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The NW Energy Coalition tackles issues related to its four pillar objectives: securing all cost-effective energy efficiency, investing in new renewable energy, protecting energy consumers – especially low-income consumers, and restoring fish and wildlife harmed by the Northwest’s hydropower system. Specific issues and venues vary over time and geography, but all our actions point toward a future in which energy efficiency and new renewable energy meet all our growing power needs, benefiting energy users and enhancing wildlife and the environment.
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Human-induced global warming poses perhaps the greatest threat ever to our very survival and that of countless other plant and animal species across the globe. To achieve the cuts in emissions in carbon dioxide and other global-warming pollutants needed to avoid the most dire consequences of climate change, we must stop relying on carbon-emitting fossil-fueled power plants for our electricity. In addition to promoting clean energy choices by utilities and regulatory agencies, the NW Energy Coalition is actively engaged in state and regional processes aimed at economy-wide cuts in carbon pollution.
Energy Efficiency
Conservation improves efficiency and allows us to power our homes, businesses and industries with less energy. Meeting the growing demand for energy through conservation and energy efficiency causes no environmental damage and costs less than building new power plants.
Equity & Affordability
Electricity is a necessity of modern life. The Energy Coalition advocates programs that provide home weatherization and bill assistance so that low-income families don’t lose their service or suffer exorbitant energy costs. And all residential utility costumers deserve protection from poor electric service and unfair rate hikes.
Fish & Wildlife
Salmon and steelhead are icons of the Pacific Northwest – important to both the region’s culture and economy. Yet many runs in the Columbia River Basin are listed as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act. Hydroelectric dams that harness the Columbia and Snake Rivers for power production are the biggest killers of these fish and threaten other fish and wildlife. By striking a balance between dams, energy and salmon, we can enjoy clean energy, wild salmon, and healthy fish and wildlife populations.
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Clean, renewable energy sources – including wind, solar and geothermal power – do not pollute our air or our water and will never run out, unlike coal, natural gas and other fossil fuels. While fossil fuels are still the dominant source of electricity worldwide, renewable energy development is on the rise.
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A repository for digital copies of the original, printed Energy Activist. Written for people who don’t analyze energy policy for a living, The Energy Activist helped Coalition members and allies keep track of often complex energy and salmon issues. Each edition explores a key issue affecting the Northwest’s energy future.
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Energy is the single issue that lies at the heart of almost every major environmental problem we face in the Northwest, including global warming, salmon extinctions, nuclear contamination, oil spills and air pollution. Energy also lies at the heart of our economic future, with far-reaching impacts on national security, the vitality of our businesses and industries, the health of the economy, employment, and the ability of low-income citizens to secure basic services like heat and light. We’ll be paying for today’s energy decisions for the rest of our lives. Our children and their children will pay for them too. The good news is that you can get involved now, while the important choices are being made. This section will help you find out how.%CODE2% BECOME A MEMBER The Coalition is an alliance of over 100 members that Include environmental, consumer, civic, and human service organizations; progressive utilities; and energy efficiency and renewable energy businesses from Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington and British Columbia.%CODE2% Join the coalition %CODE2%Donate Help support our work advocating for a clean and affordable energy future by donating to the NW Energy Coalition. You may donate online with a Visa or Mastercard: %CODE1% The NW Energy Coalition…
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The NW Energy Coalition is an alliance of more than 100 environmental, civic, and human service organizations, progressive utilities, and businesses in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Alaska and British Columbia. We promote development of renewable energy and energy conservation, consumer protection, low-income energy assistance, and fish and wildlife restoration on the Columbia and Snake rivers. The NW Energy Coalition and its members advocate a clean and affordable energy future for the region based on: Meeting all new energy demand with energy efficiency and new renewable resources. Full and fair accounting for the environmental effects of energy decisions. Protecting and restoring the fish and wildlife of the Columbia River Basin. Consumer and low-income protection. Informed public involvement in building a clean and affordable energy future. %CODE1% Award Winners Bob Olsen Memorial Conservation Eagle Award Winners %CODE1% Headwaters Award Recipients %CODE1% Coalition Bylaws 2008 Strategic Plan (.pdf file)
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Officers Chair: Chuck Magraw 501 8th Ave. Helena, MT 59601 c.magraw(at)bresnan.net Vice-Chair: Pat Ford Save Our Wild Salmon 406 Pueblo Boise, ID 83702 pford(at)wildidaho.org Secretary: Katherine Schacht Emerald People’s Utility District 33733 Seavey Lp Rd Eugene, OR 97405 kschacht(at)epud.net Treasurer: George Pohndorf Puget Sound Energy PO Box 97034 Bellevue, WA 98009 george.pohndorf(at)pse.com Chair Emeritus: Ken Miller Snake River Alliance 350 N 9th St # B610 Boise, ID 83702-5473 kmiller(at)snakeriveralliance.org Caucus chairs Montana: Kyla Wiens Montana Environmental Information Center P.O. Box 1184 Helena, MT 59624 kwiens(at)meic.org Oregon: Jeff Hammarlund Earth and Spirit Council 3150 NE 32nd Ave Portland, OR 97212 jeffhammarlund(at)usa.net Washington: Don André The Campion Foundation 1904 3rd Avenue Suite 405 Seattle, WA 98101-1150 don(at)campionfoundation.org British Columbia: TBD Idaho: TBD Additional Members Jim Morton Human Resource Council, District XI 1801 South Higgins Missoula, MT 59801 jpm(at)hrcxi.org Jeff Bissonnette Fair and Clean Energy Coalition 610 SW Broadway Suite 308 Portland, OR 97205 LeeAnne Beres Earth Ministry 6512 23rd Ave NW, Suite 317 Seattle, WA 98117 LeeAnne(at)earthministry.org
Coalition History
Northwest Power Act spawns advocacy coalition In 1980, Pres. Jimmy Carter signed into law the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act. Mark Reis, who had been a staffer for Rep. Jim Weaver of Oregon during the three-year struggle to pass the bill, recognized that energy was not the prime focus of any of the groups that had played key roles in advancing the legislation. Reis saw that a regional advocacy organization would be needed to keep the Bonneville Power Administration focused on the letter and intent of the new law. Around 25 organizations, mostly environmental groups but also several unions including United Food and Commercial Workers, formed what was then called the Northwest Conservation Act Coalition. Subscription sales of the Coalition’s first regular publication, the Northwest Conservation Act Report, kept the fledgling Coalition afloat during its early years. By 1983, the Coalition’s expert analyses of energy issues already were affecting regional energy policy. The Northwest Power Planning (now Northwest Power and Conservation) Council’s 1983 regional power plan mirrored the Coalition’s own Model Plan, adopted a year earlier. By the end of the 80s, the Coalition had convinced regulators in all four Northwest states – Montana, Idaho, Oregon, Washington…
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Organizational Documents Coalition Bylaws 2008 Strategic Plan (.pdf file) 2012 Strategic Plan %CODE1% %CODE2% Award Winners Bob Olsen Memorial Conservation Eagle Award Winners Headwaters Award Recipients %CODE1% %CODE2% Board Resolutions & Policy Statements Utility Energy Efficiency Incentives and Disincentives Resolution – Nov.14, 2009 Feed-in Tariff Resolution – Nov 14, 2009 NW Energy Coalition statement on coal exports – Aug 18, 2011 NW Energy Coalition Resolution on Forest Biomass for Electricity Generation – May 19, 2012
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Sara Patton Executive Director Phone: (206) 621-0094 sara@nwenergy.org Sara Patton has led the NW Energy Coalition as its Executive Director since November 1993. Sara has worked on clean energy for over twenty-five years. Before coming to the Coalition she worked on conservation policy and planning at Seattle City Light. Sara earned her law degree from Antioch School of Law. Sara has been on the Board of Directors of Save our Wild Salmon since 1995, is a board member for the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance and is a member of the Pike Place Market Historical Commission. ____________________________________ Nancy Hirsh Policy Director Phone: (206) 621-0094 nancy@nwenergy.org Nancy Hirsh is Policy Director for the NW Energy Coalition. Nancy directs the Coalition’s efforts to enhance investments in energy efficiency, renewable resources, and low income energy services through work with utilities, commissioners, regulators, and legislators. Prior to joining the Coalition in 1996, she spent twelve years in Washington, DC working on national energy policy issues for the Environmental Action Foundation and the National Wildlife Federation. ____________________________________ Marc Krasnowsky Communications Director Phone: (206) 621-0094 marc@nwenergy.org Marc is Communications Director for the NW Energy Coalition. A Seattle native, he spent many years in the Midwest as a…
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