Puget Sound Energy
Mortenson Advances 300,000 SQFT Kent Manufacturing Campus Backed by 20-Megawatt Power Capacity
A 9.3-acre infill site in the Kent Valley is drawing sustained interest from aerospace and defense manufacturers even as the broader Puget Sound...
Jupiter Power Halts King County Permit for 130 MW Snoqualmie Battery Project as City Claims Jurisdiction
Jupiter Power has paused its King County permit application for the 130-megawatt Cascadia Ridge battery project after the City of Snoqualmie asserted legal...
Cle Elum Halts New Data Centers, but Blue Fern’s $200MM Bullfrog Flats Project May Proceed Under 2002 Pact
Cle Elum's City Council unanimously enacted an emergency six-month moratorium on data centers, yet the $200 million Blue Fern Development project that triggered...
PSE Must Build New Vernell Substation, Upgrade Bellevue Grid by 2030 to Keep Pace With Growth, Joint Study Finds
A Bellevue-Redmond grid capacity study conducted with Puget Sound Energy concludes the utility must construct a new Central Bellevue substation called Vernell and...
Kitsap PUD Sends Public Power Measure to November Ballot, Testing Puget Sound Energy’s Grip on 130,000 Customers
The Kitsap Public Utility District’s board has voted to let county voters decide whether the public agency should have the authority to enter...
Ferguson’s 26-Member Economic Council Carries a Permitting Mandate as Downtown Seattle Vacancy Hits 36.5%
Gov. Bob Ferguson’s newly created Governor’s Economic Development Council arrives with an explicit charge to dismantle regulatory barriers to growth, seating six members...
PSE Draft Plan Pegs Washington Electric Rates to Climb 142% and Gas Rates 392% by 2050
The utility’s reference case for the 2027 Integrated System Plan warns of binding transmission constraints, unsolvable model runs and mounting affordability pressure for...
Pacific Northwest Power Grid Hurtles Toward 9 GW Shortfall by 2030 as Load Growth Outpaces New Builds
E3 study commissioned by 22 regional utilities warns that data centers, electrification and coal retirements are colliding with institutional barriers that have stalled...
Puget Sound Office Leasing Accelerates to 2.1MM SQFT in Q1 2026 as Availability Falls to Lowest Level Since Late 2024
Savills report finds technology and AI tenants driving demand across core submarkets, with Microsoft, OpenAI, and Puget Sound Energy among the quarter’s largest...
Puget Sound Energy Renews 239,000 SQFT Office Lease at Bellevue CBD Headquarters
Washington state’s oldest energy utility reaffirms its commitment to the Eastside’s premier office submarket with one of the quarter’s largest transactions. Puget Sound...
Wallace Properties Secures Approval for 895-Unit Bellevue North Mixed-Use Development in City’s Downtown
Applicant secures Master Development Plan approval with conditions for a two-phase redevelopment spanning a 28-story high-rise tower and three midrise residential buildings in...
Amazon Outbids Washington Utility to Acquire 1.2 GW Sunstone Solar Project for $83MM in Oregon
Tech giant’s direct ownership of one of the nation’s largest solar-plus-storage sites signals a new era of competition between Big Tech and public...
