Officials power up massive facility that will transform power grid: 'We got it done, and real fast'

Officials power up massive facility that will transform power grid: 'We got it done, and real fast'

After less than one-and-a-half years of construction, Puget Sound Energy's Beaver Creek Wind Project in northern Stillwater County has started generating power, the Fairfield Sun Times reported. An appreciation dinner at the Civic Center marked the occasion, with over 100 community members in attendance. The Beaver Creek project will power 83,000 homes using 88 wind turbines. Not only will the generation of affordable, renewable energy lower cos…