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You'll find previous versions of the current version of the Energy Matters Update below. Archival copies of the previous incarnation of the Update are also available online.

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Energy Matters Update - July 22, 2008	We keep hearing how the costs of new renewable power – especially wind power – are going up. Fact is, the cost of wind power is rising far less than costs f...
Energy Matters Update - January 14, 2008	Longtime NW Energy Coalition member Oregon HEAT has come up with another groundbreaking way to help low-income families cope with steep heating bills … and be...
2008 EMU
Energy Matters Update - December 6, 2007	PacifiCorp, the Northwest’s largest utility, has abandoned plans to build two new pulverized coal plants. The company’s decision, delivered to both the Oreg...
Energy Matters Update - October 25, 2007	Two NW Energy Coalition member utilities have been cited for their “exemplary” energy efficiency programs by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Ec...
Energy Matters Update - October 5, 2007	Most scientists agree that removing the four Lower Snake dams is key to restoring salmon and steelhead stocks threatened or endangered by the Northwest’s fede...
Energy Matters Update - September 6, 2007	On Aug. 29, the Oregon Public Utility Commission unanimously approved a groundbreaking proposal from NW Natural. The utility’s new “Smart Energy” program ...
Energy Matters Update - August 29, 2007	Bonneville Power Administration has released the final version of the “Regional Dialogue,” BPA’s radical new plan for divvying up cheap federal power amon...
Energy Matters Update - June 19, 2007	The Northwest Power and Conservation Council has released a study showing that the region has a lot more bill-reducing energy efficiency available than we origi...
Energy Matters Update - May 30, 2007	Oregon completes West Coast sweep by passing renewable energy standard
Energy Matters Update - Apr 26, 2007	A climate change bill passed by the Washington State Legislature puts a considerable hitch in coal-plant development.
Energy Matters Update - Jan 31, 2007	Energy is on lawmakers’ minds as 2007 legislative sessions progress in all four Northwest states.
Energy Matters Update - Feb. 7, 2007	A new article from Inside EPA Weekly Report, addresses a draft environmental impact study's finding that the technology for pumping carbon dioxide sequestration...