Phil Rockefeller Retires After Five Years With The Power Council

 

The July 2016 Council meeting in Olympia was the last for Washington Council Member Phil Rockefeller, who was appointed by then-Governor Christine Gregoire in 2011. During his five years on the Council, Member Rockefeller served as chair of the Council’s fish and wildlife committee in 2013 and 2014 and as Council chair in 2015.

As Council chair, Member Rockefeller presided over the completion of the Seventh Northwest Power Plan, which continues the Council's commitment to meeting all or nearly all new demand for electricity in the Northwest with zero-carbon, low-cost energy efficiency. As fish and wildlife committee chair, he presided over the development and completion of the 2014 Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program, in which the Council works with Columbia River tribes and fish and wildlife agencies in the four Northwest states to mitigate the impacts of hydropower dams on fish and wildlife.