The Times - Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley

DAYTON - On Friday, representatives of Pacific Power and Columbia REA made brief presentations and answered questions from the Columbia County Commissioners in response to a request for information issued by the county earlier this year. The county is considering whether cost savings could be achieved by changing power providers at its two main facilities, the Columbia County Courthouse and the Columbia County Public Works Building.

The two facilities have always been served by Pacific Power. However, Columbia REA installed an underground power line in 2011 to serve its office in downtown Dayt...