Orcas Power & Light Cooperative

Orcas Power & Light Cooperative Orcas Power & Light Cooperative is a non-profit member-owned rural electric co-op serving 20 islands

‼️ We are hiring a Journeyman Lineworker Apprentice! ‼️GET PAID TO TRAIN AND TAKE CLASSES TO BECOME A JOURNEYMAN LINEWOR...
06/04/2026

‼️ We are hiring a Journeyman Lineworker Apprentice! ‼️
GET PAID TO TRAIN AND TAKE CLASSES TO BECOME A JOURNEYMAN LINEWORKER!
The OPALCO Apprentice position is the perfect match for a dedicated, hardworking individual interested in the electrical and linework industry. This is an Orcas Island based position. For the full benefit summary and job description, visit www.opalco.com/careers.

05/18/2026

🤗 Hey OPALCO Members, there's a new change you should know about!
We have recently updated how you can access the link to the monthly OPALCO Board meetings on Zoom. Instead of having to email a request for the link each month, you can register for the meeting and get the zoom link sent directly to your email inbox. In this short video, Jo walks you through exactly how to navigate this new process on the OPALCO website.
We're hoping this update makes it easier to get access to the link and join the monthly meetings to stay up to date with your local electric co-op.

If you have any questions, call us at 360-376-3500 or email [email protected].

We had such a wonderful time last Friday at the first ever Lopez Island Annual Member Festival! Thank you to Lopez OPALC...
05/13/2026

We had such a wonderful time last Friday at the first ever Lopez Island Annual Member Festival! Thank you to Lopez OPALCO members for showing up and showing out, participating in the event, chatting with the OPALCO team, and learning from local vendors and organizations. We will have more great photos to come, stay tuned to share in the joy!
As a reminder, this event rotates the big three islands each year in an effort to reach as many members as possible over a three year period. If you couldn't join us for the event this year, we hope to see you for next year's event on Orcas Island!
Thank you for all you do as OPALCO members!

05/07/2026

GET READY, LOPEZ ISLAND!
Tomorrow the OPALCO Annual Member Festival is coming to you!
Friday, May 8 from 3 - 6 pm at the Lopez Center for Community and the Arts

Join the OPALCO team for this free member event featuring tons of OPALCO SWAG, free food, bucket truck rides, a bouncy house, informational booths, EV showcase, kids activities, a raffle, and more!
We hope to see you there!

And don't worry, if you can't make it to Lopez for the event this year, this event rotates the big three islands each year. We'll be back on Orcas Island next year!

⚠️ APRIL IS LINEWORKER APPRECIATION MONTH! 👷‍♂️👷‍♀️🎉~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~This month, we celebrate...
04/30/2026

⚠️ APRIL IS LINEWORKER APPRECIATION MONTH! 👷‍♂️👷‍♀️🎉
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This month, we celebrate and recognize the hard work, dedication, and sacrifice of all the OPALCO lineworkers in honor of Lineworker Appreciation Month. We are so grateful to our crews for all the work they do to keep the San Juan Islands powered up, regardless of weather.
Join us in recognizing and thanking them, this month and every month. Visit our Thank A Lineworker page on our website to leave a message of thanks for our crews here: https://www.opalco.com/about-community/thank-lineworker/. Or join us at our Annual Member Festival on Lopez Island and thank the lineworkers in person! Friday, May 8 starting at 3 pm at the Lopez Center for Community and the Arts. See you there!

04/18/2026

We’ve seen your questions and comments about the unplanned mainland outage on Wednesday, April 15, and Jo is here to clear things up for you!
To see the full hourly updates that were posted during the outage as well as the photos and videos that were shared, visit www.opalco.com/outages and scroll to the April 15 unplanned outage.

If you have more questions or need some resources for staying outage ready, reach out to [email protected]!

Stay safe everyone!

SYSTEM WIDE OUTAGE UPDATE: UPDATE @ 5:25 pm - The transmission from the mainland to the OPALCO grid has been restored! A...
04/15/2026

SYSTEM WIDE OUTAGE UPDATE:

UPDATE @ 5:25 pm - The transmission from the mainland to the OPALCO grid has been restored! At this time, we are still experiencing multiple outages throughout San Juan County as a result of restoration of power. OPALCO crews are aware and will respond as quickly as possible to safely re-energize all members. If you are still out of power, please give us a call or report the outage in smarthub so we can be sure to get to you. Thank you to our mainland partners at PSE and BPA for their help in restoring this outage, and to all our wonderful community members in San Juan County for looking out for one another. You make the islands great!

UPDATE @ 5:15 pm - We have just received word from BPA that they have begun the restoration of transmission from the mainland to the islands. It may still take time for OPALCO members to be re-energized, but the process has been started. We truly appreciate your patience with us as we have been working to resolve this as quickly as possible.

UPDATE @ 4:30 pm - The outage is no longer listed on the PSE outage map, as crews have restored the downed line on the mainland and restored power to Anacortes. At this time, we are still waiting for PSE to restore the transmission that gets the power from the mainland to us. Once that is restored, we can begin re-energizing all meters. Stay tuned. Thank you for your patience everyone!

04/15/2026

SAN JUAN COUNTY-WIDE OUTAGE UPDATE:

@ 4:10 pm - PSE crews have been in the process of restoring this outage for a while. As soon as we get the go ahead from our partners at PSE and BPA, we can begin slowly re-energizing all meters in San Juan County. When we know more, we will update here immediately. Thank you.

@ 2:15 pm - There are no new updates at this time, we are still waiting on PSE crews to restore the downed line. Thank you all for your understanding.

@ 12:45 pm - PSE crews are on site on the mainland and are awaiting the arrival of a larger bucket truck to safely restore the line. As we hear more updates we will post them here. Thank you for your continued patience and for sharing outage updates with your neighbors. Stay safe everyone!

Visit www.opalco.com/outages for the most up to date outage info.

PLEASE DISREGARD THE OPALCO ALERT "MAINLAND EMERGENCY OVERNIGHT OUTAGE". We sincerely apologize for the confusion. This ...
04/15/2026

PLEASE DISREGARD THE OPALCO ALERT "MAINLAND EMERGENCY OVERNIGHT OUTAGE".

We sincerely apologize for the confusion. This post is an old post template that was sent in error. A new corrected post will be sent out to members shortly. At this time, we are not anticipating this to be an overnight outage.
Please visit www.opalco.com/outage in the meantime for the most updated outage information.

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183 Mt Baker Road
Eastsound, WA
98245

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Monday 8am - 5pm
Tuesday 8am - 5pm
Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm

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+13603763500

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