NW Energy Coalition Board Names Tamara Kennedy as New Executive Director

By Kat Plimpton | July 2, 2025

Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 2, 2025 NW Energy Coalition Board Names Tamara Kennedy as New Executive Director SEATTLE – The NW Energy Coalition Board of Directors is pleased to announce that Tamara Kennedy has been selected as its next Executive Director, following a nationwide search. Kennedy brings nearly two decades of leadership, coalition…

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The Value of Coalition

By Beth Brooks | May 27, 2025

The NW Energy Coalition has just completed our Spring membership meetings and educational conference and I am inspired by the effective and collaborative work of Coalition members and allies in sharing best practices and helping communities and governments ensure that we have the most effective policies and programs to advance a clean, reliable and affordable…

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NWEC Statement on BPA’s Day-Ahead Market Policy Final Decision

By Kat Plimpton | May 14, 2025

NWEC is disappointed that the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) is choosing to join Markets+, a project developed by the Arkansas based Southwest Power Pool (SPP) and with a more limited portfolio of clean energy resources.   NWEC agrees with BPA that joining a day-ahead energy market is the correct strategy to achieve our shared goals…

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Spring 2025 Clean & Affordable Energy Conference

By Jill Wasberg | December 4, 2024

Join the NW Energy Coalition for our 2025 Spring Clean & Affordable Energy Conference  May 7, 2025 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM University of Montana in Missoula UC Grand Foyer, North Ballroom  Join the NW Energy Coalition this spring in Missoula for our Clean & Affordable Energy Conference! We’ll have three panel discussions throughout the day featuring dialogue…

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Clean & Affordable Energy Conference Digest – Fall 2024

By Jill Wasberg | November 25, 2024

On Wednesday, November 13, 2024, the NW Energy Coalition hosted over 200 attendees at our fall Clean & Affordable Energy Conference in Seattle, WA. We featured three panel discussions on balancing energy affordability as we decarbonize, exploring opportunities to further advance Tribal-led energy development, and achieving a new governance structure that opens the opportunity for…

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An efficiency-first approach to transmission 

By Matt Joyce | July 17, 2024

Transmission lines are critical to our energy system, capable of shuttling electricity vast distances from where it’s generated to where it’s consumed. Over the past 40 years, energy efficiency has helped to avoid the need for new transmission projects. A coming wave of electrification and other load growth that will largely be powered by solar,…

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Pathways Initiative’s Step One Proposal for Governance of a West-Wide Energy Market 

By Matt Joyce | June 13, 2024

A single, unified energy market in the West is essential to unlock the clean energy resource potential of the West, enable efficient use of our infrastructure, and maintain a reliable and affordable energy system. The West-Wide Governance Pathways Initiative is a collaborative, multi-step effort to create this connected, independently governed Western energy market, as discussed…

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