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Upcoming Oregon Citizens' Utility Board Conference — Destination: Decarbonization

September 13, 2018

Oregon Citizens' Utility Board (CUB) announces its eighth annual CUB Policy Conference on Friday, October 19 in downtown Portland. Registration for is now open with early Bird pricing in effect through Friday, September 28.

Council Hosts Annual Tour of Power, Fish, and Water Facilities for Congressional Staff

August 27, 2018

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In August the Council hosted 17 staff members of the Northwest congressional delegation on a tour fish, wildlife, and energy projects.

Renewable Energy Gets Its Second Wind

August 22, 2018
Carol Winkel

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Wind and solar generation development is on the rise, thanks to declining costs

Region Exceeds Two-Year Benchmark for Energy Efficiency

August 15, 2018
Jennifer Light

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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).

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.

Energy Efficiency Has Cut Regional Power Use By 25 Percent Since 1990

June 18, 2018
John Harrison

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Energy efficiency improvements have reduced per-capita electricity use 25 percent in Northwest since 1990.

Regional Power Supply Adequate Through 2020

June 18, 2018
John Harrison

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Northwest utilities and the Power Council are planning now for the impact of three coal plant retirements.

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