Energy Matters Update – March 16, 2010

Moving the region toward a Bright Future: The new Sixth Northwest Power and Conservation Plan

Every five years the region’s official power planning agency, the Northwest Power and Conservation Council, produces a new 20-year forecast of growing electricity needs and a prescription for meeting them. The recently approved Sixth Northwest Power and Conservation Plan charts an aggressive clean energy path for our region’s future.

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NW power plan focuses on efficiency and reducing emissions

NW Energy Coalition statement on adoption of the Sixth Northwest Power and Conservation Plan Feb. 10, 2010 The Northwest Power and Conservation Council has just approved the most far-sighted power plan in the official regional energy-planning agency’s 30-year history. The Council’s Sixth Plan calls for meeting most new electricity needs over the next 20 years…

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NPCC 6th Northwest Power Plan Background

Every five years, the Northwest’s official power planning agency – the Northwest Power and Conservation Council — conducts a fresh assessment of the region’s long-term electricity needs and issues a blueprint for meeting them.

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Energy Activist chronicles Power Council's 6th Plan hearings

The newest edition of The Energy Activist chronicles the recent four-state hearing process for the Northwest Power and Conservation Plan.

In city after city, state after state, hundreds rallied and spoke for a Northwest Power and Conservation Plan to boost our use of energy efficiency and renewable energy.

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