Given $1 mil to ‘build something,’ ColumbiaGrid’s first CeO to retire with mission accomplished

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And he did. With Kaake at the helm, the group has created a nsuccessful regional transmission planning group, tackling sticky nissues of transmission, cost allocation and wind integration nthroughout the Pacific Northwest with multiple investor-owned nand public utilities. The group now has eight full members: Avista, nBonneville Power Administration, Chelan County PUD, Grant nCounty PUD, Puget Sound Energy, Seattle City Light, Snohomish nPUD and Tacoma Power. Cowlitz PUD, Douglas County PUD and nTonbridge Power are non-member participants in the group.