OPALCO Virtual Annual Meeting

Published 1:30 am Tuesday, April 13, 2021

Submitted by Orcas Power and Light Cooperative

If you pay your power bill to OPALCO, you’re a member of the Co-op. Each year OPALCO holds its annual meeting to update the membership on the state of the Co-op and to announce election results for the OPALCO Board. While this year’s meeting on Saturday, April 24 at 9 a.m.will be on Zoom, all your favorite annual meeting traditions will be included. There are more than 25 prizes to be awarded to members in attendance and each member gets a bill credit. Prizes include electric lawn tools, battery backup for your electronics, home goods and gift cards. Prizes are sponsored by our partners and vendors.

The theme of this year’s meeting is “The Island Way.” Using the Zoom Webinar platform, the OPALCO team will give a state of the co-op and talk about OPALCO’s plans for our energy future. The OPALCO board will be there to answer questions and hear comments from members. At the end of the meeting, there will a be drawing to give out the prizes (to be distributed the following week).

OPALCO is also holding a series of Island Way workshop sessions following the Annual Meeting to help members prepare their homes and businesses to meet the challenges of the transition away from fossil fuels. Each time a member attends a session (beginning with the annual meeting), they will receive another entry into the raffle drawing to win a Greenworks electric lawnmower, or 10 shares of the 2021 Community Solar project! Raffle results will be announced Oct. 1, 2021.

Dates for workshop sessions are:

• Solar Town Hall No. 1 – 5 p.m., May 5, virtual

• The Island Way – 5 p.m., May 27, virtual

• Get the most out of your ductless heat pump – 5 p.m., June 1, virtual

• Switch It Up! – noon, June 14, virtual

• Electric Vehicle Fair – 4:30 p.m., Aug. 5, OPALCO parking lot

• How to use SmartHub – noon, Aug. 26, virtual

• Solar Town Hall No. 2 – 5 p.m., Sept. 20, virtual

Find the full list of Island Way Session details at www.opalco.com/calendar. Island Way sessions are interactive hour-long sessions designed to help members get the information and support they need to prepare for a sustainable energy future.

OPALCO is required by the Rural Utilities Services to hold an annual meeting each year. Register for the

Annual Meeting at www.opalco.com. The 2020 Annual Report will be posted on the OPALCO website the week of April 24.