A year ago few people beyond friends and family had ever heard of Diane Freethy, a 65-year-old retiree from Sedro-Woolley.
But now the staunch opponent of the proposed merger between Puget Sound Energy and an Australia-based investor group finds herself uncomfortably in the spotlight.
“I’ll tell you, really all my life I’ve been a pretty private person,” she said. “I do not like being in the spotlight.”
But as Bellevue-based PSE discusses a $7.4 billion merger with the Macquarie Consortium, an Australia-based investors’ group, and the Skagit Public Utility District discusses taking over local electric infrastructure to avoid the corporate merger, Freethy finds it difficult to remain behind the scenes.
* See the full story in Sunday's Skagit Valley Herald.
PSE merger opponents speak out
Scott Terrell
Ginny Wolff, left, of Bow and of Diane Freethy of Sedro-Woolley are worried about a foriegn company taking over Puget Sound Energy.
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