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• Proposal streamlines retrofitting of nongenerating dams

  July 13, 2012 in City on Page A7 WASHINGTON – The nation could get new electricity from old dams, saving time and money compared to damming new streams, under a bill that passed the House unanimously this week. …

• Congress eyes old dams as new power sources

  July 12, 2012 The nation could get new electricity from old dams, saving time and money compared to damming new streams, under a bill that passed the House unanimously this week. The Hydropower … 6

• Dam treaty to be revisited

  July 5, 2012 in Idaho on Page A5 Nearly 50 years ago, Canada and the United States shook hands over a groundbreaking accord that altered life in the Northwest. The Columbia River Treaty turned the 1,200-mile-long river and … 2

• Bonneville Power looks back at 75 years

  April 17, 2012 in Idaho, News on Page A5 The Bonneville Power Administration turns 75 this year. It’s an influential though little-known agency that markets power from 31 federal hydropower dams on the Columbia-Snake River system.

• Hydropower keeps Idaho emissions low

  January 11, 2012 in Idaho on Page A6 Idaho residents have relatively small carbon footprints because most of their electricity comes from hydropower, a new study says. Idaho’s rivers generate 80 percent of the electricity used in the …

• Ground broken for BMW parts plant at Moses Lake

  July 7, 2010 in Business Gov. Chris Gregoire and other officials broke ground today on a carbon fiber plant at Moses Lake that will make parts for a BMW electric car.

• Avista wants to expand program

  June 7, 2010 in City on Page A6 Avista Utilities is asking the Idaho Public Utilities Commission to allow an increase in the size of customer-owned power generation projects that qualify for the company’s net metering program. Avista …

• Avista issued new hydropower license

  June 18, 2009 in City, Idaho Avista Corp. has received a new 50-year license for five hydropower dams on the Spokane River. 2

• Feds fact-finding on dams and salmon

  May 27, 2009 in City on Page A6 GRANTS PASS, Ore. – Two top members of President Barack Obama’s environmental team are in the Northwest this week, listening but pointedly not speaking about the tense conflict between salmon …

• Power entrepreneurs eye Northwest’s waterways

  September 2, 2007 in City on Page B1 TACOMA – It’s been likened to a giant bellows or a massive fire hose, sending huge amounts of water roiling and churning between Puget Sound’s southern and northern basins with …