OPALCO Board Voting Opens March 22

From OPALCO

As a cooperative, OPALCO holds elections for its board positions on an annual basis.

The 2021 election is the first year of the staggered election process. ALL OPALCO members vote in every election regardless of their home district.

The following are running for OPALCO board positions this year:

• District 2 (two positions open): Rick Christmas, Joseph Cohen, Rick Fant and Jeffrey Struthers
• District 3 (one position open): Eric Beckman, Peter Garlock, Tom Osterman

Find out more about this year’s candidates at our candidate forum at 5 p.m. March 17 via Zoom. Email [email protected] to get registration information.

Ballots and voting materials will be sent to members on March 22, the day the election opens, and also will be posted online at www.opalco.com. Members will receive their ballots by email or via USPS, depending on each member’s stated preference. Ballots are due online or by mail no later than 10 a.m. on April 21.

Election results will be announced on Saturday, April 24 at OPALCO’s annual meeting via Zoom. This year’s annual meeting will have lots of great prizes including electric lawn tools, back-up batteries for outage prep and electric home items. OPALCO will also have breakout sessions with relevant topics for members including OPALCO’s energy programs, Rock Island developments, solar projects and more!

Orcas Power & Light Cooperative (OPALCO) is our member-owned cooperative electric utility, serving more than 11,000 members on 20 islands in San Juan County.

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