After providing more than two decades of analyses on salmon and steelhead survival data in the Columbia Basin, an annual Fish Passage Center report could be a more useful tool for the Northwest Power and Conservation Council, BPA and other fish managers if hydro system impacts were spelled o…
BPA will hold a public meeting Nov. 30 to consider Clark Public Utilities' request to partially discontinue the use of its River Road generating plant, a 248 MW natural gas-fired combined-cycle combustion turbine within Clark's service territory near Vancouver, Wash. Read More
NW Natural has entered a 21-year fixed-fee agreement with Houston-based Archea Holdings for the annual purchase of up to 1 million MMBtu of renewable natural gas thermal certificates from their portfolio of RNG projects. Read More
Idaho Power and Whooshh Innovations were each recognized Nov. 17 with the National Hydropower Association's 2021 Outstanding Stewards of America's Waters award, both in the category of recreational, environmental or historical enhancement. Read More
Salmon advocates gathered in six Northwest cities on Nov. 20 to mark the 30th anniversary of the initial listing of a salmon species as endangered anywhere in the United States. Read More
The Oregon PUC on Nov. 18 granted Portland General Electric an extension on filing its next integrated resource plan until March 31, 2023. Read More
Microsoft's data center in Quincy, Wash., will be the site of a three-year demonstration project to test large-format hydrogen fuel cells as a sustainable backup power source. Read More
Following discussions with Idaho PUC staff, Idaho Power has asked commissioners to reduce the two components of its fixed-cost adjustment mechanism (FCA) for new residential and small general service customers starting in 2022. Read More
Vlad Gutman-Britten is leaving his post as Climate Solutions' Washington director to join the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority as assistant director for policy and markets. During Gutman-Britten's seven-year stint at Climate Solutions, he led the group's strategy and … Read More
I'm thankful to be among the regional energy community, including our NewsData colleagues. It's an honor and a privilege to work with, and know so many, smart, engaging, thoughtful, passionate and dedicated folks, all of whom—in their own ways, from their own perspectives—are seeking to make… Read More
Despite ongoing transmission pipeline outages across the Western U.S., natural gas prices dropped—some by more than $1—in a shortened trading week, with markets closing in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. Read More
For your convenience, NewsData has compiled a list of the acronyms we utilize throughout the Clearing Up publication. Read more
Scott Coe—a public-power leader who started under the Greatest Generation, rose to leadership among boomers, and has led organizations with boomers, millennials and maybe even zoomers—joins Matthew Schroettnig. Read more
In the latest episode of Substation Northwest podcast, Grant GM/CEO Kevin Nordt talks with NewsData Publisher/Editor-in-Chief Mark Ohrenschall about why the PUD is interested in small nuclear. Read more
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After providing more than two decades of analyses on salmon and steelhead survival data in the Columbia Basin, an annual Fish Passage Center report could be a more useful tool for the Northwest Power and Conservation Council, BPA and other fish managers if hydro system impacts were spelled o… Read More
BPA's fiscal year 2021 brought "positive results across the board" that included triggering a reserves distribution clause (RDC) for Power Services in the amount of $13.7 million, Administrator John Hairston said, and $398 million of net agency revenues that blasted past the BP-20 rate case … Read More
The Northwest's regional load declined by 2.6 percent in 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic swept the country. The commercial sector was hit hardest, with a 15 percent drop in load, while residential load rose 13 percent, according to the Northwest Power and Conservation Council. Read More
The Biden administration on Nov. 23 said 50 million barrels of oil will be released from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in a bid to drive down fuel prices. Meanwhile, the Senate is the next stop for the House-passed $1.75 trillion budget bill, with tax credit top-ups for domestic, union-mad… Read More
