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<\/a>\u201cThis is an exciting day for the state of Washington and especially for residents of Chelan County,\u201d said Governor Jay Inslee. \u201cThis agreement between Microsoft and Chelan PUD is a perfect example of how Washington\u2019s renewable, reliable hydropower resources will continue to play a central role in driving innovation, supporting rural economic development and transitioning our economy to 100% clean energy.\u201d<\/p>\nChelan County PUD has an all-renewable, carbon-free generation portfolio composed of more than 99% hydropower.<\/p>\n
In addition, Microsoft is in the final stages of negotiating an additional renewable energy purchase agreement that would see the company contract for output of a new wind or solar resource in the state, expected to be sited and operational within the next five years.<\/p>\n
No additional infrastructure is required in Chelan\u2019s service area to be able to send power from Chelan PUD to Microsoft. Chelan PUD will work with Powerex Corp., of Vancouver, B.C., which will provide real-time forecasting scheduling and transmission services to assist the PUD in transmitting its carbon-free power from Chelan County to Microsoft\u2019s headquarters.<\/p>\n
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About Chelan PUD<\/strong><\/p>\nChelan Public Utility District was created by a vote of the people in 1936 and delivered its first power in 1947. The PUD is governed by a locally elected five-member Board of Commissioners. The general manager uses the policies and guiding principles set by the commission to generate and deliver electricity from our three dams to utilities that serve customers across the Pacific Northwest as well as to more than 51,000 retail customers in the county. The PUD also provides water, sewer and wholesale telecommunications services.<\/p>\n
About Microsoft<\/strong><\/p>\nMicrosoft (Nasdaq \u201cMSFT\u201d @microsoft) enables digital transformation for the era of an intelligent cloud and an intelligent edge. Its mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.<\/p>\n
For more information, press only:<\/strong><\/p>\nMicrosoft Media Relations, WE Communications for Microsoft, (425) 638-7777, rrt@we-worldwide.com<\/p>\n
Neil Neroutsos, Chelan County PUD, (509) 661-8291, neil.neroutsos@chelanpud.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
New agreements enable a zero-carbon headquarters, as Microsoft\u2019s Puget Sound operations will be powered entirely by local hydro REDMOND and WENATCHEE, Wash. \u2013 April 12, 2019 \u2013 Microsoft Corp. today announced new agreements to boost clean energy and connectivity in Washington state. The two agreements with Chelan County Public Utility District (PUD) will see Microsoft receive […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":91870,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[112],"class_list":["post-91869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-microsoft-news","tag-press-releases"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91869\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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<\/a>\u201cThis agreement provides much more than renewable energy for Microsoft \u2014 it\u2019s an investment in new opportunities for communities in central Washington and the competitiveness of Washington state,\u201d said Shelley McKinley, general manager, Technology and Corporate Responsibility, Microsoft. \u201cWe\u2019re proud to be powering our Puget Sound operations in a way that reduces carbon emissions, supports the clean energy sector and supports efforts to expand connectivity. We look forward to working with Chelan PUD to achieve these goals.\u201d<\/p>\n