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    The Council works to protect and enhance fish and wildlife in the Columbia River Basin. Its Fish & Wildlife Program guides project funding by the Bonneville Power Administration.

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    The Council develops a plan, updated every five years, to ensure the region’s power supply and acquire cost-effective energy efficiency.

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News

  1. 2018 Energy Efficiency Improvements Keep Region On Track Toward Regional Power Plan Goals

    Sep 20, 2019 John Harrison
    Savings reported for 2018 are equal to the power demand of 164,000 Northwest homes; lighting improvements were a big contributor

  2. The New Normal for Electricity Markets Conjures Bad Memories; Forewarned, Will We Be Better Prepared?

    May 17, 2019 John Harrison
    Act now to be ready for summer and winter demand peaks in light of coal plant retirements and state polices limiting carbon emissions, experts advise.

  3. Register Now for Efficiency Exchange 2019

    Feb 13, 2019
    The conference is the premier networking and learning conference for energy efficiency professionals in the Northwest.

  4. Council Approves Release of Final Methodology for Estimating Energy Efficiency Savings in the Northwest White Paper

    Nov 26, 2018
    The white paper explains how energy efficiency savings estimates are developed by the Council and the Regional Technical Forum.

  5. Region Exceeds Two-Year Benchmark for Energy Efficiency

    Aug 15, 2018 Jennifer Light
    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).

  6. Council supports DOE selecting a pumped storage site in the Northwest for study

    Jun 27, 2018
    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.

  7. Energy Efficiency Potential for Northwest Cannabis Growers

    Jun 5, 2018 Carol Winkel
    As more cannabis is grown outdoors, less energy is used. Using more energy-efficient lighting, HVAC systems, and better-designed facilities will increase energy savings.

  8. Moving Energy Efficiency Forward in the Northwest:

    Apr 13, 2018 Garrett Herndon
    After months of planning and an exhaustive review of hundreds of session topic submissions, the stage is now set for the region’s premier energy efficiency conference, Efficiency Exchange 2018.

  9. Expanding Energy Efficiency Programs to Hard-to-Reach Markets

    Apr 12, 2018 Carol Winkel
    Utility programs targeting underserved populations generally performing well

  10. Can a Heat Pump Water Heater Installed in the Northwest Reduce Emissions Near the Grand Canyon?

    Mar 19, 2018 John Ollis
    Say you live on the West side of the Cascades in Oregon and you just got a brand new heat pump water heater. You know you’re saving about 1,000 kilowatt-hours of energy a year

  11. New Era, New Challenges

    Mar 15, 2018 John Harrison
    Bonneville Power Administration faces challenges to remain competitive, administrator says.

  12. Not Your Grandmother’s Thermostat

    Feb 16, 2018 Garrett Herndon
    Since the invention of the thermostat over a century ago, temperature settings have been a point of contention in many homes and offices. That has changed. Smart or connected th

  13. LED Lighting Boosts Northwest Energy Savings in 2016

    Oct 11, 2017 John Harrison
    Energy efficiency savings continue to grow in the Northwest, now totaling an amount equal to the power demand of six Seattles.

  14. Energy Efficiency Exchange 2018 - Call for Topics

    Sep 20, 2017 Garrett Herndon
    On May 15th and 16th of 2018, energy efficiency professionals from across the region will descend on Tacoma, Washington for Energy Efficiency Exchange 2018. We’re in the midst of planning and would love to hear from you.

  15. Water Storage, Water Power

    Sep 19, 2017 John Harrison
    An unusual partnership between an oil company and a state agency aims to provide water for hydropower and also for storage.

  16. Electrification Is Creating New Loads, But Is It Electrical Energy Efficiency?

    Jul 24, 2017 Ben Kujala
    Technology is changing our world at a rapid pace and in ways we couldn’t have imagined even a decade ago. Electrification is part of this change

  17. Megawatt? A Powerful Question.

    Oct 20, 2016 John Ollis
    What's a megawatt and what can it do? We explain.

  18. Wind Power, Then and Now

    Apr 18, 2011 Carol Winkel
    We recently updated a very useful brochure (online interactive version) on the Pacific Northwest's power supply, and it really brought home just how fast wind power has grown in

  19. Update: Columbia Grid Wind Integration Study

    Jan 15, 2011 Carol Winkel
    In an earlier post on the Columbia Grid's study on wind integration we included a link that doesn't connect to the study--just to information on the study team. Apparently, the

  20. For Now, Local Wind Development Trumps Remote Wind

    Oct 26, 2010 Carol Winkel
    Earlier this month, the Columbia Grid Wind Integration Study Team released its report on the economics of developing wind resources close to load centers compared to developing

  21. How Other Countries Integrate Wind and Solar Power

    Aug 18, 2010 Carol Winkel
    In July, several experts in the operation of the power systems of Denmark, Germany, and Spain gave presentations on how their countries handle integrating large amounts of wind

  22. NW, California Work on Wind Energy Issues

    Jun 14, 2010 Carol Winkel
    We've been talking about the challenges that California's renewable energy goals pose for the Northwest, and last week the region's utility community had an opportunity to meet

  23. Making Wind Work

    Jun 7, 2010 Carol Winkel
    In an earlier post, we talked about how California's quest for renewable energy has meant that a growing portion of the wind energy developed in the Northwest is going to our ne

  24. And the Wind Came Up

    Apr 6, 2010 Carol Winkel
    When we say wind is an "intermittent" resource, we mean it. This Bonneville Power Administration graph shows the output of wind generation for a seven-day period and how quickly

  25. California's Quest for Renewable Energy and What It Could Mean for the Northwest

    Mar 24, 2010 Carol Winkel
    Three Pacific Northwest states have adopted renewable portfolio standards, but it may be that our neighbor to the south, California, will end up having the biggest  impact on the region. California's
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