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More than 400 miles from Vancouver in a narrow canyon near Washington’s Canadian border, turbines spin at the Box Canyon Dam, creating energy that once powered a nearby paper mill.
Soon, however, that energy will power homes and businesses in Clark County.
Clark Public Utilities signed a contract with the Pend Oreille Public Utility District to acquire all of the energy produced by the dam from Jan.
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