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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 assure the Pacific Northwest of an adequate, efficient, economical, and reliable power supply.

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  1. WEBPAGE
    Mar 02, 2022

    2021 Power Plan Committee and Council Presentations

    2021 Power Plan Committee and Council Presentations The following is a list of presentation and background material from Council and Power Committee meetings. We've included the Council's key assumptions and decisions related to the plan - however, it's...
  2. WEBPAGE
    Mar 02, 2022

    Demand Response Supply Curve Assumptions

    Demand Response Supply Curve Assumptions Recognition of Assumptions The potential analyzed in the 2021 Plan represents the availability of utilities to influence or control end-use customer loads to provide relief during peak events. This potential...
  3. WEBPAGE
    Mar 02, 2022

    Demand Response and the Northwest Power Act

    Demand Response and the Northwest Power Act As defined by the Council’s Demand Response Advisory Committee, demand response is a non-persistent intentional change in net electricity usage by end-use customers from normal consumptive patterns in response...
  4. WEBPAGE
    Mar 02, 2022

    2021 Power Plan: Supporting Material Overview

    2021 Power Plan: Supporting Material Overview Under Construction
  5. WEBPAGE
    Mar 02, 2022

    2021 Power Plan: Scenario Analysis and Findings

    2021 Power Plan: Scenario Analysis and Findings Under construction
  6. WEBPAGE
    Mar 02, 2022

    Demand Response General Methodology

    Demand Response General Methodology The achievable technical potential impact and cost for 23 demand response products are included in the supply curves used as inputs for the 2021 Power Plan. These 23 products were aggregated by net levelized cost into...
  7. WEBPAGE
    Mar 02, 2022

    Assessing Demand Response Potential

    Assessing Demand Response Potential Determine Key Parameters To calculate the demand response achievable technical potential, there are several key inputs parameters needed: global inputs (economic and system) and product inputs (impact and cost). [1] The...
  8. WEBPAGE
    Mar 02, 2022

    Natural Gas and Other Fuels

    Natural Gas and Other Fuels Natural gas, coal, and oil are the primary fossil fuels used in the region. The work at the Council covers many aspects of the fossil fuels used in the region, including price forecasting, infrastructure analysis, and...
  9. WEBPAGE
    Mar 02, 2022

    Natural Gas Price Forecast

    Natural Gas Price Forecast Natural gas is a key source of energy for the Northwest. In addition to direct use in homes and businesses as a fuel for space and water heating, gas is also an important fuel for many large and small-scale industrial processes....
  10. WEBPAGE
    Mar 02, 2022

    Natural Gas Regional Infrastructure, Supply, and Demand

    Natural Gas Regional Infrastructure, Supply, and Demand The gas used in in the region is piped in from two primary sources. The Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin (WCSB) and the US Rockies region. The Northwest has a robust infrastructure build-out to...
  11. WEBPAGE
    Mar 02, 2022

    Total Demand Response Potential

    Total Demand Response Potential The 2021 Power Plan found the total achievable technical DR potential is 3,721 megawatts for the summer period and 2,761 megawatts for the winter period by the end of the 20-year plan horizon. The achievable technical...
  12. WEBPAGE
    Mar 02, 2022

    Conservation in the Power Act

    Conservation in the Power Act Energy Efficiency as a Resource The Northwest Power Act was groundbreaking in its approach to conservation, treating it as a priority resource to be considered in integrated resource planning. The Section 3(3) of the...
  13. WEBPAGE
    Mar 02, 2022

    Conservation Potential

    Conservation Potential Energy Efficiency Supply Curve The energy efficiency supply curve below shows all energy efficiency available through 2041, differentiated by sector by cost bin. The figure below shows 5,144 average megawatts [1] of achievable...
  14. WEBPAGE
    Mar 02, 2022

    Estimating Energy Efficiency Potential

    Estimating Energy Efficiency Potential To develop the energy efficiency supply curves, a fuller description of the methodology is available here . High-level considerations included are: Types of Potential Key Data Sources Climate Change Building Codes...
  15. WEBPAGE
    Mar 02, 2022

    Conservation in the Plan Scenarios

    Conservation in the Plan Scenarios Alternate energy efficiency supply curves were developed for three scenarios : Robustness of Energy Efficiency, Paths to Decarbonization, and Analyze the Bonneville Portfolio. Robustness of Energy Efficiency Energy...
  16. WEBPAGE
    Mar 02, 2022

    Residential Efficiency

    Residential Efficiency To determine the amount of available residential energy efficiency, the Council closely examines the number of homes in the region, by home type, size of the dwelling, current heating and cooling technology, lighting and appliance...
  17. WEBPAGE
    Mar 02, 2022

    Residential Measure Details

    Residential Measure Details Residential Measure Bundles by End Use Around 40 residential-sector measures are analyzed in the 2021 Power Plan. These measure bundles do not and should not dictate the way measures are bundled for programmatic implementation....
  18. WEBPAGE
    Mar 02, 2022

    Residential EE Methodology

    Residential EE Methodology The general methodology for all energy efficiency measures can be found here . The sections below provide an overview specific to the residential sector. Overview of Methods for Residential Sector For the residential sector...
  19. WEBPAGE
    Mar 02, 2022

    Commercial Efficiency

    Commercial Efficiency The commercial sector includes 3.6 billion square feet of floor area (in 2022) and 18 different building type categories. The table below shows the breakdown of square feet by building type. The office, retail, and food sales are...
  20. WEBPAGE
    Mar 02, 2022

    Commercial Measure Details

    Commercial Measure Details Nearly 40 individual commercial-sector measure bundles are included. These measures were bundled for analytical and reporting convenience and should not dictate the way measures are utilized for programmatic implementation. The...
  21. WEBPAGE
    Mar 02, 2022

    Commercial EE Methodology

    Commercial EE Methodology The general methodology for all energy efficiency measures can be found here . The sections below provide an overview specific to the commercial sector Overview of Methods for Commercial Sector For the commercial sector measures,...
  22. WEBPAGE
    Mar 02, 2022

    Industrial Sector Efficiency

    Industrial Sector Efficiency The industrial sector in the Northwest comprises approximately 18,000 facilities in 21 individual segments including industries such as pulp and paper mills, fruit storage warehouses, refineries, and silicon chip manufacturing...
  23. WEBPAGE
    Mar 02, 2022

    Industrial Measure Details

    Industrial Measure Details The industrial sector has a wide range of segments, end-using equipment, and function. The energy efficiency measures are defined as a function of the end-use loads and there is significant diversity in the number and type of...
  24. WEBPAGE
    Mar 02, 2022

    Industrial EE Methodology

    Industrial EE Methodology The general methodology for all energy efficiency measures can be found here . The sections below provide an overview specific to the industrial sector. Overview of Methods for Industrial Sector The industrial sector energy...
  25. WEBPAGE
    Mar 02, 2022

    Agricultural Efficiency

    Agricultural Efficiency In the 2021 Plan, the agricultural sector comprises irrigation efficiency, energy efficiency at dairy farms, as well as lighting and other improvements. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Irrigation and Water...
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