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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.

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The Fish and Wildlife Program

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Adaptive Management Anadromous Fish Mitigation Blocked Areas Hatcheries & Artificial Production Invasive and Non-Native Species Lamprey Predation: Sea lions, pike, birds Protected Areas Research Plan Resident Fish Program Tracker: Resources, Tools, Maps Sockeye Sturgeon
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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

    Demand Response Resources and Publications

    Demand Response Resources and Publications Council resources The Ninth Power Plan DR Potential Presentations and Workbooks (2025) (under Resources on technical elements page) Demand Response overview Demand Response in the 2021 Power Plan (published 2022)...
  2. WEBPAGE
    Mar 02, 2022

    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...
  3. WEBPAGE
    Mar 02, 2022

    Power Planning

    Power Planning Next Power Plan As of 2025 work is underway on our Ninth Power Plan . Find all the metholodogies, presentations, models, forecasts and updates related to the planning process. 2021 Power Plan Published in March 2022, this is the Council's...
  4. WEBPAGE
    Mar 02, 2022

    GENESYS – GENeration Evaluation SYStem Model

    GENESYS – GENeration Evaluation SYStem Model What is GENESYS ? The GENESYS (Generation Evaluation System) model was developed to assess the adequacy of the Pacific Northwest regional power supply, given uncertain future conditions. It is also the primary...
  5. WEBPAGE
    Mar 02, 2022

    Pacific Northwest Demand Response Project

    Pacific Northwest Demand Response Project These meetings are no longer held. Demand response is now worked on at the Council's Demand Response Advisory Committee. Check out the committee's page for the latest meetings and info on our work on DR. The...
  6. WEBPAGE
    Mar 02, 2022

    Energy Efficiency

    Energy Efficiency Sep 18, 2025 Pacific Northwest continues to lead on energy efficiency, stays on track to meet targets set in 2021 Power Plan The Pacific Northwest continues to make progress in acquiring cost-effective energy efficiency called for in the...
  7. WEBPAGE
    Mar 02, 2022

    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 2021 Power Plan found that low-cost and frequently deployed demand response can...
  8. WEBPAGE
    Mar 02, 2022

    Resource Adequacy

    Resource Adequacy 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 facilitate economic growth. In the worst extreme, an...
  9. WEBPAGE
    Mar 02, 2022

    Resource Adequacy Advisory Committee

    Resource Adequacy Advisory Committee Overview This committee helps the Council annually assess the adequacy of the regional supply five years out, counting only existing resources, planned resources that are sited and licensed and the energy efficiency...
  10. WEBPAGE
    Mar 02, 2022

    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....
  11. WEBPAGE
    Mar 02, 2022

    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...
  12. WEBPAGE
    Mar 02, 2022

    Global Assumptions in the Power Plan

    Global Assumptions in the Power Plan There are several assumptions used across different analytical aspects of the 2021 Power Plan. These are detailed below. Analysis period The plan analysis period is 20 years - October 2021 through September 2041 – or,...
  13. WEBPAGE
    Mar 02, 2022

    Methodology for Determining Quantifiable Environmental Costs and Benefits

    Methodology for Determining Quantifiable Environmental Costs and Benefits In developing the resource strategy for the power plan, the Northwest Power Act requires the Council compare the estimated incremental system costs of new generating and...
  14. WEBPAGE
    Mar 02, 2022

    Diversity Equity and Inclusion in the Power Plan

    Diversity Equity and Inclusion in the Power Plan On February 19, 2021, the Council hosted a “Systems Integration Forum” (SIF) to explore how the Council might integrate concepts of energy equity into the 2021 Power Plan, as well as in future work. [1] The...
  15. WEBPAGE
    Mar 02, 2022

    New Generating Resources

    New Generating Resources The identification and analysis of new generating resources is a key step in developing a cost-effective, least-risk, adequate, and reliable strategy for the region. Generating resource technologies are defined and assessed based...
  16. WEBPAGE
    Mar 02, 2022

    Methodology for Assessing New Generating Resource Technology Options for the Power Plan

    Methodology for Assessing New Generating Resource Technology Options for the Power Plan This section describes the methodology for assessing generating resource and energy storage technologies and developing reference plants for consideration in the 2021...
  17. WEBPAGE
    Mar 02, 2022

    Generating Resource Reference Plants

    Generating Resource Reference Plants The 2021 Power Plan includes utility-scale generating resource reference plants for: Onshore wind Solar PV Battery Storage Solar PV + Battery Storage Natural Gas Pumped Storage Conventional Geothermal Emerging...
  18. WEBPAGE
    Mar 02, 2022

    Secondary Resources

    Secondary Resources Secondary generating resources are commercially available with limited, or small-scale, developmental potential in the Pacific Northwest. While secondary resources are currently in-service or available for development in the region,...
  19. WEBPAGE
    Mar 02, 2022

    Levelized Cost of Energy

    Levelized Cost of Energy One way to compare the cost of a generating resource against another is to look at the levelized cost of energy, which is a metric used to estimate the cost of energy across a resource’s expected economic life. It is calculated as...
  20. WEBPAGE
    Mar 02, 2022

    Generating Resource Reference Plants

    Generating Resource Reference Plants Onshore Wind Jump to: Trends, Considerations and Resource | Description of Reference Plant Wind power is a naturally occurring, renewable form of energy that is harnessed and transferred into electricity through power...
  21. WEBPAGE
    Mar 02, 2022

    Generating Resource Reference Plants

    Generating Resource Reference Plants Utility-scale Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Jump to: Trends, Considerations, and Resource Potential | Description of Reference Plant Solar power is a naturally occurring, renewable resource that converts energy from the sun...
  22. WEBPAGE
    Mar 02, 2022

    Generating Resource Reference Plants

    Generating Resource Reference Plants Utility-scale Battery Storage Jump to: Trends, Considerations, and Resource Potential | Description of Reference Plant Energy storage allows for the capture and storage of energy for use at a later time, when it is...
  23. WEBPAGE
    Mar 02, 2022

    Generating Resource Reference Plants

    Generating Resource Reference Plants Utility-scale Solar PV + Battery Storage Jump to: Trends, Considerations, and Resource Potential | Description of Reference Plant Co-locating renewables with storage helps avoid curtailment of energy, reduce...
  24. WEBPAGE
    Mar 02, 2022

    Generating Resource Reference Plants

    Generating Resource Reference Plants Natural Gas Jump to: Trends, Considerations, and Resource Potential | Description of Reference Plant Natural gas technologies are proven and mature, yet also evolving to adapt to the needs of the new power system. As...
  25. WEBPAGE
    Mar 02, 2022

    Generating Resource Reference Plants

    Generating Resource Reference Plants Pumped Storage Jump to: Trends, Considerations, and Resource Potential | Description of Reference Plant Pumped storage hydropower is an established and commercially mature energy and storage resource, however there has...
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