PORT ANGELES — Clallam PUD has started the process of constructing a new facility in Port Angeles to replace the existing one the utility uses.

Last month, PUD commissioners approved sending out a request for qualifications for the design and development of a new Port Angeles Operations Warehouse, General Manager Sean Worthington said.

“We’ve been talking about this for several years,” he said. “I would say the process started in late 2022. In early 2023, we really started exploring our options.”

Currently, the PUD leases a building it uses to house the Port Angeles line crew, the utility’s tree-trimming operation, the auto shop and facilities workers. The building was constructed in the 1960s and is on leased land as well.

“Any improvements we make to it is really a sunk cost, so we’v

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