Ther­mo­stat Page 8 [PDF]
Wild­fire Weath­er­iza­tion Tips Page 25 [PDF]
On the Look­out-tech­nol­o­gy to pin­point wild­fires Pages 28–29 [PDF]
12 Steps to Keep Your Home Safe From Wild­fire Page 32 [PDF]

August

Cover_Value of Hydro/Klickitat Coun­ty Fair [PDF]
Saw­ing Off the Banch We’re Sit­ting On Pages 4,5, and 8 [PDF]
Clean Ener­gy Cred­its for Wash­ing­ton Fam­i­lies Page 25 [PDF]
Mak­ing Your Life Eas­i­er Pages 28–29 [PDF]
Apply for a $200 Bill Cred­it Page 32 [PDF]

September

Cover_ Run­ning Toward the Future [PDF]
From ABC to Marshal_Jim Allyn Pages 4–5 [PDF]
Stay Safe, Make a Dis­con­nect-Recon­nect Request Page 8 [PDF]
Income Qual­i­fied Rebates_Hear State Grant Page 25 [PDF]
Sum­mer Interns Blossom_KPUD Intern Pro­gram Pages 28–29 [PDF]
Thanks for Stop­ping By Page 32 [PDF]

October

Local Lead­er­ship Mat­ters Pages 4–5 [PDF]
Low Income Elder­ly Dis­count Page 8 [PDF]
AMI Instal­la­tion Brings Infor­ma­tion and Safe­ty to Klick­i­tat Coun­ty Page 25 [PDF]
The Heart of Cus­tomer Ser­vice Pages 28–29 [PDF]
Empow­er­ing Com­mu­ni­ties: The Last­ing Impact of Pub­lic Pow­er Page 32 [PDF]

November

Cover_Winter Weath­er Prepa­ra­tion [PDF]
Cold Load Pick-Up Pages 4–5 [PDF]
A Bea­con of Com­mu­ni­ty Spir­it Page 8 [PDF]
Safe­ty Samar­i­tan Award Win­ners Page 25 [PDF]
Out­think the Dark­ness Pages 28–29 [PDF]
Say­ing Goodbye_Celebrating 30-years Page 32 [PDF]

December

Cover_Happy Hol­i­days Page 1 [PDF]
Cel­e­brat­ing Our Staff and Years of Ser­vice Pages 4–5 [PDF]
Appren­tice­ship Complete_KPUD Rate and Bud­get Hear­ings Page 8 [PDF]
KPUD’s Rebate Pro­gram Deliv­ers Big Ben­e­fits Page 25 [PDF]
How To Read Your Bill_Preventing Win­ter Fires Pages 28–29 [PDF]
Thank You, Randy Page 32 [PDF]

Past Ruralite Arti­cles

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Financial Reports

Com­ing soon.

2023 State Audit [PDF]

2023 Finan­cial Audit [PDF]

2022 Finan­cial Audit [PDF]

2021 State Audit [PDF]

2021 Finan­cial Audit [PDF]

2020 State Audit [PDF]

2020 Finan­cial Audit [PDF]

2019 State Audit [PDF]

2019 Finan­cial Audit [PDF]

2018 State Audit [PDF]

2018 Finan­cial Audit [PDF]