Attorneys general for 21 states filed suit in federal court on July 21 challenging the Environmental Protection Agency's rule limiting state authority to certify energy and other infrastructure projects under the Clean Water Act. Read More
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The Port of Clarkston returned to the Columbia Basin Technical Management Team on Aug. 19 to ask for a raised pool at Lower Granite Dam so barges could continue to ship wheat, and again, TMT denied the request. Read More
Elliot Mainzer has ended a seven-year stint as CEO/administrator at BPA to lead the California ISO, where he will succeed Steve Berberich as president and CEO. Mainzer's last day at Bonneville was Aug. 31, and he starts at CAISO Sept. 30, when Berberich retires. Mainzer joined BPA in 2002, a… Read More
Affirming the draft version, federal agencies rejected breaching the four lower Snake River dams in the final EIS for Columbia River System Operations, released July 31. Read More
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks intercepted its 27th vessel with invasive mussels on Aug. 30. Read More
A California PUC administrative law judge recommended denying a proposed small-scale pilot project involving the sale of BPA "negawatts" to a California utility, saying the transaction is a "standard surplus power purchase contract" rather than "an inter-regional energy efficiency transfer." Read More
New disclosures of COVID-19-related impacts along with unforeseen geological issues that will require substantial additional foundation enhancement costs have triggered special project reviews of the Site C hydroelectric project by both the British Columbia provincial government and BC Hydro… Read More
Ada County, Idaho, sold its 4.1 MW Barber hydroelectric project and associate dam for $500,000 in as-is condition to a group of local investors, contingent on the buyers getting FERC to approve transfer of the license. Read More
A plan to take out four lower Klamath River dams is likely to be delayed by a year and cost an additional $12.25 million, Klamath River Renewal Corporation representatives told the Oregon PUC Sept. 8. Read More
FERC on July 31 granted a two-year construction deadline extension to developers of the proposed $1 billion, 400 MW Gordon Butte pumped-storage hydro project planned for Montana [P-13642]. Read More