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Demand Response: Revamping an Old Idea for a More Efficient Northwest Grid

October 04, 2016
Tina Jayaweera

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The utility industry, including within the Pacific Northwest, has a long history of using demand response to reduce electricity use when the grid is stressed. Now it can also be used to help the grid when wind and solar produce too much power.

Demand Response Symposium Plans to Build on Its Success

October 04, 2016
Carol Winkel

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The Northwest's demand response symposium was the first step toward meeting the Council's goal of developing at least 600 megawatts of DR. But it's just the beginning.

Smart Grid NW Hosts Symposium on Demand Response

September 20, 2016
Carol Winkel

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Demand response, the voluntary and temporary reduction in consumers’ use of electricity when the power system is stressed, is the least-cost solution for new peaking capacity. An upcoming symposium is bringing people together to make this solution a reality.

Fun With Sturgeon

September 20, 2016
John Harrison

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Sturgeon, giants of the Columbia River system, were the focus of an annual festival sponsored by the city of Vancouver, Washington. The Council invited children and adults to learn more about Columbia River Basin fish and wildlife.

Making Electric Vehicles a Growing Presence on the Road

September 19, 2016
Carol Winkel

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At its September meeting, the Council heard more about initiatives by utilities to help customers switch to electric vehicles, including rebates on fast-charging stations at home, and test-drive programs.

Cool Relief

September 15, 2016
John Harrison

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The summer of 2016 was not the disaster for summer-migrating salmon that 2015 was, thanks to effective collaboration among dam and fish managers, cooperative weather, and dam-passage improvements that cooled water in fish ladders on the Snake River.

Upper Columbia Salmon Habitat

September 14, 2016
John Harrison

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An assessment of potential salmon habitat will help inform a future decision about whether and where to reintroduce ocean-going fish to the area above Chief Joseph and Grand Coulee dams, which has been blocked to salmon for more than 70 years.

No Gain

September 14, 2016
John Harrison

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Researchers have compiled volumes of data on upper Columbia spring Chinook salmon. Now they are working to better use it to develop recovery projects that address problems that appear to be limiting recovery.

The Invasion Strengthens

September 13, 2016
John Harrison

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Researchers have documented an increase in juvenile northern pike in Lake Roosevelt. This is not good news.

Do Customers of Rural Utilities Have Higher Electricity Bills?

August 31, 2016
Ben Kujala

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The Northwest has over 100 different utilities, many of them in small, rural communities. How do their electricity bills compare with urban utility customers?

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