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Articles by Carol Winkel

Not Your Grandfather's Utility

October 24, 2019
Carol Winkel

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Utilities are selling less electricity as efficiency improves, while still needing to pay for the fixed costs of the power system infrastructure. Debra Smith, general manager and CEO of Seattle City Light, provides insight on this challenge.

Chance of Power Shortfalls Increase as Coal Plants Retire

September 24, 2019
Carol Winkel

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2024 Resource Adequacy Assessment underscores challenges as region moves away from coal-fired generation

Resource Adequacy Symposium is Coming This Fall

August 26, 2019
Carol Winkel

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Registration is underway for the Resource Adequacy Symposium, hosted by the Northwest Power Pool in Portland on October 2.

Douglas County PUD to Explore Renewable Hydrogen Fuel Production

August 23, 2019
Carol Winkel

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Could hydrogen be the fuel of the future for vehicles? The Douglas County Public Utility District, which owns and operates Wells Dam on the Columbia River, is waging it could be an important resource to power clean transportation.

Climate Change in the 2021 Power Plan

June 13, 2019
Carol Winkel

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How to incorporate climate change impacts in the Northwest power plan is a big question. The Council hosted a workshop on modeling climate change and presented its proposed approach.

Efficiency Exchange Conference Highlights Energy Efficiency Innovations and Trends

May 07, 2019
Carol Winkel

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The Northwest is a leader in energy efficiency, our second largest resource, thanks in part to knowledge building conferences like the Efficiency Exchange.

Economic Drivers of the 2021 Power Plan

April 12, 2019
Carol Winkel

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The state of the economy is a critical factor in determining future energy needs, so analyzing the key economic drivers and developing a regional load forecast is one of the first tasks to complete on the way to building the Council's regional power plan.

Keeping the Lights on While Lowering Emissions

February 15, 2019
Carol Winkel

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Study finds it's possible to maintain resource adequacy for a deeply decarbonized grid, as long as sufficient firm capacity is available during periods of low wind, solar, and hydro production.

Climate Change Impacts on Electricity Loads and Hydropower Generation

January 07, 2019
Carol Winkel

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A recently published paper by Council analysts explores how climate-driven variations in both energy demand and water availability affect the power system and risk of power shortfalls in the Pacific Northwest.

State of the Regional Economy and Energy Markets in 2017

December 13, 2018
Carol Winkel

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The regional economy continued to grow in 2017, while an exceptionally cold winter and warm summer helped to push electricity sales higher.

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