Wind Power
Part of PSE's clean, renewable energy initiative
Puget Sound Energy is the Pacific Northwest’s largest utility producer of renewable energy and, among investor-owned utilities, is America’s second-largest generator of wind power.
The company today owns and operates two large wind farms in Washington state. PSE's first wind farm, the Hopkins Ridge Wind Facility, is in Columbia County. The second, and largest, is the Wild Horse Wind Facility in Kittitas County. Together the two projects can produce up to 386 megawatts (MW) of electricity. According to the American Wind Energy Association, one megawatt of wind power capacity is equal to the electricity needs of 225 to 300 average U.S. homes. With Hopkins Ridge and Wild Horse, PSE became the first Northwest utility to own and operate large wind-powered facilities. PSE is actively exploring the acquisition of additional wind-power resources, and is now constructing a 44 MW expansion of the Wild Horse facility and developing the Lower Snake River Wind Energy Project in Southeast Washington.
PSE has elected to sell the green attributes from its wind facilities that are in excess of its current needs to other entities across the nation and therefore does not include the energy from these facilities as “renewable” energy in its fuel mix as reported to the state of Washington.
Staying Power
Play this video to learn about PSE's wind power facilities, generating clean, renewable energy from a source with staying power.
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PSE: Leader in clean, renewable energy
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