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Region exceeds Council's two-year benchmark for energy efficiency

August 15, 2018

In 2016 and 2017, the region achieved 404 average megawatts of electric energy efficiency savings, exceeding the first two-year efficiency target in the Council’s Seventh Northwest Power Plan (2016).

Council reports on 2017 Bonneville Power Administration Fish and Wildlife Costs

August 06, 2018
John Harrison

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For Fiscal Year 2017, the Bonneville Power Administration reported fish and wildlife costs totaling $450 million.

Risch/Cantwell Bipartisan Legislation to Protect Salmon, Bolster Existing Laws to Manage Sea Lion Populations Passes Key Senate Committee

August 01, 2018
Carol Winkel

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Endangered Salmon and Fisheries Predation Prevention Act would help restore endangered and threatened salmon and steelhead populations through science-based management of sea lions

Montana Steps Up Fight Against Invasive Mussels

July 16, 2018
John Harrison

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Montana is on the front line in the war against two species of invasive freshwater mussels, zebras and quaggas, which can cause enormous damage to underwater equipment with blankets of hard, calciferous shells.

BPA Identifies First Potential Cuts in Budget for Council's Fish and Wildlife Program

July 16, 2018
John Harrison

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The Bonneville Power Administration is identifying potential cuts in the budget of the Council’s Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program, including so far to water acquisitions and a net-pen salmon production program.

Connecting Montana's Wind Generation to the Grid

July 16, 2018
Carol Winkel

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Bringing Montana's wind power to Northwest utilities looks promising; tapping into the existing capacity of the grid will help.

The State of Research for Planning the Future of the Power Grid

July 03, 2018
Ben Kujala

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I recently had the pleasure of attending the Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power Systems (PMAPS) conference in Boise, ID. The conference brought some of the brightest minds together to explore how computer models and mathematics can help keep the lights on.

An Economic Approach to Electricity Adequacy

July 03, 2018
Carol Winkel

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Council power division staff authored a paper on a methodology to determine what types of resources are most cost-effective with respect to maintaining adequacy; energy efficiency and demand response are more cost-effective than gas-fired plants for meeting peak demand.

Council supports DOE selecting a pumped storage site in the Northwest for study

June 27, 2018

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Understanding the potential revenue streams from a specific pumped-storage hydropower project within the region would go a long way toward making pumped-storage a competitive option for future consideration and development.

Idaho Sockeye Survival Improves With Change In Water Chemistry

June 18, 2018
John Harrison

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Fish mortalities were the delayed effect of shock-to-the-system exposure to vastly different water chemistry, Idaho Fish and Game reports.

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