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By Dian Ver Valen
The Times 

County Continues to Deliberate on Power Switch

Pacific Power estimates cost to remove existing infrastructure at $80,000

 


DAYTON – Columbia County has not yet moved forward in its plan to switch power providers for the courthouse and county public works office from Pacific Power & Light to Columbia Rural Electric Association.

The county commissioners, on former Commissioner Chuck Reeves’s last day on the board, voted unanimously Dec. 31 to “begin the process” of changing power providers for these two county buildings for reasons of reliability, better quality of power, and the potential for lower utility rates.

One snag in the project has been the potential cost to remove the current utility infrastruc...



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