KC Golden Appointed to Council
- March 04, 2022
- Mark Walker
Washington Governor Jay Inslee has appointed KC Golden to serve a three-year term on the Council, starting March 7.
Articles by Mark Walker
Council Names Bill Edmonds Executive Director
- June 25, 2020
- Mark Walker
Edmonds, who comes to the Council from an executive position at NW Natural, is only the third executive director in the Council's 40-year history.
The Northwest’s Regional Power Plan: Its Role in Securing Our Power Supply
- April 11, 2019
- Mark Walker
The Pacific Northwest’s approach to energy planning is different from just about everywhere else in the world: It is a regionally coordinated, public process where everyone can help decide how we meet our energy needs.
Economic Recovery Continues
- December 18, 2017
- Mark Walker
Thanks to ongoing energy efficiency improvements, Northwest economic output increases as power sales decline.
Northwest Utility-Scale Solar: How real is it?
- October 26, 2017
- Mark Walker
Solar power is having a moment, but lack of transmission could hinder its development.
To Help Fish, You Need to Know Where They Are
- April 17, 2017
- Mark Walker
At the Council’s April meeting, research fisheries biologists Michael Young and Dan Isaak from the USDA Forest Service shared first-year results from an environmental DNA inventory of bull trout, the target of the most extensive effort to date to map
Why We Have a Regional Power Plan
- October 29, 2014
- Mark Walker
What is the Northwest Power and Conservation Council and why is it writing its Seventh Northwest Power Plan?