The Senate on March 12 confirmed James Danly's nomination to FERC. Read More
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Steve Berberich, president and CEO of the California ISO, will retire after nearly a decade leading California's power grid and wholesale market operator. Read More
The Klamath River Renewal Corp. submitted updated cost information to FERC [P-2082, P-14803] on Feb. 28, showing a "guaranteed maximum price" of $446 million to remove four lower Klamath River dams and complete river restoration. Read More
President Donald Trump ordered the Interior and Commerce departments on Feb. 19 to step up water development and deliveries for California's Central Valley. Read More
FERC on Jan. 28 released a final environmental impact statement for relicensing the 84.8 MW Bucks Creek hydropower project in California's Plumas County. Read More
All public hearings on the Columbia River System Operations draft EIS will now be held by phone, due to concerns about the COVID-19 outbreak. The meetings begin at 4 p.m. Pacific Time, and callers can provide a comment and listen to other comments. Meetings are scheduled for March 17-19, Mar… Read More
The Preferred Alternative option in the Columbia River System Operations draft environmental impact statement would keep the four lower Snake River dams in place, and calls for increasing spring spill to a point that would lower hydropower production by 160 aMW in an average water year and b… Read More
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown expressed her state's support for breaching the four lower Snake River dams as part of a long-term solution to salmon recovery in a letter sent Feb. 11 to Washington Gov. Jay Inslee. Read More
Puget Sound Energy will use 100 MW of surplus hydroelectricity from BPA to help meet a projected capacity deficit starting in 2022, the utility and Bonneville announced March 13. Read More
A proposed small-scale pilot project involving the sale of BPA "negawatts" to a California utility could blossom into a steady revenue stream for the agency. Read More
Portland General Electric has modified its 2019 integrated resource plan, potentially opening the door for the development of a pumped storage project in the region. Read More
The Federal Emergency Management Agency reversed course and will allow a greater proportion of federal funds to reimburse the state for spillway reconstruction costs at Oroville Dam in Northern California. Read More
Tests of a new turbine at Ice Harbor Dam show the new fixed-blade design is 4 percent more efficient than the prior version and improves survival rates of juvenile salmon that migrate downstream past the turbine, officials say. Read More
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency asked the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to rehear the court's December 2019 decision requiring the agency to develop preliminary water temperature plans for the lower Snake and Columbia rivers. Read More
Pacific Gas & Electric has entered into exclusive negotiations to transfer its Phoenix hydroelectric project to The Tuolumne Utilities District, they announced March 10. Read More
Federal energy regulators have given an early nod to a massive pumped-storage project in northern Arizona that could extend the availability of renewable resources in an area that for 45 years played host to the West's largest coal-fired power plant. Read More