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BPA releases plan to reimburse wind energy producers
By Andre Stepankowsky The Daily News The federal agency that sells and transmits most electrical power in the Northwest has proposed a plan to cover half of wind producers’ lost revenue when they’re forced to shut down wind farms during … Read on
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BPA proposes resolution to electricity oversupply
By BPA News Release Portland, Ore. – The Bonneville Power Administration today proposed compensating wind energy producers within its section of the grid for periodically reducing their output when necessary to keep the electricity supply from exceeding demand during high … Read on
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Wind, hydro operations create balancing act for regulators
By Becky Kramer Spokesman Review One of the conundrums of wind energy is that the wind doesn’t blow constantly. In the Northwest, most wind farms operate at about 30 percent capacity, which means backup electrical generation is needed. The Northwest’s … Read on
Wind generators win in dispute with BPA
By Associated Press The Wenatchee World PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Federal regulators on Wednesday ruled in favor of Northwest wind power generators who objected to being ordered to shut down at times this spring when the Columbia River basin was … Read on
Plan allows more lake fluctuation
By Becky Kramer Spokesman Review Lake Pend Oreille’s water levels will fluctuate by as much as 5 feet this winter, allowing federal agencies more flexibility in managing electricity generation throughout the Columbia River hydropower system. The Bonneville Power Administration wanted … Read on
As waters ebb, wind farms return to full output
By Tim Fought, Associated Press The Columbian PORTLAND — A big spring rise in the Columbia River basin has finally washed out to sea, meaning that turbines in the region’s wind farms are back at full output. While the basin … Read on
Third plan for Columbia Basin dams and wild salmon might still have holes, Judge James A. Redden warns
By Scott Learn The Oregonian Federal Judge James A. Redden’s potential swan song hearing on the Northwest’s highest-profile salmon case Monday was short but not particularly sweet. Redden, 82, has presided over the U.S. District Court case since 2003. He … Read on
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Tagged BPA, Endangered Species Act, NOAA, USACE
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Habitat restoration soars on Columbia River, but fish benefits are murky
By Scott Learn The Oregonian CHINOOK, Wash. — This winter, restoration workers punched a 12-foot concrete culvert through the rock rip-rap that lines the Columbia River near the ocean and waited for fish to hit wetlands walled off for a … Read on
Too Much Power in the Northwest?
By Erin Mills East Oregonian BPA declines to allow wind farms ‘negative pricing,’ for times of overgeneration between water, wind The proliferation of wind turbines in the Pacific Northwest has exacerbated the old problem of overgeneration for the Bonneville Power … Read on
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