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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 Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program
    • Subbasin Plans
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    • Independent Economic Analysis Board (IEAB)
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    Topics

    • Adaptive Management
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    • Predation
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    • The Pike Problem
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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.

    Energy overview

    THE NORTHWEST POWER PLAN

    • The 2021 Northwest Power Plan
    • The Seventh Power Plan
    • Planning Process and Past Power Plans

    TECHNICAL TOOLS AND MODELS

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

    Energy Advisory Committees

    • Conservation Resources Advisory Committee
    • Demand Forecast Advisory Committee
    • Demand Response Advisory Committee
    • Generating Resources Advisory Committee
    • Natural Gas Advisory Committee
    • Resource Adequacy Advisory Committee
    • System Analysis Advisory Committee
    • Regional Technical Forum
    • RTF Policy Advisory Committee
    • System Integration Forum
    • Resource Strategies Advisory Committee (Not Active)

    Energy Topics

    • Energy Efficiency
    • Demand Response
    • Power Supply
    • Resource Adequacy
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    • Hydropower

    Energy Forums and Workgroups

    • Pacific NW Demand Response Project
    • Northwest Wind Integration Forum (Archive)
  • Meetings
    See next Council meeting July 14 - 15, 2020 in Portland (via webinar) › See all meetings ›

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    Recent and Upcoming Meetings

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    • Jan 2020 Tue 14
      Council Meeting
    • Jan 2020 Wed 22
      9:00 am—4:00 pm RTF Meeting: January 22, 2020
    • Jan 2020 Thu 23
      1:00 pm—4:00 pm System Analysis Advisory Comm.
    • Jan 2020 Wed 29
      9:30 am—3:30 pm Conservation Resources Advisory Committee
    • Jan 2020 Thu 30
      1:30 pm—4:30 pm Demand Forecast Advisory Committee Webinar
    • Feb 2020 Fri 07
      1:30 pm—3:00 pm Fish and Wildlife Program Consultation with Bonneville Power Administration
    • Feb 2020 Mon 10
      9:30 am—4:00 pm 1st Salmon and Steelhead Strategy Performance Indicator Workshop
    • Feb 2020 Tue Wed 11 - 12
      Council Meeting
    • Feb 2020 Wed 12
      1:00 pm—4:30 pm Sturgeon Strategy Performance Indicator Workshop
    • Feb 2020 Wed 19
      9:00 am—4:00 pm RTF Meeting: February 19, 2020
    • Feb 2020 Thu 20
      9:30 am—3:30 pm Demand Response Advisory Committee
    • Mar 2020 Tue Wed 03 - 04
      Resident Fish and Sturgeon Presentations
    • Mar 2020 Tue 03
      9:30 am—12:00 pm Generating Resources Advisory Committee
    • Mar 2020 Wed 04
      9:30 am—3:30 pm System Analysis Advisory Committee
    • Mar 2020 Thu 05
      9:30 am—12:30 pm Conservation Resources Advisory Comm - WEBINAR
    • Mar 2020 Tue 10
      9:30 am—4:00 pm SIF: 2021 Power Plan Scenario Review
    • Mar 2020 Wed 11
      10:00 am—3:00 pm Program Wildlife Objectives and Indicators Workshop
    • Mar 2020 Fri 13
      9:30 am—12:00 pm RTF Policy Advisory Committee Meeting
    • Mar 2020 Mon 16
      8:30 am—11:30 am 2nd Salmon and Steelhead Strategy Performance Indicator Workshop 1:00 pm—4:30 pm Resident Fish Strategy Performance Indicator Workshop
    • Mar 2020 Tue 17
      Council Meeting
    • Mar 2020 Wed 18
      1:00 pm—4:00 pm Lamprey Strategy Performance Indicator Workshop
    • Mar 2020 Tue 24
      9:00 am—12:00 pm RTF Meeting: March 24, 2020
    • Mar 2020 Wed 25
      12:30 pm—2:30 pm Informal Hatchery Workgroup Meeting
    • Mar 2020 Tue 31
      9:30 am—11:30 am Conservation Resources Advisory Comm. Webinar
    • Apr 2020 Thu 09
      10:00 am—11:00 am Natural Gas Advisory Comm - Webinar on Methane and Power Plan
    • Apr 2020 Mon 13
      10:00 am—4:30 pm Next Program Addendum Part 1 Workshop
    • Apr 2020 Tue Wed 14 - 15
      Council Meeting
    • Apr 2020 Tue 21
      9:00 am—4:00 pm RTF Meeting: April 21, 2020
    • Apr 2020 Wed 22
      10:00 am—2:45 pm Demand Response Advisory Committee
    • Apr 2020 Thu 23
      9:30 am—4:00 pm System Analysis and Resource Adequacy Adv. Comms
    • Apr 2020 Tue 28
      9:00 am—2:00 pm Fish and Wildlife Committee Meeting
    • Apr 2020 Wed 29
      1:00 pm—4:00 pm Conservation Resources Advisory Comm. Webinar
    • May 2020 Wed 06
      9:30 am—3:30 pm Resource Adequacy/System Analysis Advisory Committee
    • May 2020 Tue Wed 12 - 13
      Council Meeting
    • May 2020 Tue 19
      9:00 am—1:00 pm RTF Meeting: May 19, 2020
    • May 2020 Thu 21
      9:30 am—11:00 am Generating Resources Adv Comm - Webinar
    • May 2020 Fri 29
      9:00 am—11:00 am Council executive session to discuss internal personnel matters
    • Jun 2020 Tue 02
      9:30 am—3:30 pm System Analysis Advisory Committee
    • Jun 2020 Fri 05
      10:00 am—12:00 pm RTF Policy Advisory Committee Meeting
    • Jun 2020 Mon Wed 08 - 10
      Council executive session to discuss internal personnel matters
    • Jun 2020 Mon 15
      3:30 pm—5:30 pm Public hearing on Revised Draft Part I of the 2020 Addendum to the 2014 Fish and Wildlife Program
    • Jun 2020 Tue Wed 16 - 17
      Council Meeting
    • Jun 2020 Tue Wed 23 - 24
      RTF Meeting: June 23, 2020
    • Jun 2020 Tue 23
      1:00 pm—3:00 pm Resource Adequacy Steering Committee
    • Jun 2020 Tue 30
      10:00 am—12:30 pm Demand Response Advisory Committee
    • Jul 2020 Tue Wed 14 - 15
      Council Meeting
    • Jul 2020 Tue Wed 21 - 22
      RTF Meeting: July 21, 2020
    • Jul 2020 Wed 22
      10:00 am—2:30 pm Resource Adequacy Tech Committee
    • Aug 2020 Wed 05
      9:30 am—3:30 pm System Analysis Advisory Committee Webinar
    • Aug 2020 Tue Wed 11 - 12
      Council Meeting
    • Aug 2020 Tue 18
      9:00 am—1:00 pm RTF Meeting: August 18, 2020
    • Sep 2020 Wed 02
      9:30 am—3:30 pm System Analysis Advisory Committee
    • Sep 2020 Wed Thu 09 - 10
      RTF Meeting: September 9, 2020
    • Sep 2020 Tue Wed 15 - 16
      Council Meeting
    • Sep 2020 Wed 23
      10:00 am—3:00 pm Demand Response Advisory Committee
    • Sep 2020 Fri 25
      9:00 am—3:00 pm RTF Policy Advisory Committee Meeting
    • Oct 2020 Tue Wed 06 - 07
      RTF Meeting: October 6, 2020
    • Oct 2020 Tue Wed 13 - 14
      Council Meeting
    • Nov 2020 Tue 10
      9:00 am—1:00 pm RTF Meeting: November 10, 2020
    • Nov 2020 Tue Wed 17 - 18
      Council Meeting
    • Dec 2020 Tue 08
      9:00 am—1:00 pm RTF Meeting: December 8, 2020
    • Dec 2020 Wed 09
      9:00 am—3:00 pm RTF Policy Advisory Committee Meeting
    • Dec 2020 Tue Wed 15 - 16
      Council Meeting
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  • Reports and Documents

    Browse reports and documents relevant to the Council's work on fish and wildlife and energy planning, as well as administrative reports.

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    • Independent Economic Analysis Board

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News

  1. EnerNOC Expands DR Contracts with Both SCE and PG&E in California

    Feb 6, 2013 Ben Kujala
    In a couple of press releases, EnerNOC announced they have expanded demand response contracts in Southern California and Northern California.

  2. Oregon and Montana members will lead Council in 2013

    Jan 16, 2013 John Harrison
    Members of the Council today elected Bill Bradbury, one of Oregon’s two members, to chair the regional energy planning agency in 2013. Bradbury was vice chair in 2012; the Council elects officers an

  3. Region won’t face power shortage when coal-fired power plants close if current plans are followed, Council reports

    Jan 16, 2013 John Harrison
    In just seven years, one of the two coal-fired power plants in the Northwest and one unit at the other will shut down, reducing the region’s power supply by an amount equal to about twice the power

  4. Regional Portfolio Model review to be presented January 15

    Dec 12, 2012 John Harrison
    The Council recently convened a three-person panel of leading energy planning and analysis experts to review its Regional Portfolio Model (RPM). RPM is the primary analytical modeling tool that Counci

  5. Five-year forecast: New resources will keep Northwest power supply adequate

    Dec 4, 2012 John Harrison
    Wind power and developments outside the Northwest are changing the character of the Northwest electricity system, but the power supply will remain adequate over the next five years with the addition o

  6. Food Web Report Finds Wider Audience

    Nov 30, 2012 Carol Winkel
    A report on the importance of food webs to ecosystem health and  fish restoration efforts in the Columbia River Basin, written by the Council's Independent Scientific Advisory Board last year, ha

  7. Proving new technologies will keep momentum for regional energy efficiency improvements, panel says

    Nov 7, 2012 John Harrison
    The ubiquitous compact fluorescent bulb, which played a major role in improving the efficiency of electricity use and lowering consumers’ bills in the Northwest, was an emerging technology just 20 y

  8. The Forces Driving Lower Carbon Emissions

    Oct 29, 2012 Carol Winkel
    Langley Gulch Power Plant in southwest IdahoOne of the trends since the release of the Council's Sixth Power Plan in 2010 has been reduced carbon emissions from the electricity sector.In a recent

  9. Northwest energy efficiency improvements set a new one-year record last year

    Sep 12, 2012 John Harrison
    In 2011, the Pacific Northwest set a new annual record for energy efficiency improvements -- and did so for one-fourth the cost of power from the most efficient new generating plants, according to a C

  10. What's Changed in the Energy Environment

    Aug 24, 2012 Carol Winkel
    Since the Council released its Sixth Power Plan in 2010, a lot has happened.The mid-term assessment of the plan, a blueprint to an economical and reliable power system, will take stock of the change

  11. Montana and Oregon Members to Lead Council For Remainder of 2012

    Aug 22, 2012 John Harrison
    Rhonda Whiting, a Montana member and vice chair of the Northwest Power and Conservation Council, assumed the chairmanship of the four-state energy and fish and wildlife planning agency this month, tak

  12. 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 electricity prices down as wel

  13. Northwest electricity demand is gradually increasing; efficiency met most of the new demand in 2010 and 2011

    Jul 11, 2012 John Harrison
    Demand for electricity in the Northwest continues to recover from the recession of 2008, growing slowly but steadily by about 1.2 percent per year over last two years, according to an analysis by the

  14. The Pacific Northwest's Clean Energy Footprint

    Jun 25, 2012 Carol Winkel
    As little as thirty years ago, the only resources energy planners considered to meet future demand were coal and nuclear. People couldn't imagine any other options.Today, the Pacific Northwest uses

  15. New hatchery will boost production of iconic Snake River sockeye salmon

    Jun 19, 2012 John Harrison
    The Council has recommended construction of a new hatchery to boost production of Snake River sockeye salmon, an endangered species, and continue a long-term effort to rebuild the population to natura

  16. Data center power demand is on target in Northwest; Council expects demand to increase steadily

    Jun 13, 2012 John Harrison
    The growth in electricity demand from the big computer data centers that store your Facebook posts and help you search the Internet with Google or utilize Apple’s "cloud" storage is growing as antic

  17. Charlie Black will lead Council's Power Planning Division

    May 10, 2012 John Harrison
    Charlie Black is the new Director of Power Planning at the Northwest Power and Conservation Council, Chair Joan Dukes announced today. Black has 30 years’ experience working with or for Northwest ut

  18. Construction Barges Contaminated With Invasive Mussels Heading to Seattle

    Apr 13, 2012 Carol Winkel
    We've reported on the threat of invasive quagga mussels in an earlier post, and it looks like that threat has never been greater. Forty-one barges are set to arrive in Seattle, Washington, and the

  19. Council increases its forecast of electric vehicle power demand

    Apr 11, 2012 John Harrison
    The Council is revising upward its estimate of how much power plug-in electric vehicles will use in the future, in light of anticipated consumer response to high gasoline prices and technological adva

  20. Independent Scientists Complete Review of Fish and Wildlife Proposals

    Apr 6, 2012 Carol Winkel
    The Northwest Power and Conservation Council’s panel of independent scientists recently completed a review of 71 projects to implement the Council’s Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program

  21. California Sea Lions at Bonneville Dam Aren't the Problem

    Mar 22, 2012 Carol Winkel
    There's a common perception that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's decision to allow Oregon, Washington, and Idaho to kill California sea lions at Bonneville Dam addresses the

  22. Another Good Year for Columbia River Salmon and Steelhead Runs

    Mar 16, 2012 Carol Winkel
    Washington, Oregon, and Idaho fish managers are optimistic about salmon and steelhead returns to the Columbia River Basin in 2012, with some runs predicted to return in numbers not seen in decades –

  23. Analysis shows region likely to continue producing surplus electricity in the spring and early summer

    Mar 7, 2012 John Harrison
    According to an analysis by the Council, the Pacific Northwest is likely to continue producing more electricity than it needs in the spring and early summer, a time when demand for power usually is lo

  24. Council Urges Inspections at Lake Mead to Prevent Spread of Invasive Mussels

    Feb 27, 2012 Carol Winkel
    With the spring and summer boating season approaching, the Council recently appealed to the directors of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Parks Service to use a $1 million earmark i

  25. Tracking the Northwest's Power Supply

    Feb 10, 2012 Carol Winkel
    In order to plan the region's energy supply, the Council maintains a comprehensive database of generating resources. The data is updated in a workbook each day, and a portion of it is made available
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