Columbia River Treaty Tribes (CRITFC) Present 2022 Energy Vision To Council Aimed At Protecting Salmon
April 14th, 2022
The Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission this week presented its “2022 Energy Vision For The Columbia River Basin” to the Northwest Power and Conservation Council, with recommendations to get “energy production off the backs of salmon.”
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Council Getting Feedback On Draft Scoping Plan For Studying Impacts On NW Power System If Lower Snake Dams Breached
April 14th, 2022
Northwest Power and Conservation Council staff discussed with the Council’s power committee this week a proposed seven-phase, scope-of-work plan to evaluate what it would take to replace the “power system services” provided by the Lower Snake River dams, and the feedback staff has received.
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More Spill For Salmon Bumped BPA Fish/Wildlife Costs Up 18 Percent In 2021; For ESA Fish, Most Spent On Mid-Columbia Steelhead At $36 Million
March 31st, 2022
Total Bonneville Power Administration fish and wildlife costs last year (fiscal year 2021) rose 18 percent over FY2020 from $611.5 million to $744.5 million, making up about 25 percent of the power marketing agency’s wholesale power rate, according to a report to Northwest governors released for public comment by the Northwest Power and Conservation Council.
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Council Won’t Be Analyzing Power Impacts Of Lower Snake Dam Breaching Anytime Soon, If Ever; Some Utilities Distrust Council’s New GENESYS Model
March 17th, 2022
A draft scoping plan to study the impacts on the Northwest power system of removing four lower Snake River dams and replacing the dams’ generating output is running up against stiff opposition from utilities and some members of the Northwest Power and Conservation Council.
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NW Power/Conservation Council Adopts Regional Power Plan; Approves Staff Moving Forward On Dam Breaching Analysis
February 18th, 2022
The Northwest Power and Conservation Council approved Wednesday morning its 20-year outlook for the Northwest power supply, minus an analysis of the impacts of breaching the lower Snake River dams. An hour later the Council, however, voted unanimously for its staff to develop a work plan on how it will analyze the power implications of breaching, a move many commenters on the draft power plan had requested.
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Scientists Present Report On Scientific Merit Of Basin Habitat, Hatchery Projects Up For BPA Funding
February 17th, 2022
A science panel presented to the Northwest Power and Conservation Council this week its final review of 122 Columbia/Snake river basin hatchery and habitat projects being considered for continued funding by the Bonneville
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Council Taps Washington’s Norman As Chair, Montana’s Grob Vice-Chair; NOAA’s Thom Moves To Executive Director Of PSMFC
January 27th, 2022
At its January meeting, the Northwest Power and Conservation Council elected Guy Norman, a Washington member, Chair and Doug Grob, a Montana member, vice chair for 2022.
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Should The Northwest’s New 20-Year Power Plan Include Analysis Of Lower Snake Dam Removal? Some Say Yes, Some No
December 16th, 2021
More than one-third of the public comments on its draft Power Plan received by the Northwest Power and Conservation Council had to do with whether it got it right on the four lower Snake River dams.
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Senate Approves Former Oregon NPCC Member Sams As National Park Service Director; Warm Springs Tribes’ Pitt Jr. Tapped For Council
December 2nd, 2021
The U.S. Senate last week unanimously approved the nomination of Charles “Chuck” Sams III as National Park Service director, which will make him the first Native American to lead the agency.