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Jordan Gale/Oregon Capital Chronicle)The Northwest鈥檚 largest hydropower supplier announced it intends to join a new day-ahead energy market based in Arkansas over one based in California. -
Jenny Kane/APOregon lawmakers are considering a bill that would require certain large energy users, like data centers and cryptocurrency businesses, to pay their share for electricity use.
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Eighty-eight years after its creation by an act of Congress, Bonneville Power is widely viewed as both an engine of prosperity in the Northwest, and 鈥� at times 鈥� an obstacle to environmental goals and economic growth. -
A spate of new bills in California and other states would protect consumers from electricity rate hikes that subsidize data centers. -
Linemen, engineers among hundreds of staff to leave Bonneville Power Administration as Trump trims workforce -
Oregon鈥檚 power regulators denied a proposal by a watchdog group that would cap electricity rate increases by 10%. -
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. could receive up to $15 billion in federal loans to help the utility modernize its power grid and expand clean energy infrastructure across central and northern California, officials announced Tuesday. -
The Bonneville Power Administration has identified roughly $3 billion of transmission line and substation projects it said would be key for accommodating growing electricity demand and the expansion of wind and solar power. -
A dozen projects slated to be built in the next five years could encourage more renewable energy development and lower costs, according to a report. -
Energy efficient upgrades are playing a critical role in keeping the Northwest鈥檚 power grid balanced, according to an analysis by the Northwest Power and Conservation Council. -
In a webinar hosted by regional transmission authorities, data centers were called a 鈥渕ajor challenge鈥� for the energy industry, as well as extreme weather. -
Electricity demand in the Northwest is expected to grow more than 30% in the next decade, or about 5% more than estimated last year and triple the prediction three years ago, industry experts said in a new report. -
A draft plan estimates it could cost up to $4.5 billion dollars to connect a future offshore wind energy project on the Northern California coast with the rest of the state鈥檚 electric grid. -
As part of a plan to address energy inequities across the country, the federal government recently announced $72 million would be spent on connecting tribal communities with reliable, renewable energy. A little over $7 million of that funding is allocated to four tribes in California, including the Yurok Tribe.
