Power to the Public

Thurston County citizens bringing Public Power to our community. Sign the initiative! Volunteer! Donate! Do it today!

[Bruce Wilkinson @bwildleaf]

Thanks Kim Dobson & Parallel University for interviewing me on @kaosolympia about my Campaign for Thurston PUD Commissioner! We really covered a whole lot of different topics from local water to worldwide concerns.

https://t.co/BGS0U0WNXT

[Power to the Public @Power2Public]

Dennis Kucinich calls for diplomacy. https://t.co/8EnYrploDj https://t.co/aRpglqjjXc

[Bruce Wilkinson @bwildleaf]

I’m running for Olympia City Council position 2! https://t.co/23FSRqbync

[Power to the Public @Power2Public]

Be angry. Democracy is dead. It’s a police state. Act accordingly.

[Power to the Public @Power2Public]

@BethDoglio couldn’t give an endorsement for our @tcpublicpower campaign but holds PSE accountable while getting $1k check from them and having climatesolutions attack us & @EkcPud

[ThurstonPublicPower @tcpublicpower]

They hit our grassroots campaign first. B4 primaries, folks should know how corporate green their candidates are, and how quickly they turn on grassroots! @350Tacoma

[Power to the Public @Power2Public]

Near 10% ROI sent to Canadian owners of PSE during the crisis? Hello @GovInslee time to lead! R-E-G-U-L-A-T-E PSE! Deny rate increase! Cut exec pay! Nationalize! #SharedSacrificeMyAss

[ThurstonPublicPower @tcpublicpower]

@Covid19HelpWa @AvistaUtilities @chelanpud @CowlitzPUD @DouglasPUD @GrantPUD @SEACityLight @PSETalk @MyTPU @SkagitPUD @SnoPUD Thanks in advance to @GovInslee for denying PSE rate increases, demanding they bailout citizens, cut executive salaries and no longer pay their foreign owners absurd rates of return!

[Power to the Public @Power2Public]

Utility Strike, differently coordinated but similar to a rent strike. A utility consumers union as similar but different to a tenants union. A demand of abolishing debt caused shutoffs. https://t.co/QQUXIxt4K4

[Power to the Public @Power2Public]

Good point! Shutoffs cause more problems then they solve.

[UtilityStrike @StrikeUtility]

If our utilities can stop late fees and shutoffs now because it would be unfair because of the people facing a crisis, then why can't they do it normally when people are facing a crisis?
https://t.co/trI8yHhUMk

[Power to the Public @Power2Public]

Utility Strike! US! An end to shutoffs! https://t.co/QQUXIxbtSw

[Power to the Public @Power2Public]

Pandemic pause on signature gathering for Power to the Public initiative. https://t.co/wZ7BZXY2cN

[Power to the Public @Power2Public]

Power to the Public - powering past pestilence! (#1)
How do you get signatures in a time of social distancing? Drive-up petition events? One-page mail-in petition? On-line sign-up for a future signature?
We need your ideas!
Post your ideas on: https://t.co/yLS8eoSLoC

[Power to the Public @Power2Public]

Thurston PUD is strong!
- 7,778 Customers if 6 counties, 70% in Thurston
- 74 water systems
- $6 million annual operating budget
- $2.8 million annual capital budget
https://t.co/4bG55aEICQ

[Power to the Public @Power2Public]

Public Power will continue to be locally owned and controlled, provide a public service - electricity - at the lowest possible cost to the consumer, operate in the sunshine, and orient toward meeting the needs of the communities it serves.
- Alex Radin, APPA Exec Dir, 1951-86

[Power to the Public @Power2Public]

Conservation of the nation's energy resources is of greater importance than ever before. By taking the lead in demonstrating efficiency and greater reliance on renewable resources, public power can be on the cutting edge of energy policy.
- Alex Radin, APPA Exec Dir, 1951-86

[Power to the Public @Power2Public]

Public power utilities live up to their heritage by protecting the environment. Public power attained national recognition by its association with the conservation movement espoused by President Teddy Roosevelt early in the 20th century.
- Alex Radin, APPA Exec Dir, 1951-86

[Power to the Public @Power2Public]

Public power utilities must provide essential information about their operations to the public. Public power offers transparency that was denied the government, employees and the general public by corporations that abused their public trust.
- Alex Radin, APPA Exec Dir, 1951-86

[Power to the Public @Power2Public]

"Public power utilities are favorably positioned to promote innovations. They are smaller and not burdened with a bureaucratic decision-making process. New ideas flow easily to the top. And informed citizen owners can demand changes."
- Alex Radin, APPA Exec Dir, 1951-86

[Power to the Public @Power2Public]

"There is value to society in having active competition between publicly and privately owned utilities. The people in any given area should have the choice between a private power company and a publicly owned electric utility."

- Alex Radin, APPA Executive Director, 1951-1986

[Power to the Public @Power2Public]

Powerful performer!

Come hear David Rovics
New Traditions Fair Trade Cafe, Olympia WA
April 1st, Wednesday, 7:30PM
$24/ $12 low income

https://t.co/CtLkpBSy7d

Public Power rocks!

[Power to the Public @Power2Public]

Thurston PUD: strong and growing stronger! Doubled in sized over the last 8 years.
PSE: Fat and complacent. Gobbles up your rates to feed its investors and managers.

Support Public Power! Volunteer today!
https://t.co/21eXslFRHz