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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 and Wildlife Overview

The Fish and Wildlife Program
2020 Addendum 2014/2020 Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program Subbasin Plans Project Reviews and Recommendations

Independent Review Groups

  • Independent Economic Analysis Board (IEAB)
  • Independent Scientific Advisory Board (ISAB)
  • Independent Scientific Review Panel (ISRP)

Forums and Workgroups

  • Asset Management Subcommittee
  • Ocean and Plume Science and Management Forum
  • Regional Coordination
  • Science and Policy Exchange
  • Toxics Workgroup
  • Columbia Basin Research, Monitoring and Evaluation Workgroup
  • Informal Hatchery Workgroup
  • Strategy Performance Indicator Workgroup

Topics

  • Adaptive Management
  • Anadromous Fish Mitigation
  • Blocked Areas
  • High-level Indicators
  • Invasive and Non-Native Species
  • Lamprey
  • Predation: Sea lions, pike, birds
  • Protected Areas
  • Research Plan
  • Resident Fish
  • Resource Tools and Maps
  • Sockeye
  • Sturgeon
  • Hatchery Map
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 2021 Plan Supporting Materials Planning Process and Past Power Plans

Technical Tools and Models

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

Energy Advisory Committees

  • Regional Technical Forum
  • 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
  • RTF Policy Advisory Committee
  • System Integration Forum
  • Resource Strategies Advisory Committee (Not Active)

Energy Topics

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

Energy Forums and Workgroups

  • Pacific NW Demand Response Project
  • Northwest Wind Integration Forum (Archive)
Meetings
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AUG 2021
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31
9:00 am—2:45 pm
RTF Meeting
SEP 2021
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13
9:00 am—12:00 pm
Strategy Performance Indicator Workgroup
SEP 2021
TUE WED
14 - 15
Council Meeting
SEP 2021
TUE
21
10:00 am—11:00 am
Informal Hatchery Workgroup Meeting
SEP 2021
TUE WED
21 - 22
RTF Meeting
SEP 2021
MON
27
Power Plan Public Hearing Hosted by Montana
SEP 2021
WED
29
9:00 am—11:30 am
RTF Policy Advisory Committee Meeting
OCT 2021
THU
07
Power Plan Public Hearing Hosted by Washington
OCT 2021
TUE
12
Power Plan Public Hearing Hosted by Oregon
OCT 2021
TUE WED
12 - 13
Council Meeting
OCT 2021
THU
14
Power Plan Public Hearing Hosted by Idaho
OCT 2021
TUE
19
9:30 am—3:00 pm
RTF Meeting
NOV 2021
TUE
09
9:00 am—1:00 pm
RTF Meeting
NOV 2021
TUE WED
16 - 17
Council Meeting
NOV 2021
TUE
30
1:00 pm—3:00 pm
RTF Policy Advisory Committee Meeting
DEC 2021
TUE WED
07 - 08
RTF Meeting
DEC 2021
MON
13
9:00 am—11:00 am
Strategy Performance Indicator Workgroup
DEC 2021
TUE WED
14 - 15
Council Meeting
JAN 2022
TUE WED
11 - 12
Council Meeting
JAN 2022
WED
19
1:00 pm—5:00 pm
Ocean and Plume Science and Management Forum
JAN 2022
TUE
25
9:00 am—12:00 pm
RTF New Member Orientation: January 25, 2022
JAN 2022
WED
26
9:00 am—1:00 pm
RTF Meeting
JAN 2022
FRI
28
8:30 am—11:30 am
Power Committee Meeting
FEB 2022
MON
14
9:00 am—10:30 am
Informal Hatchery Workgroup Meeting
FEB 2022
TUE WED
15 - 16
Council Meeting
FEB 2022
WED
23
9:00 am—2:30 pm
RTF Meeting
MAR 2022
WED
02
9:30 am—3:00 pm
System Integration Forum: Scope of Work on Potential Lower Snake River Dam Analysis
MAR 2022
TUE
08
1:30 pm—2:30 pm
Public Affairs Committee Meeting
MAR 2022
MON TUE
14 - 15
Council Meeting
MAR 2022
FRI
18
9:00 am—11:00 am
Fish and Wildlife Committee Meeting
MAR 2022
TUE WED
22 - 23
RTF Meeting
MAR 2022
WED
30
9:30 am—12:00 pm
RTF Policy Advisory Committee Q1 Meeting
APR 2022
TUE WED
12 - 13
Council Meeting
APR 2022
TUE WED
19 - 20
RTF Meeting
MAY 2022
TUE WED
10 - 11
F&W and Power Committee Meetings
MAY 2022
WED
18
Council Meeting
MAY 2022
TUE
24
9:00 am—2:30 pm
RTF Meeting
JUN 2022
WED
08
1:00 pm—3:30 pm
System Analysis Advisory Committee
9:30 am—11:30 am
RTF Policy Advisory Committee Q2 Meeting
JUN 2022
TUE WED
14 - 15
Council Meeting
JUN 2022
WED
22
9:00 am—2:00 pm
RTF Meeting
JUL 2022
WED THU
06 - 07
F&W Committee Meeting and Council Meeting
JUL 2022
FRI
08
9:00 am—10:30 am
Resource Adequacy Adv Comm - Steering Committee
JUL 2022
TUE WED
12 - 13
Council Meeting
JUL 2022
TUE
19
9:00 am—4:00 pm
RTF Meeting
JUL 2022
WED
27
9:30 am—3:30 pm
Resource Adequacy and System Analysis Committee Meeting
AUG 2022
TUE
09
9:00 am—4:00 pm
RTF Meeting
AUG 2022
TUE WED
16 - 17
Council Meeting
SEP 2022
TUE WED
13 - 14
Council Meeting
SEP 2022
TUE WED
20 - 21
RTF Meeting
SEP 2022
WED
28
9:00 am—12:00 pm
RTF Policy Advisory Committee Q3 Meeting
OCT 2022
TUE WED
04 - 05
F&W and Power Committee Meetings
OCT 2022
TUE WED
11 - 12
Council Meeting
OCT 2022
TUE WED
18 - 19
RTF Meeting
NOV 2022
TUE
08
9:00 am—4:00 pm
RTF Meeting
NOV 2022
TUE WED
15 - 16
Council Meeting
NOV 2022
WED
30
9:00 am—12:00 pm
RTF Policy Advisory Committee Q4 Meeting
DEC 2022
TUE WED
06 - 07
RTF Meeting
DEC 2022
TUE WED
13 - 14
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    Demand Response Resources and Publications

    Demand Response Resources and Publications Council resources Demand Response pages for recent data and Council findings Demand Response Chapter in the Seventh Power Plan Issue paper: Demand Response Advisory Committee (5.16.2016) Demand Response Advisory...
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    Columbia River Treaty

    Columbia River Treaty See more History topics > Columbia River Treaty Documents U.S. regional recommendation on the future of the Treaty , December 13, 2013 Canadian recommendation , March 14, 2014 U.S. State Department news release on the beginning of...
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    Methodology for Determining Quantifiable Environmental Costs and Benefits

    Methodology for Determining Quantifiable Environmental Costs and Benefits See comments from: Bonneville Power Clark PUD EWeb Flathead Electric Green Energy Institute NW Energy Coalition NRIC Oregon Dept of Energy OREP PNGC Power PNUCC Public Generating...
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    About the Seventh Power Plan

    About the Seventh Power Plan The Seventh Northwest Power Plan was released in 2016, with a Midterm Assessment completed in 2019. The Council’s current plan is the 2021 Power Plan . Resources Brochure summarizing the Seventh Plan Summary of the key...
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    Power Planning

    Power Planning The Northwest Power Act requires the Council to develop a plan to ensure an adequate, efficient, economical, and reliable power supply for the region. Working with regional partners and the public, the Council evaluates energy resources and...
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    GENESYS – GENeration Evaluation SYStem Model

    GENESYS – GENeration Evaluation SYStem Model What is GENESYS? The GENESYS model was specifically developed to simulate the operation of the regional power system in order to assess the adequacy of the power supply. Besides being used annually to determine...
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    Pacific Northwest Demand Response Project

    Pacific Northwest Demand Response Project The Pacific Northwest Demand Response Project examines the role and potential of demand response — a voluntary and temporary change in consumer's electricity use when the power system is stressed — in managing the...
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    Energy Efficiency

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    Demand Response

    Demand Response Demand response is the voluntary and temporary reduction in consumers’ use of electricity when the power system is stressed (full definition below) . The Seventh Power Plan found that it’s the least-cost solution for providing new peaking...
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    Resource Adequacy

    Resource Adequacy Power Supply Adequacy in the Pacific Northwest Electricity does more than keep the lights on in the Pacific Northwest. It literally powers our economy. The absence or presence of an adequate electricity supply can either curtail or...
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    Resource Adequacy Advisory Committee

    Resource Adequacy Advisory Committee 2021 Power Plan Specific Information Updated Resource Adequacy Assessment Information (07/2021) On August 4 - 6 the RAAC and SAAC held a 3 day technical conference on the newly remodeled GENESYS and Adequacy: Finding...
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    Demand Response

    Demand Response The Council’s definition of demand response (DR) is “ a non-persistent intentional change in net electricity usage by end-use customers from normal consumptive patterns in response to a request on behalf of, or by, a power and/or...
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    Recommendations for Research and Development

    Recommendations for Research and Development The Northwest Power Act directs the Council to include within the plan a “recommendation for research and development.” Given the vastly different and rapidly evolving power system, it is important that the...
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    Research to Support Effective Implementation of the Conservation Program

    Research to Support Effective Implementation of the Conservation Program Implementing the Conservation Program The Council is recommending 2,400 average megawatts of energy efficiency be acquired by 2041. Energy efficiency is a slow build resource....
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    Exploring Alternative Approaches to Power System Operation

    Exploring Alternative Approaches to Power System Operation The rapidly decreasing cost of renewable resources , coupled with various state and utility clean policies and emissions goals , are driving large renewable builds across the west . The result: a...
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    Research of Emerging Technologies to Support Development of Future Resource Options

    Research of Emerging Technologies to Support Development of Future Resource Options In developing the recommended resource strategy, the Northwest Power Act requires the Council to give priority to resources that are cost-effective. This includes...
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    Development of Data and Tools to Enhance Future Power Planning Analysis

    Development of Data and Tools to Enhance Future Power Planning Analysis The Council recognizes that power planning is an ongoing effort. This power plan reflects our recommendations based on our understanding of the system today, the availability and...
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    Conservation Program

    Conservation Program Per the Northwest Power Act, as part of the development of a power plan, the Council is required to develop a conservation program that sets forth a general scheme for implementing conservation in the region, including Bonneville. For...
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    Sector Specific Potential

    Sector Specific Potential Achievable technical energy efficiency potential is developed by sector and compiled into a supply curve that can then be used to compare energy efficiency to other electricity resources. Details on the savings by sector can be...
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    Distribution System Efficiency

    Distribution System Efficiency Technical Achievable Potential Summary The table below provides a summary of the distribution efficiency measure bundles’ maximum achievable technical potential energy savings at years 2027, 2032, and 2041, and the...
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    Agricultural Efficiency

    Agricultural Efficiency Agricultural Technical Achievable Potential Summary The table below provides a summary of the agricultural measure bundles’ maximum achievable technical potential energy savings at years 2027, 2032, and 2041, and the distribution...
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    Industrial Efficiency

    Industrial Efficiency Industrial Achievable Technical Potential Summary The table below provides a summary of the industrial measure bundles maximum achievable technical potential energy savings at years 2027, 2032, and 2041 and NRC net levelized costs....
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    Residential Efficiency

    Residential Efficiency Residential Technical Achievable Potential Summary The table below provides a summary of the residential measure bundles’ maximum achievable technical potential energy savings at years 2027, 2032, and 2041, and the distribution of...
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    Commercial Efficiency

    Commercial Efficiency Commercial Technical Achievable Potential Summary The table below provides a summary of the commercial measure bundles’ maximum achievable technical potential energy savings at years 2027, 2032, and 2041 at NRC net levelized costs....
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    Cost-Effective Methodology

    Cost-Effective Methodology Method for Determining the Cost-Effectiveness Limit for Conservation The methodology and input parameters defined in this section can be used to calculate energy efficiency measure cost-effectiveness relative to the findings of...
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