FY 2009 Annual Report to Congress, Document 2010-5

Fiscal Year 2009 Annual Report to Congress

March 2010 | document 2010-5

To Congress and the Citizens of the Pacific Northwest:

This document is the annual report of the Northwest Power and Conservation Council to Congress as required by the Northwest Power Act, the federal law that authorized the states of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington to create the Council. The report provides an overview of fish, wildlife, and energy issues with an emphasis on the Columbia River Basin, and a synopsis of the major activities of the Council during the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009. The report also includes information about the Council’s budget and administration.

Twenty-nine years after Congress passed the Power Act, the Council continues to provide Northwest citizens with a fish and wildlife program based on the best available scientific information and a power plan that assures the Northwest an adequate, efficient, economical, and reliable electricity supply. The Council encourages broad public participation in its planning activities, offering citizens an opportunity to participate in decisionmaking about future sources of electricity and fish and wildlife protection in the Columbia River Basin.

I am pleased to submit this report for Fiscal Year 2009.

Sincerely,

Bruce Measure, Chair