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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. Emerging Trends from Scenario Analysis Modeling

    Feb 18, 2021 Carol Winkel
    Reducing carbon will transform the power system

  2. Wholesale Electricity Prices Come Into Focus

    Dec 4, 2020 Carol Winkel
    Throughout the West, retiring coal plants and a plethora of clean energy policies in states, municipalities, and utilities have changed how electricity markets function, adding even more uncertainty to an already challenging enterprise: forecasting the future.

  3. Electricity Price Forecast Trends: Lots of Renewables as Clean Energy Policies Drive Resource Development

    Aug 25, 2020 Carol Winkel
    At the Council’s August power committee meeting, John Ollis presented the preliminary findings of the Council’s wholesale electricity price forecast. The forecast is used in developing the Council’s resource strategy for its regional power plan.

  4. Gauging the Impact of Upstream Methane Leaks

    Jun 22, 2020 Carol Winkel
    At its June Council meeting, Principal Analyst Steven Simmons presented the staff’s recommendation for emission inputs from natural gas and coal production, which will be used in developing the Council’s 2021 Power Plan.

  5. In the Mix: Testing Small Modular Reactors as a Future Energy Source

    Jun 22, 2020 Carol Winkel
    At the June power committee meeting, Senior Policy Analyst Gillian Charles reviewed the primary generating resource reference plants developed for inclusion in the draft 2021 Power Plan and presented the proposed emerging technology reference plant that will be included as a resource option in the plan’s scenario analysis.

  6. Bonneville Power Administration’s Potential for Achieving Energy Efficiency and Demand Response

    Jun 22, 2020 Carol Winkel
    At the June power committee meeting, staff presented an update on the supply curves for energy efficiency and demand response they will use to help analyze the resources available to the BPA in meeting its future obligations.

  7. Assessing Future Energy Efficiency

    May 21, 2020 Carol Winkel
    At its May meeting, power division staff presented an assessment of the region’s energy efficiency potential that will be used in the 2021 Power Plan’s resource optimization and scenario analysis.

  8. Accounting for Climate Change in the 2021 Power Plan

    Apr 27, 2020 Carol Winkel
    Climate change affects many aspects of the Council’s analysis for its upcoming regional power plan. At its April meeting, staff reviewed how warming weather will be addressed in analyzing future resource development and energy efficiency.

  9. Demand Response Potential

    Mar 19, 2020 Carol Winkel
    Demand response is the voluntary and temporary reduction in consumers' electricity use when the power system is stressed, and it's one of the ways the region can meet its peak electricity loads.

  10. Potential for Strong Energy Efficiency Savings

    Mar 18, 2020 Carol Winkel
    Cost-effective energy efficiency is the priority resource in the Council's regional power plan, and it's now the region's second largest resource after hydropower.

  11. Rollback of Efficiency Standards for Light Bulbs Creates Challenges in Setting Efficiency Targets for 2021 Power Plan

    Feb 26, 2020 Annika Roberts
    The past two years have seen upheaval around federal efficiency standards for several appliances, including dishwashers and clothes washers, but especially for lightbulbs.

  12. Exploring Key Power Supply Questions Through Scenario Analysis

    Feb 26, 2020 Ben Kujala
    The Council’s regional power plan is not just an opinion of how the region should supply electricity. It is a strategy developed through a rigorous analytical process, conducted in the public sphere, where interested parties are invited to participate.

  13. Lower Load Growth is Forecast Over the Next 30 Years

    Feb 24, 2020 Carol Winkel
    Demand for electricity in the Northwest is expected to remain low over the next 20-30 years, thanks in part to the growing use of on-site solar generation at homes and businesses.

  14. Assessing Geothermal Energy Potential

    Feb 20, 2020 Carol Winkel
    The Pacific Northwest is literally a hotbed of geothermal activity. Part of the so-called Ring of Fire, an area of volcanoes and seismic activity, with hot spots deep within the Earth's mantle, the region is a prime location for geothermal energy.

  15. Imagining the Future to Prepare for It

    Jul 31, 2019 Ben Kujala
    Scenarios provide critical information to aid the region in navigating through a volatile and uncertain energy future.

  16. Climate Change in the 2021 Power Plan

    Jun 13, 2019 Carol Winkel
    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.

  17. 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.

  18. The Northwest’s Regional Power Plan: Its Role in Securing Our Power Supply

    Apr 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.

  19. Climate Change Impacts Will Affect Timing, Volume of River Flows And Hydropower, Study Asserts

    Nov 26, 2018
    Warmer, wetter winters and hotter, drier summers seem likely to be the new normal as the result of climate change, and dam operators need to be ready.

  20. Climate Change Challenge In The Columbia River Basin: Managing Water For Hydropower and Fish Migration

    Nov 20, 2018
    If the effects of global climate change play out as expected in the Pacific Northwest, the changing water supply will challenge dam operators to provide reliable hydropower while protecting fish.

  21. Small Hydro Plants Boost Snohomish PUD's Energy Supply

    Oct 12, 2018 John Harrison
    Two new small hydropower plants located on creeks above Snoqualmie Falls will will provide power during the high-demand winter months and add carbon-free electricity to the power supply of the Snohomish County Public Utility District.

  22. 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.

  23. Snowpack bodes well, for some

    May 9, 2018 John Harrison
    Snowpack is good for hydropower this year, but some areas are flooding

  24. 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.

  25. Battery Power

    Sep 29, 2017 John Harrison
    The lowly battery is being reinvented, not just for vehicles but also to stabilize the power grid and smooth the ups and downs of wind and solar generation.
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