New Renewable Projects

Renewable Commitment
Grant PUD is committed to exploring alternative renewable energy sources to supplement and enhance the utility’s reliable hydropower project generation.

What is renewable energy?
The United States currently relies heavily on coal, oil and natural gas for its energy. These nonrenewable fossil fuels draw on finite resources that will eventually dwindle, becoming too expensive or too environmentally damaging to retrieve. In contrast, renewable energy resources – such as hydropower, wind, biomass and solar energy – are constantly replenished and will never run out. Renewables are clean sources of energy that have a lower environmental impact.

Jobs and the Economy
Most renewable investments are spent on materials and workmanship to build and maintain facilities, rather than on costly energy imports. Renewable energy investments are usually spent within the United States, frequently in the same state, and often in the same town. This means your energy dollars stay home to create jobs and fuel local economies. Renewable technologies developed and built in the United States and sold overseas, provide a boost to the U. S. trade deficit.

Energy Independence Act (I-937)