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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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  1. Project Improves Habitat and River Conditions for Fish in Upper Grande Ronde River

    Feb 12, 2021 John Harrison
    A project to restore floodplain habitat is paying off with improved flows, decreased bank erosion, improved water temperatures, and increased production of wild juvenile salmon.

  2. Council Requests Public Comment on Draft Mid-term Assessment of the Seventh Power Plan

    Oct 15, 2018
    The mid-term assessment tracks the region's progress in implementing the resource strategy of the Council's 2016 power plan. Energy efficiency, demand response, renewable, and natural gas resources are key elements of the plan.

  3. Northwest Will Need to Add Generating Capacity by 2021 to Maintain an Adequate Power Supply

    Jul 17, 2017 Carol Winkel
    The Council projects that the region will need to add about 400 megawatts of effective capacity in order to maintain an adequate power supply

  4. Reconnecting a River

    Jul 13, 2017 John Harrison
    Steigerwald Lake floodplain reconnection will improve habitat for migrating juvenile salmon and steelhead.

  5. Northwest Power Supply Should Be Adequate Through 2021

    Jun 9, 2017 Carol Winkel
    Supply should be adequate through 2020, but the region will need to add new capacity by 2021 to maintain adequacy.

  6. Fish Head Bounty

    Mar 24, 2017 John Harrison
    Northern pike, a voracious predator, are continuing to invade Lake Roosevelt, imperiling other fish species. There is a $10 per fish bounty to get them out of the lake.

  7. Storable Power

    Oct 17, 2016 John Harrison
    Energy storage technologies that hold power and release it when needed can make renewable generation more valuable.

  8. Old Door, New Opening

    Oct 6, 2016 John Harrison
    An old irrigation diversion in the Lostine River is replaced with a modern design, opening access to habitat for spring Chinook salmon, summer steelhead, bull trout and other species.

  9. Council OKs Salmon Habitat Proposal Above Grand Coulee

    Mar 9, 2016 John Harrison
    In a step toward assessing the potential for habitat to support salmon and steelhead above Chief Joseph and Grand Coulee dams, the Council voted to support a research proposal by the Spokane Tribe of Indians.

  10. Council Retains Market-based Approach to Fuel-switching Policy

    Mar 13, 2015 John Harrison
    Ever since the first Northwest Power Plan in 1982, the Council has recognized that consumers have a choice of fuels for their water heaters. The predominant choice is natural ga

  11. Request for Comment on Draft Direct Use of Natural Gas Issue Paper

    Jan 20, 2015 Carol Winkel
    Whether it's better to use natural gas directly or to generate electricity for water heaters and space heating has been a longstanding question since the Council's first power p

  12. Why We Have a Regional Power Plan

    Oct 29, 2014 Mark Walker
    What is the Northwest Power and Conservation Council and why is it writing its Seventh Northwest Power Plan? The Council was authorized by Congress 1980 when it passed the North

  13. How We Assess Generation Resources

    Oct 24, 2014 Carol Winkel
    Assessing different generating resources in order to know the best options for ensuring the region's power supply is a key element of the Council's power plan. The analysis cons

  14. 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

  15. Getting the Most Out of Natural Gas Key to EPA's Draft Rule

    Jun 4, 2014 Carol Winkel
      "At first blush, it's a head-scratcher--how could Washington, a state known for its hydroelectric power and greenery, be expected to slash nearly 72 percent of its carbon emi

  16. Natural Gas Prices Expected to Stay Low

    Jul 19, 2012 Carol Winkel
     The Council has released a revised forecast for fuel prices. The important message for consumers is that the downward price forecast for natural gas should help keep electrici
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