by Emily | Jun 10, 2026 | Clean Energy News
Oregon’s Bonneville Dam is the last of 14 dams on the Columbia River before it empties into the Pacific Ocean. (Courtesy of the Bonneville Power Administration) Developers are thinking about building a new transmission line to help meet the Northwest’s energy needs; a...
by Emily | May 13, 2026 | Clean Energy News, Hydropower
Oregon’s Bonneville Dam is the last of 14 dams on the Columbia River before it empties into the Pacific Ocean. (Courtesy of the Bonneville Power Administration) In litigation over Columbia Basin salmon, federal agencies began spilling more water last month to comply...
by Emily | Apr 28, 2026 | Clean Energy News, Hydropower
Grand Coulee Dam, Washington. Courtesy of Bureau of Reclamation. The Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Hydropower and Hydrokinetic Office (H2O) announced earlier this week that it will soon resume negotiations to issue nearly $430 million in payments to American...
by Emily | Jan 29, 2026 | Clean Energy News, Hydropower, Policy & Legislation
National Hydropower Association photo Last week, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce unanimously approved the ‘Build More Hydro’ Bill (H.R. 2072), sending the legislation to the full House for consideration. The bill is intended to prevent project...
