Events
Washington: Public advocates seek to end corporation’s coal plant pollution
Across the Northwest, plans are afoot to close down coal plants and transition workers and the energy economy towards a greener future. In Washington, Coalition members, partners and other activists are working to transition the Transalta plant in Centrailia by 2015.
From the Director: Two days make the Coalition stronger, wiser and better prepared
When we’re all calculating our carbon footprints and fretting over budgets, why is it important for us to come to Portland Nov. 12-13 for the Coalition’s NW Clean & Affordable Energy Conference and membership meeting? Short answer: these two days make the Coalition stronger, wiser and better prepared to deliver the clean and affordable energy future we all work for.
New project spotlights Snake River salmon’s "one of a kind" status
Coalition partner Save Our Wild Salmon has begun the “One of a Kind” project to reveal the astonishing story of endangered Snake River salmon and the race to save them.
Montana: NorthWestern rate case features decoupling, inverted block rates
Coalition member groups are butting heads with the state Consumer Counsel and others over rate cases and the viability of new wind development.
The Oregonian: Charting Oregon's energy future beyond coal
Closing a coal plant is a big deal. Closing a large, modern coal plant like the one at Boardman is areally big deal. It hasn’t happened before in the Northwest — or arguably anywhere else in the United States. But today Oregon is close to an agreement to end coal burning at Boardman by no…
Coalition documents Obama’s ghoulish salmon plan
A coalition of fishing, business, and conservation organizations asked a federal judge today to declare President Obama’s Columbia and Snake river salmon recovery plan illegal…
WNS story: Attack of the Oil Company Mega-Loads? Big Shipments Scare NW Watchdogs
Washington State is closely watching a battle in the Idaho Supreme Court over whether to allow massive oil exploration equipment to be trucked across scenic roadways of Northern Idaho and Montana to the tar sands of Alberta, Canada.
Missoulian Op-Ed: Renewable energy works for Montana
Complaints about the supposedly high costs of renewable energy by political pundits and candidates around the state are vastly misleading and need correction. In an Oct. 11 Missoulian story, Public Service Commission candidate Bill Gallagher is quoted as saying that renewable energy in Montana has raised electricity rates “without generating any real benefits.” Meanwhile, PSC candidate Travis Kavulla claims that renewable energy requirements for our utilities are “going to add costs to the consumer without adding any real value for them.” Let’s set the record straight…
Read the full Op-Ed online at The Missoulian.
Solving the Energy Efficiency Puzzle: Achieving Bigger Savings in the Pacific Northwest
You have a stake in making our region even more energy efficient than it is. Energy efficiency is the cleanest and cheapest way to meet most of our region’s new energy needs and our goals to reduce greenhouse gas pollution. Many organizations throughout the Northwest are already hard at work saving energy. But more can be done. That’s what this paper is about: getting over the hurdles to increased energy efficiency and getting to solutions. We have a lot to lose if we wait and a lot to gain if we act.
First solar projects approved for public land
The Interior Department approved the first solar projects on public land Tuesday, a move aimed at shifting the type of energy development on federal property in the years to come.
The two ventures greenlighted in the California desert — the Imperial Valley and Chevron Lucerne Valley solar projects — could provide energy for hundreds of thousands of homes, though neither would start generating electricity for more than a year, at the earliest…
Northwest groups urge members of congress to say "no" to mega-industrial transportation corridor
On September 22, forty-two conservation, fishing, clean energy and outdoor organizations from across the Pacific Northwest delivered letters to the members of congress in Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana.
The organizations express grave concerns about the potential impacts and risks to our communities, businesses, and environment if Exxon’s is successful in establishing a brand-new “high and wide” mega-industrial transportation corridor through the heart of the Pacific Northwest.
Plugging People Into Power
This document was published in 1993 by the Northwest Conservation Act Coalition, now known as the NW Energy Coalition. While dated, the vast majority of the content remains relevant for consumer and environmental participants in the utility regulatory process. Read online or download as a PDF