A small Grant County Public Utility District substation in Moses Lake near Division Avenue. While much of the county, like Moses Lake is in good shape, the PUD has had concerns about the Crescent Bar area.
December 22, 2022
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December 22, 2022 4:55 p.m.
PUD asks Crescent Bar residents to conserve power
EPHRATA — Officials with the Grant County Public Utility District took an unusual step late Wednesday and issued a request to its customers in the Crescent Bar and Trinidad areas to turn off unneeded appliances and limit their power use in order to avoid a blackout. “There was more demand than we thought we might be able to supply,” said Grant PUD spokesperson Christine Pratt. “There were no outages, but we just put that message out to get people to conserve.” ...