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  • Fish and Wildlife

    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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    THE NORTHWEST POWER PLAN

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  1. 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.

  2. Registration Opens For September International Columbia River Conference

    Mar 14, 2019
    The conference in Kimberley, British Columbia, will address key issues including the Columbia River Treaty and climate change, and is being co-hosted by the Columbia Basin Trust and the Northwest Power and Conservation Council.

  3. Climate Change Impacts on Electricity Loads and Hydropower Generation

    Jan 7, 2019 Carol Winkel
    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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. Snowpack bodes well, for some

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

  9. 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.
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