UPDATE (1/10/22): The high water levels caused damage to the debris barrier at the Cowlitz Falls Hydroelectric Project. The Day Use Park will remain closed until repairs are completed. ORIGINAL: Beginning Thursday, January 6, 2022 at 12:00 p.m. (noon), the Cowlitz Falls Day Use Park will be closed due to high river flows which require […]
134 customers along SR 506 and nearby roads west of Vader (will not affect City of Vader) will briefly lose power at 5:45 a.m. on Tuesday, January 11 for up to 15 minutes. This outage is needed in order to conduct a power switch at the substation. We apologize for the inconvenience of this temporary […]
UPDATE (12/21/21 @ 5:00 p.m.) The Copper Canyon Kayaker Take-Out Site and the Port Blakely 340 Road will reopen on Wednesday, December 22, 2021. ORIGINAL The Copper Canyon Kayaker Take-Out Site will be closed on Monday, December 20 and Tuesday, December 21 due to maintenance activities. The Port Blakely 340 road will also be closed […]
The fourth quarter 2021 customer newsletter is being distributed through PUD customer bill mailings this month and next, but you can read it now online! Click on the image or HERE to open .pdf file.
The Employee Fund of Lewis County PUD, a 100% employee-funded activities and events group, contributed $1,000 to the Lewis County Food Bank Coalition on Wednesday, December 7. Every $1 contributed to the Food Bank Coalition translates into $1.72 in food they are able to distribute out to nine food banks throughout Lewis County. “The Lewis […]
Lewis County PUD awarded $9.4 million for broadband deployment to Vader, Mineral, Elbe, and Ashford communities. On Friday, December 3, the Washington State Public Works Board approved a motion to proceed with grant awards from its 2021 Broadband Construction funding cycle. Included in the list of grant awards were two broadband projects submitted by Lewis […]
UPDATE (11/30/21):The electricity feed between the Cowlitz PUD and Lewis County PUD substations will be switched back to normal configuration on Tuesday, December 7 @ 6:00 a.m. During this switch, 134 customers along SR 506 and nearby roads west of Vader will temporarily lose power for up to 15 minutes. We apologize for the inconvenience. […]
The Cowlitz Falls Day Use Park has reopened, as of 11/22/21. Thank you for your patience while we’ve waited for high river flows to subside.
134 customers along SR 506 and nearby roads west of Vader (will not affect City of Vader) will lose power at 6:00 a.m. Wednesday, November 17 for up to 15 minutes. Lewis County PUD is switching power in order to temporarily serve Cowlitz PUD customers in Ryderwood so that Cowlitz PUD can perform maintenance on […]
UPDATE (11/22/21 @ 2:00 p.m.): The Day Use Park has re-opened to the public. ORIGINAL: The Cowlitz Falls reservoir (Lake Scanewa) water level will be drawn down in anticipation of high river flows. Beginning at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 11, 2021, the Cowlitz Falls Day Use Park will be closed. The reopening of the […]
