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Williams Companies (WMB) Northwest Pipeline just exploded
Dealing with regular inflation through options
Recap Of Recommended Positions This Week: 65% win rate and +30% overall PnL
The Legend of /u/TheEmperorOfJenks aka “Ornamental Gourds Futures Guy” continues (Part 3)
Opportunities in Options Around Earnings This Week
Dutch Bros (BROS) looking like a strong longterm investment. Here in the PNW its a huge brand with a ridiculous following. Still room for advancement.
Dutch $BROS IPO a coffee shop with an experience that’s highly regarded in the PNW as the place to go, quickly expanding across the US. What do you think about it?
$PCG - Pacfic Gas & Electric an EV and Infrastructure play emerging from bankruptcy. Utilities in the PNW
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indices are dull. dark and cloudy in the PNW, go back to bed or watch a historic food channel?
I always feel good on TDG, PNW, and PPA
Never been to Europe and have little desire to travel there. Would much rather spend a vacation in the PNW or California
I live in Portland and the Bonneville Power Administration controls 75% of the transmission in the PNW. We have a unique situation where instead of utilities owning transmission lines, we have this odd self funded federal agency that is very conservative for transmission infrastructure build out. Because of this, ESS Tech's base would be a huge benefit for the utilities around here to act as an alternative to transmission near the large loads. I know PGE was working with ESS Tech a while back but they may haven't gotten cold feet when the financial situation was more dire. Unfortunately an Energy Base hasn't been built yet so a lot of potential buyers will probably want to wait until the salt river project gets built....almost two years from now...
Right like I don’t think they are aware or trying to make me feel guilty, I know they just want to see me and my family. Yeah for real I live in an incredibly expensive location (PNW) and it’s like I’m not living luxury over here. It’s like I’m screwing myself financially and with family time all because I want my kids to be raised by my wife and not the daycare or my mother. Crazy how difficult that is to accomplish nowadays I do truly make incredibly good money for my education level. This gathering is actually the weekend before, I will still be able to see my parents and sister/brother and their kids on Christmas Eve and probably day too. So it’s like.. not that my extended family isn’t a priority if they all gathered on Christmas Eve or day id see them because I’m able to take that time off. Side note I really appreciate these conversations with strangers even if some end up being AI HAHA 😂
We're have a warm weather in the PNW. Wet as hell, but it's in the mid 50s°F. Tropical moisture hitting US.
America will not last a 30 year long recession. Japan doesn't have the political issues America is going through and is much more compact making the difference in cultures in the country more familiar. As someone from the PNW every time I have visited the southwest I feel like it's a different country completely. America will absolutely fall apart and be a fundamentally different country if we enter an economic downturn that lasts more than a decade. So my answer is stocks will be the least of your concerns if America experiences that and you're a citizen.
It was funny here too https://www.threads.com/@mrs_fadaka/post/DRwhkHJiNSG?xmt=AQF0PNW0ptzbqljpl409-a7yAUes7Rh31L1dyy80hBVNVaqFbe_0Wlc9r1e8bB3PbpUebk6F&slof=1
This is an RFP/RFA. Meaning, the government will BUY power from the power plants. They dont own and operate or develop or build them... only the federal hydropower system is operated by the government, which includes plants in the PNW run by BPA and in the mountain west run by WAPA
I'm seeing similar price jumps in the PNW, but people who bought in 2019-2023 trying to 2x/3x what they paid. I honestly wouldn't mind as much if it was last sold in 2004!
I'm not in that target demographic (as I'm in my early 50's now).. but I've never owned a home and probably never will. The description they give of Renting, consuming more and riskier investments has been largely true for me. I moved cross-country about 2 years ago for a new job (that doubled my pay). I walked into an empty apartment with basically nothing but a Backpack and a sleeping bag. Over the past 2 years have been slowly purchasing all the stuff I needed (sit-stand desk, office chair, bed, kitchen stools, etc etc) .. so I've definitely spent more in the past 2 years than I probably have in the last 15 years. Nicer clothes, first time in my life I own multiple pairs of shoes, multiple coats (rainy PNW atmosphere), etc. Also began investing about a year ago.. basically doubled what I invested since then (pure 1st timers luck).
I used to live on the east coast, moved to PNW. I am loving WinCo.
No trees in CO to mess up the lines to the extent of the PNW.
ALK will not be hurt as much as other airlines since they are based in PNW severely undervalued
PNW. Where I’m from, they liberalized what you can buy with SNAP to include hot foods (deli items). All the homeless blow their points on 711 pizzas. You see the boxes everywhere. This is not to say, however, that SNAP is essential for most people.
That ($17) is honestly the standard price for any burrito place in PNW; the chips will cost you another $5.00. At least with Chipotle, you can attempt to get more for your money by asking for extras on the no additional charge toppings. :/
I'm in the weird desert part of PNW, the forest hippies are on the other side of the cascades.
As much as I like living out here in the middle of fucking nowhere in the PNW like Obi One Kunobee, I'm thinking about taking a much higher paying job at an Ivy league on the east coast. Never spent much time out there but I have to imagine it would be better. The people out here are too weird for me, and not like, too liberal, but just remote and well, I don't get the fuckin vibe I guess.
What are your go-to income-focused tickers these days? For me: SCHD, Realty Income, and some conservative exposure to PNW
In the PNW it takes up to 3-years just to get permits and complete a build of a 40’ x80’ steel building on property that you already own. The 1st year is just the back & forth with the drawings (building plans). If you’re not breaking ground by September, rains come and you can’t start until spring. If you’re not get it rocked, you can work during the rain season. This is true in a lot of other states in the USA. Permits + weather = delays… That’s just a “shop build” on property you already own…. A simple build. How long would it take to re-establish mining permits? How long would it take for a domestic automotive manufacturer to find, purchase land, design, permit, develop, purchase manufacturing machinery and hire labor to start manufacturing domestic vehicles? Yeah right, manufacturing is coming right back to the USA…. I think not…
Yep, false flag at reichstag to justify imprisoning office-holding political opposition. If this follows the same trajectory the democratic party will basically be nulll by midterms, which would mean no dissonance in state and local politics. Just pure unbridled concentrated power for Donnie. He knows that he will get a big protest in the PNW, this has a lot of dark elements brewing. This is why I don't like it when people say this is a distraction from the Epstein files when, if you look at the big picture, the Epstein files are a threat to this...
Having lived in rural eastern Washington I can tell you that the wind blowing out of the Columbia Gorge is plenty reliable to run those turbines, plus servicing them provides a lot of well paying blue collar jobs and also benefits farmers through lease payments. Energy storage has been solved in the PNW for a long time, the hydro dams on the Columbia can be quickly ramped up and down to respond to changes in demand, serving as giant batteries. Another upside is by taking some of the overall load off the hydro plants, more water can be saved for navigation in the fall when river levels are low. Plus it doesn’t eat up farmland like solar does.
always rainy in PNW bring it on
2 years ago I intentionally moved myself out to an isolated area in the PNW to get myself away from strip clubs. I was getting into a bit of trouble in the big city (which I was a high paid employee for) and routinely getting into potentially dangerous situations. I'd routinely find myself drunk and tweaking after spending thousands at the club, hanging out with the strippers, their handlers, and other elements of organized crime, while I myself was living a double life as a city crash investigator in my free time. I
Location. Location. Location. There are affordable homes in the PNW where I live. It would just make my commute about 2 hours each away, but at least the mortgage would only be 25% of my income. Are there affordable houses availible? Yes. Are they near areas of business where jobs are located? Not as much.
Shit be bomb bro. Im in the PNW so always got crab on deck. I went with crab, clams, corn, sausage, and potatoes. Fuego!
Do you play trumpet by chance and live in the PNW?
Funny you say that cause Whole Foods feels like one of the best balance for quality to price at least in my experience in PNW. Trader Joe’s probably tops it but it’s limited (by design) and somehow I’ve always had mixed experience with their produce. Fred Meyer is solid value but doesn’t have all the higher end products.
I live in PNW. I shit you not, behind my apartment building, there's a 20 acre forest. There's kind of a short path (like an acre through the forest to WMT). But the rest of the forest, the other 19 acres, there's 100+ people living there. I see them everywhere all the time everyday. Some guy on drugs was screaming at 3AM from the forest. They got surenos that show up in blue gang shit. I saw them once putting their gang colors on at the hotel. apparently the don't drive with their gay blue bandanas over their face. seen naked people, people doing the fenty lean. To answer your question. Morepeople livein the forest than my apartment building.
Come up to the Canadian Pacific North West (PNW) crank worx is awesome and we have a huge Mountain biking community.
I’m from California and I don’t get why people buy this bland shit, considering that there are Mexican restaurants, taco stands and taco trucks everywhere. I can understand it being popular in the south, PNW or northeast where there are few Mexicans, but not in California or the southwest
I live in the PNW. I already invest in local real estate (hence the funds). Too much effort and it distracts from day job.
>I crazy some ground beef or ribeyes from America. Locally sourced privately owned butcher in the PNW, 16oz Ribeye, $24.00 Fred Meyer, Private Selection™ Angus Beef Boneless Ribeye Steak, $20.50 per lb
Wow, I love you. The seagull/god/over soul wants us. I'm in, I'm gonna feed the next seagull I find. Thank you, BTW, you don't want to roll up on the baby seagull, mom and dad will attack. Space is good, Seagulls can be kinda mean sometimes. Seagulls, Crows, and Canadian geese can be dangerous in the PNW where I live. But personally: I fear no birds. And I like kippered herring. God, bless my port with prints in these turbulent times.
Wrong part in CA then. In LA, SD, that probably is not def not the case. Up here in the PNW (Seattle or Portland) most women arent even thinking of having kids before 35 even.
The problem we have in Canada is that we have too much leverage. We don't want to crash the US economy cuz you still need money to buy our crap. Your PNW region is powered off of hydro electric using water from Canada. That treaty is up for renewal next year. The locals want to cancel it and get back the 3 valleys we flooded to create this entire system. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_River_Treaty Go look at PM Mark Carney's Wikipedia page under Views=>Monetary Policy and you'll see his public ideas on replacing the US dollar for international trade. What allies do the US have left to stop this? Putin and Kim Jong Un? 🤣 Besides, Putin is the 'R' in BRICS.
Is this a reference to the rare Earth mineral deposits in the PNW or bottom of the ocean? I remember reading a ludicrous number in the trillions about one or both of them.
positive. may I ask what got you to move? been to chi a lot but the PNW has pretty much escaped up to this point. would love to make it out there.
Pinnacle West Capital (PNW - first three letters of all caps Peace, Now, and Winners). Stock is up 1% “today”. Also, in 2024, Pinnacle West donated more to Republicans than Democrats although they did donate to Kamala so perhaps this message is Trump getting ready to punish PNW. Anyway, I’m pretty confident that this made-up analysis will make some people money.
Man, PNW housing market sounds insane. Hope there’s enough leftover to do some cool stuff outdoors!
A man of culture. PNW reigns king in beer.
I need rare trees in my life. I wish I lived in PNW
This is, iirc, a whopping $.06 below what WinCo usually sells it for. WinCo is typically about half the price of other grocery stores, at least in the PNW
I am shocked at how many people are out shopping in PNW malls
Up here in PNW too, tech layoffs have been higher than usual over the last 9 months. With msft, amzn and meta ... I then expect the biotech companies that are heavily reliant on the federal research spending to start cutting eventually too. But that's all future stuff....the bond auctions this week shouldn't be bad with the short bonds. The market wants to bull on Trump tariff pause this week. Macro economic headwinds be damned the market will do what it wants.
As a reference as well. I am in home construction in the PNW, where it has been hot as hell the last few years. My company is currently facing it's most significant slowdown since 22. Things are getting shaky, whether we have the data to back it up or not.
Portland and Seattle are important to the PNW but Oakland and Long Beach are supplying stuff West of the Rocky Mountains and beyond.
So housing stocks are going to be hit with more than 30% hikes because there is no one to cut, ship and finish the wood needed to build all those houses. It took 3 years to cut 4bbf of blown down timber from the 1963 October 12th hurricane that hit the PNW. No one has done the planning for equipment, labor and road construction needed to replace imported lumber. In addition, we don’t have Douglas Fir or Balsa Fir in most places, to harvest. Those housing stocks are going to be very challenged to get wood, electrical, plumbing and even nails at last years pricing.
Yeah a local one to the PNW, Kaiser The health policy is definitely generous I can't complain
Blue haired hermaphrodite ducks but hey, it's the PNW
It's true but the WHEN is the problem. It will eventually need to crash but is it worth losing time in market without knowing WHEN the crash will finally happen? I live in the PNW and people have been fretting about "the big one" (overdue massive earthquake) my whole life. I'm still waiting for it. It's the same vibe... I agree with the premise and reasoning behind it but I can't put my life (or investments) on pause waiting for the one day when...
Just pulled up my Kroger app and the price for a single pound of ground beef in my area of the PNW is $7.49 for 80/20 and $9.49 for 93/7. This is Kroger brand, non-organic. If you buy bulk and get a 3lb roll of ground beef it is $17.99 for 80/20, or $19.99 for 93/7, again store brand, non-organic. This isn't doomerism, this is reality.
Guess with all that port revenue gone you will actually see how much GDP Komifornia and PNW make..
Target was one of my family's frequent shopping stops, so boycotting them has been a large sacrifice for us. I think we'd love to see them change sufficiently to win us back, but not sure what they'd need to do. Maybe Target just has to be an example made to other corporations considering butt kissing P01135809. Unfortunately Walmart is dead to us, and we're trying to minimize our Amazon usage (and cancelled Prime), so those aren't suitable alternatives for us. As to where we have moved our shopping to, here in the PNW there is a chain of stores called Fred Meyers that is like a budget Target with lots of the same products but without the fancy. Like Target, they advertise themselves as a one-stop-shop. If you're lucky maybe you'll have something similar. Beyond that, there are still businesses that are more product focused (not one-stop-shops). Takes more driving and/or planning which is a bit annoying so we'll see how that goes. Local pet stores for pet products, local craft store for decor and art supplies, Ace Hardware for garage/yard stuff, Dollar Tree for cheap gift stuff, etc. etc.
I created a tinder profile of myself as an extremely autistic 40 year old man in the rural PNW. It wasn't much of a stretch for me. I periodically uninstall, then reinstall, then like every profile so every lady out there has to unlike (or like) the profile again.
We just booked a contractor to replace the siding on our 12 unit HOA building. It took us about a year to get the owners to agree to go forward and it took me telling them that with tariffs and mass deportations the job may cost a lot more later. I asked the contractor when they could start and they said “Whenever you want”. Usually we have to book at least 3 months in advance in the summer to get on their calendar. (Rainy PNW). We called in the second week of April and they started today.
That’s what I’ve heard, I wonder if they still offer the overnight test drive. I heard it depends on the location but I live in the PNW so I’m not so sure
Funny enough, I live in the PNW and I wanted to try Shake shack for a while. Was down in Vegas last week and stayed on Fremont, so I was right by one. Made damn sure to go and try it. Was actually extremely disappointed in it lol I was drunk too at 3 AM. It should’ve been the best food I ate all weekend lol The party itself was good, but nothing to write home about. Too much bun and I didn’t even like the bun. I’m going to hold out my opinion until I give it another shot sometime but… First opinion wasn’t great lol
I live in the PNW. Gas prices are in the $3.50's in Oregon and over $4/gall in WA. Just came back from vacation in HI and gas on the Big Island was $4.69/gallon. But would love for someone to chime in that is paying under $2/gallon.
Yeah let's ask the former timber towns in the PNW how that ended up
Ehh. Kinda. It rains in the sense that any given day you'll probably see it rained somewhere, but it's also weird rain that can easily spend an afternoon over one person's house, or only rain on one side of the road When you compare that to places in the PNW that literally have a statewide blanket of drizzle for an entire month, it's kinda meh.
The writing has been on the wall for small farmers for years I got out of pigs last year. Going down to a handful of sheep to mow the lawn. Good thing though-maybe there will be cheap high quality hay this year! A majority it PNW hay is exported...more for meeee!
Laughing at Elon 🤡 wondering why his once loyal tech bro customers aren't buying in bulk anymore in PNW ... His latest rant is as crazy as something Mango would say ... the so called waste and fraudsters that filled the federal government are paying people to rally against Tesla ... you heard it right , underpaid civil servants that are ex military and patriotic and many are still in the national guard are paying randos to hate on him because they want their jobs back so they can fake work ... I used to work for the feds briefly , I never met a group of such dedicated people who worked with such outdated tech and tools and didn't whine about it and followed protocol to a tee
Same with Seattle, but with so many decent EVs out there now, I bet PNW Tesla sales crater.
Used to go fairly regularly in Florida and it was consistently packed drive thro. Live in PNW now and it’s way less crowded tho I go way less. Only do the bogo premium chkn sandwiches on the app that ain’t bad but doubt they make much money off me…idk probably not a bad defensive stock if more ppl lose jobs etc
So pretty much everywhere except for the PNW?
I live on the US/Canada border in the USA PNW. We can watch CBC and listen to Canadian radio. Don't. kid yourself, we are not wanted in Canada. My daughter's family took a recent trip to Victoria BC, and although things were fairly normal and people were kind, the Canadians hate our government and their govt has made an official statement that no Americans will be allowed to immigrate to Canada at this time. You can visit, but the border lines are long and the Border Patrol is getting antsy.
I've been in the market for a long time, and then I took out almost everything and put it in high yield accounts and CD's almost 2 years ago. THAT having been said, I've also made dumb mistakes that I may never stop kicking myself over. I absolutely one hundred percent should have started to invest in real estate in the PNW in 2015. I KNEW it. I decided to not take the money out and put it towards that project. So I think we've all done things that seem very smart in retrospect, and then also things that seem so stupid. Let's be honest, luck is a big factor.
Have you considered visiting BC in Canada? Essentially the Canadian PNW.
During the pandemic I was at a bakery in a resort town in the PNW and there was a dude in front of me in line who was like literally having a whiny piss baby meltdown about having to wear a mask inside. Emblazoned on his shirt? You guessed it. “Fuck Your Feelings” - I had a brief moment where I wanted to say, “Hey, fuck your feelings, bro, it’s the law.” But honestly I just don’t even wanna roll around in any kind of shit with those pigs.
My partner is going to Canada for a conference this year, I was going to tag along and tick off a dream of mine which was exploring the PNW and California. Now due to the sheer uncertainty of border detention I’ve opted to save my leave and money.
sunny af in the PNW. puts on Seasonal Depression
Im 31 live in a paid off 600k townhouse in the PNW, have 120k in vanguard and 85k of crypto and still feel like I can't afford shit
Annex the PNW already, *please*
We have more lumber than god in the PNW that they don’t let them harvest. And we also have more minerals than god but we choose to not mine that either
I used to do air freight in the PNW, we sent quite a bit of wafers to Europe and Asia. Wafertech, Siltronix, Technronix, but that doesn't mean much. Just my anecdotal experience. Have also shipped a few lithography machines, pretty nerve-wracking picking up a $100 million+ machine with three forklifts... You got to do what you got to do though!
After 9/11 we saw people donating blood, joining the military. Coming together. After Pearl Harbor, we had millions of American join military and civil services. We saw a better part of America fight through resistance and struggle for civil rights. In times of war we have seen waves of manufacturing like never before. “The Arsenal of Democracy” proved we can turn gears and meet demands as a country. What about the Cold War and race to the moon? We saw aerospace and other sectors manufacturings like never before. Synthetic rubber was created in the US entirely in the past when rubber was unavailable. Steel from the Midwest, Aluminum from the PNW. Copper, Oil, Coal. The effect on our local ecosystem will be the worst part. The lithium mines we are building in Nevada, the revival of abandoned rare earth material extraction and fracking required for import independence . While technology is literally in a crazy pace, we can hope that our country can solve issues with new solutions. It’s too bad that as a country we have lost our pride and individuality. A country capable of amazing things. We just lost the Narrative. I don’t know how long it will take to undo the cost cutting, outsourcing and political indecision. I do know that I have not lost faith in the American people and our ability to hold our own. Son of immigrant, I believe in the American dream. As an Engineer, I have to believe there is always a way.
Powell knows he is on his way out as chair. His last comments stressed that fighting inflation was their primary job, rather than supporting the job market. Economists love to complain about the moral hazard of bailing out companies that took risky bets and went bankrupt. But, there is also a moral hazard to the Fed bailing out an executive branch with a trade policy filled with dementia and insanity red flags. By design, Trump can't replace half the Fed with partisan Kool-aid drinkers during his term. I saw one recent chart (CNBC?) that had arrows pointing to tariff announcements, with little change, that also noted that the subsequent drops were associated with economic survey numbers. I'm not waiting for bad survey numbers. If consumer confidence doesn't go down, I will be shocked. If prices don't go up, I will be shocked. Why wouldn't CEOs announce measures to curtail spending in the face of real headwinds and worse uncertainty? This will probably mostly in the form of layoffs. When so many products and components come out of China, why wouldn't companies take a hit to earnings? I know the numbers will be bad, and I know that the markets will take a dive when they hit. Saying that this hurts China worse than the US is not true. China can still trade with the rest of the world. The rest of the world has ample reason to escalate, isolate the US, and build new and more stable trading networks. I know that the VIX is high, but the VIX tends to spike both at the beginning and the end of a major selloff. Average PE multiples in a true selloff can get a lot lower than they are now, 14-15. I have been a bull for years and held on tight for years, but now I'm going defensive. I'm angry that I feel forced to take capital gains taxes. I usually hate buying dividend stocks, but I'll be adding to low-beta utilities to get some cash return while I weather this storm (D, PNW). The minority of companies with the willingness and capability to onshore and have production come on line when this administration is on its way out will need energy. In the long run, AI needs energy, the US produces a lot less than China, and even utilities are pulling back. I think a majority of investors are still in the denial stage over tariffs, and haven't yet moved to anger or acceptance. Yeah, Trump could suspend all new tariffs for 90 days next week, but this would undercut his goal to get companies to onshore and revert the US to a manufacturing economy. Regardless, pretty much everything that has happened in the last three months has blunted my willingness to take LT risk. As all stocks are correlated, even the ones I really like, like NVDA and AVGO (way too many sales to China), are going to get hit even if they can pass on tariffs and still keep their margins and growth healthy (doubtful). I'll average in as soon as stocks start hitting the breakers, or when the market takes a lot more off the top of forward multiples. In the mean time, I'm voting with my wallet. Hopefully Congress can get its act together and stop this madness, or perhaps the Courts, but we may have to wait for the midterms.
I'm torn since I can get a Pixel 9 Pro right now at the regular price, but I don't really need it. Other than the battery, this phone is fine. But I'm reading that replacing the battery often destroys the waterproofing, and I hike daily in the PNW. It's friggin bullshit that I'm considering spending $1100 because these greedy companies decided that replacing batteries is a thing of the past.
I hope the soup lines will be better here in the PNW.
The logistics side is actually feasible because of California's shipping lanes. If this happens, I'd like to see the PNW join as well.
I just realized you dont see that shit out here in the PNW, I actually almost miss that hog piss!
I'm 70 and been in Energy (including alt energy) since I was 21. You are very wrong about nukes. But, hey, a fool and his money are soon parted. At one time I was considered one of the top dogs in the field....in terms of knowing things (Big Picture) and residential energy...and alt energy (had solar on my house since 1980). Obviously I have a LOT of money in the market....after all these years of working and investing every year. Very little of it is in Energy - I learned that lesson decades ago. The only Energy I own is in mutual funds or Warren Buffet stock. Stock Picking is foolish...unless you really think you can do better than Indexes (10% over decades) or Warren Buffet (closer to 20% over decades). You can't tho. They say never fall in love with a stock. They also say to invest in what you know. Do you really know about Nuclear Energy? Do you know it's the most expensive per KWH of any new source? PV is less than 1/2 the price, Hydro 1/3rd (although limited). As you must know, France is the most Nuclear large country in the world. Electric is about 24 cents a KWH. Here in Florida I pay 16 cents. In the PNW they pay 6 to 8 cents. US National Average is about 16 cents (residential)....that's about the wholesale cost of new nuclear generation. In other words, if we build a plant it will need to get at least 15 cents a KWH which means Residential customers will pay at least 3X that. Maybe more. Anyway, be more diverse. Take it for what it is worth - free!
Uh there's not nearly as many as you think lol. I work with ppl making 100k a year plus and still live with parents with nothing saved. PNW life
There’s a ton in the PNW
west coast, mainly PNW
Folks in the PNW think of timber mills, which mostly shut down in the 1990s (and everybody in the coastal regions were in fact out of a job).
That wasn't one of the two options, but if you're into the PNW, go for it.
Not in the PNW. Our grid is primarily hydroelectric.
PNW doesn't get solely rely on Canadian dude. There is a reason electricity is so cheap in WA. Grand Coulee Dam