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PacifiCorp is going on another hunt for renewable energy and storage in 2022, as the utility continues to remake its portfolio to meet upcoming clean energy goals.
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The Skagit County board of commissioners told the Seattle City Council and Mayor Bruce Harrell it cannot support relicensing three Skagit River dams unless the city commits to recovery objectives outlined by the Skagit Treaty Tribes, which have been pushing for fish passage. Read More
The Idaho PUC has seen the turnover of two of its three commissioners announced in the span of a few weeks. Read More
Kieran Connolly, BPA's VP of generation asset management, is retiring at the end of January after working for the agency more than 30 years. Read More
The Washington UTC on Jan. 13 approved a four-day filing extension, to Jan. 18, for Avista's revised all-source request for proposals. Read More
Some hatcheries in the Columbia Basin are preparing for water shortages and increases in water temperature resulting from climate change, the Northwest Power and Conservation Council's Fish and Wildlife Committee learned during a Jan. 11 presentation. Read More
A decision in early January by the British Columbia Supreme Court found that operation of the Kenney Dam on the Nechako River in northwestern B.C. to power Australia-based Rio Tinto's aluminum smelter in Kitimat is harming the waterway and its historic Indigenous fisheries. Read More
John Harrison plans to retire from the Northwest Power and Conservation Council at the end of January after more than 30 years as its spokesman. Harrison was a newspaperman around the Northwest before joining the Council in 1990. He has written two books—a biography of Mona Bell, whose house… Read More
This week's column is meant to be a snapshot of where the Northwest is in its move toward participating in a wholesale energy market. Most, but not all, of the sources in the column were given anonymity to speak freely and give readers an idea of what people are thinking about either joining… Read More
Registration is open for a late-February virtual event focused on the West's electric system transformation and linkages among its different elements. Read More
Moderate temperatures across the West served to ease natural gas demand, but energy prices did not move in lockstep. Read More
For your convenience, NewsData has compiled a list of the acronyms we utilize throughout the Clearing Up publication. Read more
Karen Heim (Public Power Council), Dan Catchpole (NewsData; Clearing Up), Ian Bledsoe (Clatskanie PUD) and Paul Dockery (Clatskanie PUD) start the new year catching up on electric utility news across the region. 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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Under Idaho Power's latest integrated resource plan, filed Dec. 30 with the Idaho PUC, the utility wants to accelerate the exit from its coal-fired resources and acquire more than 2,000 MW of renewable energy resources and 1,685 MW of battery storage over the next 20 years. Read More
PacifiCorp is going on another hunt for renewable energy and storage in 2022, as the utility continues to remake its portfolio to meet upcoming clean energy goals. Read More
For the past six years, Wild Fish Conservancy has been testing a fish trap on the lower Columbia River with the goal of finding a fishing tool that would allow commercial fishing outfits to catch targeted stocks of salmon and steelhead—like excess hatchery fish—without harming wild fish and … Read More
The Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission is launching a new program to help prevent invasive species—especially zebra and quagga mussels—from hitching rides on boats or trailers and starting a new colony in a Northwest water body. Read More
Senators and representatives of hydropower trade groups on Jan. 11 said FERC should have a stronger role in licensing hydroelectric development, including the authority to set and enforce process deadlines. Meanwhile, the Department of Energy rescinded rules creating separate product classes… Read More