Douglas PUD History
1936
1936
People of Douglas County vote to form PUD. Made possible by the passage of 1930 Initiative 1 championed by the Washington State Grange

1945
1945
Douglas PUD begins operation of electrical facilities acquired from Washington Water Power in northern part of the county

1949
1949
1957
1957
1967
1989
1989
Wells Juvenile Fish Bypass System officially approved to guide young fish downstream through spillways
2000
2000
2002
2002
Habitat Conservation Plan signed to ensure the Wells Project has no net impact on mid-Columbia salmon and steelhead runs, accomplished through a combination of juvenile and adult fish-passage measures at Wells Dam, off-site hatchery programs and evaluations, and habitat restoration work conducted in tributary streams upstream of the dam
2012
2021
2021
Renewable Hydrogen Pilot Project broke ground
