Council authorizes search for cheaper power

CHENEY — The best time to buy is when the price is right, and Cheney’s Light Department believes that time is right now.

Or more specifically April 16 — the date department Director Steve Marx told City Council at its April 13 meeting he was looking at to make a purchase of Tier 2 power for the city. Tier 2 power is energy purchased in addition to the city’s regular supply from the Bonneville Power Administration and is usually power produced by other utilities or energy companies and marketed through agreements with Northwest Intergovernmental Energy Supply (NIES), which is regulated by North...