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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.

    Fish & Wildlife overview

    The Fish and Wildlife Program

    • 2020 Addendum
    • 2014/2020 Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program
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  • Energy

    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

    • The 2021 Northwest Power Plan
    • The Seventh Power Plan
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    TECHNICAL TOOLS AND MODELS

    • Regional Portfolio Model
    • Generation Evaluation System Model (GENESYS)

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    • Conservation Resources Advisory Committee
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    • Resource Strategies Advisory Committee (Not Active)

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    • Pacific NW Demand Response Project
    • Northwest Wind Integration Forum (Archive)
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    See next Council meeting February 9 - 10, 2021 in TBA or webinar › See all meetings ›

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News

  1. Could California’s Summer Rolling Blackouts Happen in the Northwest?

    Oct 20, 2020 Carol Winkel
    Could the Northwest experience rolling blackouts? “Yes,” says John Fazio, senior power systems analyst. “And it almost happened in 2001.”

  2. Renewable Energy Gets Its Second Wind

    Aug 22, 2018 Carol Winkel
    Wind and solar generation development is on the rise, thanks to declining costs

  3. An Economic Approach to Electricity Adequacy

    Jul 3, 2018 Carol Winkel
    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.

  4. 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.

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

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

  6. Efficiency Exchange 2017 Recap

    May 23, 2017 Carol Winkel
    Hear what people are doing to advance energy efficiency in the Pacific Northwest.

  7. Efficiency Exchange Conference Highlights Energy Efficiency in a Changing Environment

    May 8, 2017 Carol Winkel
    The Bonneville Power Administration and the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance, in partnership with the Northwest Power and Conservation Council and utilities throughout the N

  8. Transmission Group Finds Energy Efficiency Helps Defer Costs of Expanding the Grid

    Oct 17, 2016 Carol Winkel
    Along with deferring the need to build new resources, energy efficiency also helps defer the costs of upgrading the region's transmission grid.

  9. Northwest Energy Savings Now Second Largest Resource

    Nov 20, 2015 Carol Winkel
    In 2014, Northwest utilities developed 262 average megawatts of new energy savings, enough to power 180,000 homes each year, adding to the region’s impressive track record in achieving energy efficiency

  10. Potential Gains in Energy Efficiency Remain for Seventh Power Plan

    Mar 17, 2015 Carol Winkel
    A preliminary assessment of potential energy efficiency shows that the region could gain about 5,100 average megawatts over the next 20 years

  11. Estimating Energy Efficiency

    Oct 24, 2014 Carol Winkel
    See the process and methods used to determine how much energy efficiency is available and at what cost
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