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Established to inform and advance a regional vision for power and fish & wildlife in the Columbia Basin

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Sep 19, 2025

McKenzie River projects show promise for large-scale interventions

Representatives of the McKenzie River Trust and Eugene Water & Electric Board share updates on large-scale restoration projects happening on the McKenzie River and its tributaries.

Sep 19, 2025

Council staff to analyze different paces of resource, transmission development in the Northwest

At September's Council meeting in Eugene, Power Planning Director Jennifer Light explained the scope of forthcoming analysis examining different paces of resource and transmission development in the Pacific Northwest.

Sep 18, 2025

Pacific Northwest continues to lead on energy efficiency, stays on track to meet targets set in 2021 Power Plan

The Pacific Northwest continues to make progress in acquiring cost-effective energy efficiency called for in the Council’s 2021 Power Plan. In 2024, the region acquired 160 aMW of cost-effective energy efficiency savings, including 39 aMW from BPA, the Council learned during its meeting in Eugene.

Aug 29, 2025

Annual update on avian predation in the basin highlights emerging challenges

Researchers present annual update on avian predation in the basin, highlight crashing tern populations, upriver nesting of cormorants, and increasing American white pelican foraging as emerging issues.

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Power Planning

The Council works with regional partners to plan for the addition of the lowest-cost conservation and generation resources to the existing power system, so that the region continues to enjoy an adequate, efficient, economical, reliable power supply.

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Fish & Wildlife Program

The Council works with regional partners through its Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program to protect, mitigate and enhance salmon and other fish and wildlife affect by the hydroelectric dams on the Columbia and its tributaries.

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The Council works to protect and enhance fish and wildlife in the Columbia River Basin. Its Fish & Wildlife Program guides project funding by the Bonneville Power Administration.

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The Council develops a plan, updated every five years, to assure the Pacific Northwest of an adequate, efficient, economical, and reliable power supply.

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