Truckee Donner Public Utility District Government News

At Truckee Donner Public Utility District's Nov. 6 board of directors meeting, the board approved the submission of the 2023 Power Source Disclosure Report and Power Content Label, and approved agreements for leases in Truckee Regional Park to enable the development of the new Truckee Library and Rocker Memorial Skate Park.

Voters in Nevada County will elect or re-elect three board members to the Truckee Donner Public Utilities District board this November. 

Truckee Donner Public Utility District named a newly-built water pump station the Joseph "Joe" R. Aguera Pump Station, in recognition of Aguera's 37 years of commendable service.

At Truckee Donner Public Utility District's July and August board of directors meetings, the board approved contracts needed to deliver on crucial capital projects, authorized the annual membership in the Truckee Tahoe Workforce House Agency, adopted the second quarter power charge adjustment, and held a workshop on the TDPUD's mid-year financial review. 

Following the Pass Fire in Truckee, as well as Sunday's wildfire safety power outage caused by the Gold Ranch Fire in Verdi, Truckee Donner Public Utility District urges customers to prepare for the possibility of prolonged power outages during wildfire season.

At Truckee Donner Public Utility District's June board of directors meeting, the board adopted the agency's annual Wildfire Mitigation Plan, approved the audited financial report for fiscal year 2023, approved contracts needed to deliver on crucial capital projects and heard a workshop presentation from the Northern California Power Agency on the state's energy policy.

At Truckee Donner Public Utility District's May board of directors meeting, the board approved an electric bill credit, approved a crucial water infrastructure maintenance project in Tahoe Donner, and held a workshop to review TDPUD's new Emergency Operations Plan.

Truckee Donner Public Utility District's board of directors oversaw a packed agenda at the April board meeting.

Wildephor Consulting is releasing a report of their 18-month biomass/bioenergy feasibility study assessing the viability of using locally sourced biomass as an alternative to onsite decay and expensive disposal methods.

Truckee Donner Public Utility District was recently awarded the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting from the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA). The award was for TDPUD's annual comprehensive financial report for the 2022 fiscal year.  

Truckee Donner Public Utility District and Truckee Fire Protection District are again joining forces to encourage community members to “adopt” fire hydrants during the winter.

The Truckee Donner Public Utility District's board of directors met on Oct. 18 for a regularly scheduled meeting.

Truckee Donner Public Utility District is asking customers to prepare for the possibility of prolonged power outages in the summer and fall as fire risk rises.