The National Hydropower Association on May 6 sent congressional leaders a package of tax and spending proposals for inclusion in economic stimulus legislation. Read More
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Pacific Gas & Electric on March 31 finalized the sale of its Narrows Hydroelectric Project to the Yuba County Water Agency. Read More
Seattle City Light and Arizona-based Salt River Project went live April 1 in the Western EIM operated by the California ISO. Read More
PG&E Corp. CEO and President Bill Johnson will retire on June 30 after less than 15 months in the role, the company said April 22. Read More
Tech firm Susteen has scrapped its plan to use Rainbow Dam's original powerhouse as a data center, according to NorthWestern Energy, which owns the hydro facility. Read More
James Danly was sworn in March 31 as FERC's newest member, for a term that runs until June 30, 2023. Danly, whom the Senate confirmed March 12, had served as FERC's general counsel since 2017. FERC has one vacancy, the seat vacated last year by Cheryl LaFleur. Under federal law, FERC can hav… Read More
Attempting to plan for potential issues arising from COVID-19, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers notified Washington and Oregon authorities that if total dissolved gas or gas bubble trauma monitoring is disrupted by pandemic restrictions, the Corps will revert to spill levels of 110 percent T… Read More
FERC is investigating whether Tacoma Power's Nisqually River hydroelectric project contributed to downstream flooding in early February. Read More
Puget Sound Energy announced March 24 that it signed a power purchase agreement with Energy Keepers, the tribally owned corporation of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, for 40 MW of hydroelectricity from the Selis Ksanka Qlispe hydroelectric project in Montana. Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will focus on operational changes—such as flexible spill—in the Federal Columbia River Power System to improve salmon and steelhead survival now that the majority of structural improvements have been made, Corps' fish program manager Tim Dykstra told the Nort… Read More
The Columbia River is flowing smoothly nearly six months after the last vestige of the Mid-C Hourly Coordinating Agreement—which coordinated power generation among Chelan, Douglas and Grant county PUDs—expired. Read More
A century ago, engineers scoured the upper Skagit River searching for bedrock to site three dams. Read More
FERC on March 30 granted the developers of the proposed 1.3 GW Eagle Mountain pumped storage project an extension of two years to start, and to complete, construction. Read More
FERC staff recommended, in an environmental assessment issued April 28, granting a new 50-year license to PacifiCorp's 3.9 MW Weber hydroelectric project located near Bountiful, Utah. Read More
FERC staff has recommended licensing a grid-connected test facility for wave-energy conversion devices that would be located off the Oregon coast. Read More