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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.
Idaho Public Utility Commission taking comments on rate adjustments and green tags
The Idaho PUC has opened public comment periods on a number of proposed rate changes by Idaho Power and a proposed plan to manage the “green tags” it can obtain from renewable energy projects from which it buys power…
Wash. State Legislature ends with no changes to Clean Energy Initiative
The 2010 legislative session has ended and although the legislature delivered mixed results for the environment overall, supporters of Clean Energy Initiative 937 were pleased that no changes were made to the law. Because of your help, we were able to protect the integrity and strength of Initiative 937 again this year…
How did Clean and Affordable Energy do this session in Washington State?
The 2010 legislative session has finally come to a close and it’s time to take inventory on how clean and affordable energy policies fared in Olympia. Read on to see where we stand…
Greenest building in Seattle planned
The Seattle Times is running a story on how the Bullit Foundation, a Coalition funder, is preparing to build a new headquarters that would also serve as a showplace for cutting-edge green engineering and architecture.
Wash. Leg Review: Some Enviro Bills Live, Others Die
KPLU’s Liam Moriarty has a short report on the Washington state legislative session and the fate of several environmental bills, including some authored or supported by the NW Energy Coalition. Listen online.