With the public comment period for the draft Seventh Power Plan closing on December 18, the Council's power committee approved staff recommendations to update a few modeling assumptions and run three additional scenarios.
California, with one of the most ambitious renewable programs in the country, increased its renewable portfolio standard in September from 33 percent to 50 percent by the end of 2030. The legislation to increase the state's RPS also made it
As envisioned in the Northwest Power Act, the benefits of the federal power system would be shared by all of the region's consumers, but achieving that vision has proved elusive.
Even in the hydropower-rich Pacific Northwest it’s not possible to have a carbon-free electric power system using today’s technology, according to Council analyses for the Draft Seventh Northwest Power Plan. In fact, the cost of even getting close would be
At its August meeting, Council members reviewed the major elements of the draft resource strategy for its regional power plan.
We've been receiving a number of letters regarding the NW Energy Coalition's issue paper, The True Cost of Coal: Fully accounting for coal-fired electricity use in the 7th Northwest Power and Conservation Plan, which contends that there are "...two shortcomings
At its July meeting, the Council was briefed on the latest findings from the scenario analysis used in developing its 20-year regional power plan. Here's a rundown on some key observations:
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