CRPUD gives $89K to St. Helens schools for energy saving renovations

The St. Helens School District recently received about $89,000 from the Columbia River People’s Utility District through a program designed to encourage energy savings. CRPUD works with the Bonneville Power Administration, where the utility provider purchases wholesale electricity, to provide incentives for projects that promote energy efficiency in homes, businesses and agricultural and industrial facilities. The school district is one of the most recent beneficiaries of CRPUD’s energy conservation program, which is fully funded by BPA. Using funds from a 2020 bond, the school district completed upgrades to St. Helens High School — replacing the heating and air conditioning systems, installing LED lighting and adding more efficient hot water boilers and kitchen equipment. These upgrades work out to an annual energy savings of about 294,467 kilowatt-hours — enough to power about 22 average Columbia County homes each year, according to CRPUD.

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