Every five years, the Northwest’s official power planning agency – the Northwest Power and Conservation Council -- conducts a fresh assessment of the region’s long-term electricity needs and issues a blueprint for meeting them. Through great turnout at public hearings and written comments, clean energy forces successfully turned the attention of the region’s official power planners to the need to reduce global-warming pollution. With the comment period over, activists’ focus turns directly to the Council members and their direct bosses: the governors of Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana.
Coalition director Sara Patton discusses how The Northwest’s official electric power planning agency has confirmed, once again, that energy efficiency is the best and cheapest way to cover the next generation’s electricity needs in today’s Oregonian guest column.
The Columbian has an article about how energy efficiency upgrades will put more green in the wallets of 47,000 workers in four Western states over the next 20 years, according to a plan approved by the Northwest Power and Conservation Council.
NW Energy Coalition statement on adoption
of the Sixth Northwest Power and Conservation Plan
Feb. 10, 2010
The Northwest Power and Conservation Council has just approved the most far-sighted power plan in the official regional energy-planning agency’s 30-year history. The Council’s Sixth Plan calls for meeting most new electricity needs over the next 20 years with cost-cutting energy [...]
Every five years, the Northwest’s official power planning agency – the Northwest Power and Conservation Council — conducts a fresh assessment of the region’s long-term electricity needs and issues a blueprint for meeting them.
The newest edition of The Energy Activist chronicles the recent four-state hearing process for the Northwest Power and Conservation Plan.
In city after city, state after state, hundreds rallied and spoke for a Northwest Power and Conservation Plan to boost our use of energy efficiency and renewable energy.
Your help will be needed on new regional power plan
Every five years, the Northwest’s official power planning agency – the Northwest Power and Conservation Council — conducts a fresh assessment of the region’s long-term electricity needs and issues a blueprint for meeting them.
The NW Energy Coalition is an alliance of more than 100 environmental, civic, and human service organizations, progressive utilities, and businesses in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Alaska and British Columbia. We promote development of renewable energy and energy conservation, consumer protection, low-income energy assistance, and fish and wildlife restoration on the Columbia and Snake rivers.
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