Policy
Next for up Boardman: natural gas
The Daily Journal of Commerce Oregon talks about the eventual shutdown of the Boardman coal-fired power plant and what might replace the power it generates. You can read the article here.
Energy and Conservation Groups Seek to Preserve State Energy Efficiency Rules
Energy and conservation groups today filed court papers to defend Washington’s energy efficiency standards – standards that will save consumers millions of dollars and reduce harmful global warming pollution – against a lawsuit that aims to dismantle them.
Washington state Rep. John McCoy honored for protecting I-937
Washington State Rep. John McCoy (D-Tulalip) has been honored by the NW Energy Coalition Friday for his successful efforts to maintain the integrity of the state’s voter-approved Clean Energy Initiative, I-937, particularly during the 2009 state legislative session. Coalition policy director Nancy Hirsh (left side of photo) and former Coalition policy associate and lobbyist Carrie Dolwick (right) presented the award to Rep. McCoy during a brief ceremony in the Coalition’s Seattle office June 18.
Bonneville Power Administration Energy Efficiency Post-2011 Proposal Public Comment Draft – Comments of the NW Energy Coalition
NWEC Comments on Post 2011 EE.pdf
Utility Energy Efficiency Incentives and Disincentives Resolution
NW Energy Coalition Utility Energy Efficiency Incentives and Disincentives Resolution adopted November 14, 2009 NW Energy Coalition Utility Energy Efficiency Incentives and Disincentives Resolution November 14, 2009 WHEREAS there are many barriers to energy efficiency that mean market mechanisms alone will not be enough to move consumers to acquire and install all the cost-effective measures…
Coalition Comments on PGE's IRP & Boardman 5-14-10
The NW Energy Coalition (NWEC or “Coalition”) appreciates this opportunity to
comment on Portland General’s Integrated Resource Plan, as amended (IRP or “Plan”). Although PGE’s Plan encompasses a great number of issues, we will focus in these comments on two central questions: (1) a request to acknowledge a preferred Action Plan that includes the 2020 shutdown of Boardman; and, (2) a related request to approve an “alternative Action Plan” if the Company is unable to resolve several difficult regulatory contingencies by March 31, 2011, making the preferred plan, in PGE’s determination, impossible to complete.
Washington: State legislature doesn’t mess with I-937
The 2010 Washington state legislative session has finally ended. While results for environmental issues were mixed overall, defenders of the 2006 Clean Energy Initiative 937 were pleased that no changes were made to the law…
Montana: Coal bid, transmission and efficiency/renewables goals make news
Here’s some recent energy updates from Montana, submitted by NW Energy Coalition Montana caucus chair Chuck Magraw…
Oregon: Renewable energy standard and Business Energy Tax Credit under fire
NW Energy Coalition executive board member Jeff Bissonnette of the Citizens’ Utility Board link of Oregon (CUB) provided the following recap of the recently completed state legislative session…
Energy Trust of Oregon receives Coalition’s highest honor
NW Energy Coalition executive director Sara Patton presents the Bob Olsen Memorial Conservation Eagle, the Coalition’s highest honor, to Energy Trust of Oregon for their leadership for a clean and affordable energy future.