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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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  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. 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.

  10. 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.

  11. 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.

  12. 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.

  13. 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.

  14. 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.

  15. 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.

  16. 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.

  17. 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.

  18. More Sea Lions, Fewer Fish

    Jun 9, 2017 John Harrison
    More sea lions and fewer spring Chinook salmon at Bonneville Dam this year was not good news for the fish.

  19. Efficiency Exchange 2017 Recap

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

  20. Spring Chinook Crowd the Fish Ladders at Bonneville Dam

    Apr 30, 2015 John Harrison
    An avalanche of spring Chinook hit Bonneville Dam in late April and early May, then tapered off into the middle of the month. Bonneville, 146 miles inland from the Pacific Ocean

  21. Council approves first step toward new Walla Walla Spring Chinook hatchery

    Oct 8, 2013 John Harrison
    After approving the first step toward a new hatchery for Walla Walla River spring Chinook, Council members pose with N. Kathryn Brigham, a member of the Board of Trustees of th
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