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By Christian Hill Register-Guard Leaburg Dam operators have locked its only operating rollgate into an open position to avoid a potential failure after it malfunctioned last month, the Eugene Water & Electric Board’s engineering manager told utility commissioners…
By Associated Press and Tri-City Herald The News Tribune Dredging could start as soon as Monday at the downstream navigation lock approach at Ice Harbor Dam on the Snake River, after a ruling this week by a federal judge…
By Pete Danko Breaking Energy Randy Knowles figures he’s moving in the right direction. “They used to call me crazy,” he said with a self-effacing chuckle. “Now they’re calling me audacious.” For well over a decade, the Klickitat…
By Phuong Le, The Associated Press Yakima Herald Boeing said Tuesday it plans to buy renewable energy credits to replace fossil-fuel power at the factory where it assembles its 737 commercial airplanes. The aerospace company and the utility,…
By Christine Pratt Wenatchee World A unprecedented boom in applications to the Chelan County PUD for large amounts of power for upstart server farms is threatening the business model the utility has depended on to keep rates low…
By Christine Pratt Wenatchee World The Columbia River behind Wanapum Dam hit its targeted 17-foot elevation increase 10 days ahead of schedule, but the shoreline remains closed, Grant County PUD officials said Tuesday. Read more
By Cheryl Schweizer Seattle Times Grant County PUD officials should start raising the water behind Wanapum Dam sometime before the end of 2014. Construction work to repair a cracked spillway pillar and stabilize the rest of the dam…
By, Northwest Part of Energy Department $10 Million Funding for Full-Scale Wave Energy Device Testing The Energy Department, in coordination with the Navy, today announced funding for two companies that will continue to advance marine and hydrokinetic (MHK)…
By Becky Kramer The Spokesman-Review On a fall afternoon, the Clark Fork Delta is a place of astonishing beauty. Yellow-green grasses glow against the denim-blue of the Clark Fork River as it empties into Lake Pend Oreille. Each…
Pend Oreille PUD Newsletter Fall, 2014 Andritz Hydro, the contractor for the turbine/generator upgrade lowered the fourth and final turbine runner into the turbine pit on September 15th. Upgrade of this final turbine/generator unit is scheduled for completion…