Western Resource Adequacy Program Update
- July 17, 2023
- Dor Hirsh Bar Gai
The Western Power Pool presented an update to the Council on the Western Resource Adequacy Program (WRAP), a reliability and regional planning program for the Northwest.
The Western Power Pool presented an update to the Council on the Western Resource Adequacy Program (WRAP), a reliability and regional planning program for the Northwest.
Ryan Egerdahl, manager of long-term power planning for the Bonneville Power Administration, presented an overview of its long-term resource program at the Council’s June meeting.
Protecting Montana’s Resident Fish, Water Transactions in the Bitterroot Subbasin, Utility Panel Shares Views on Energy Issues in Montana
Regional Technical Forum manager Laura Thomas presented a summary of the RTF’s 2022 Annual Report at the June Council meeting.
Council members approved funding for nonrecurring maintenance of fish screens and hatcheries.
This month’s Council meeting in Wenatchee was very full. See a summary of just a few of the presentations to Council.
The Hanford Reach of the Columbia River is the only free-flowing portion of the river in the U.S., home to 70 percent of the Chinook salmon that spawn in the Columbia system.
Dr. Thomas L. (Les) Purce was appointed to serve on the Council by Washington Governor Jay Inslee. Dr. Purce will be joining the Council at its May meeting.
It’s been a colder winter for us in the Pacific Northwest, which has meant a healthy snowpack and a later runoff for now.
Intense heat waves and winter storms with extreme temperatures have underscored the need to strengthen the power system’s ability to withstand these stresses, in part through well-insulated homes and buildings.