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Chart from Northwest Power and Conservation Council's Seventh Power Plan - 2015-2035
More Energy Efficiency Needed Now Through 2035!
Energy Efficiency: "Recent Trends in Energy Consumption and Their Impact on the Northwest Economy (Draft)"
<https://www.nwcouncil.org/reports/recent-trends-energy-consumption-and-their-impact-northwest-economy>
<https://www.nwcouncil.org/reports/northwest-under-served-energy-efficiency-markets-assessment-draft>
<https://www.nwcouncil.org/news/energy-efficiency-has-cut-regional-power-use-25-percent-1990>
<https://www.nwcouncil.org/sites/default/files/7thplanfinal_chap01_execsummary_2.pdf>
Nuclear Energy: "Scientists assessed the options for growing nuclear power. They are grim."
<https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2018/7/11/17555644/nuclear-power-energy-climate-decarbonization-renewables>
<https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/05/the-60-year-downfall-of-nuclear-power-in-the-us-has-left-a-huge-mess/560945/>
Economist Phil Lusk says, "BPA should conduct a 'Market Test' as they originally promised to do in 1998, and follow the recommendations they originally considered twenty years ago. That is, to find long-term replacement power that was more cost-effective and close the Columbia Generating Station. [...] If BPA were in a competitive market, it would likely shed Columbia from its resource portfolio just as other parts of the country are closing power plants that have failed to remain competitive in the open market."
<www.nuclearfreenw.org>
"NW Ratepayers Will Save Over $250 Million if Columbia Generating Station Nuclear Power Plant Replaced with Renewables" Robert McCullough
Natural Gas: "Clean energy is catching up to natural gas"
<https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2018/7/13/17551878/natural-gas-markets-renewable-energy>
Hydropower: "PUD switches on two new hydro projects near Snoqualmie Falls"
<https://www.heraldnet.com/news/pud-switches-on-two-new-hydro-projects-near-snoqualmie-falls/>
This $60 million project plus $10 million for the tabled Sunset Falls project equals $70 million for more hydropower that SnoPUD says they no longer need.
<https://www.heraldnet.com/opinion/editorial-how-a-lightbulb-saved-sunset-falls/>