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Utility approves budgets for 2026

Clark Public Utilities expects higher sales

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Sherry Erickson, from left, Jane Van Dyke and Nancy Barnes take part in the Clark Public Utilities board of commissioners meeting with CEO Lena Wittler in Vancouver on Oct. 21. On Tuesday morning, the utility’s board of commissioners unanimously approved separate budgets of $500 million for the electric system, $95 million for the generating system and $41 million for the water system. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian files)

Clark Public Utilities avoided a budget shortfall this year and will keep power rates steady next year with some help from the Climate Commitment Act.

On Tuesday morning, the utility’s board of commissioners unanimously approved separate budgets of $500 million for the electric system, $95 million for the generating system and $41 million for the water system.

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