The Seventh Northwest Power Plan was released in 2016, with a Midterm Assessment completed in 2019.
The Council’s current plan is the 2021 Power Plan.
Resources
- Brochure summarizing the Seventh Plan
- Summary of the key findings and resource strategy
- Advisory Committee process
- About the process and past Power Plans
- Technical and analytical materials used to develop the plan
- Statement of Basis and Purpose for the Seventh Power Plan and Response to Comments on the Draft Plan (2016)
- Revisit the Draft Plan and read about public hearings and comments
- Press release and press coverage of Seventh Power Plan
- Federal Register Notice of Completion of the Seventh Power Plan (2016)
- Power Committee and Council presentations related to the development of the Seventh Plan
Take a deeper dive on:
- Energy Efficiency
- Demand Response
- Regional Portfolio Model
- Generation Evaluation System Model (GENESYS)
Understanding power planning:
- Why we have a regional power plan
- Power planning overview, video and presentation
- Understanding planning for uncertainty, video and presentation
- 2013 symposium series on power plan topics
