Power Plan Public Hearing Hosted by Oregon

Meeting was held on October 12. See participants, transcript and video at the right.

The Northwest Power Act requires the Council to conduct at least one public hearing in each of the four Northwest states represented on the Council when accepting public comments on a draft power plan or fish and wildlife program.

In order to protect public health during the pandemic, the Council has decided not to conduct in-person hearings. Instead, each of the states will host an online hearing, and persons are encouraged to attend their state's hearing. However, people who live outside the host state are welcome to attend the hearings and testify. All hearings will be recorded and transcripts will be produced.

Those not able to attend our virtual hearing submitted written comments. They were due by November 19, 2021. Review written comments received.

Oregon hearing agenda

• 1:30pm Pacific (2:30pm Mountain): Hearing begins
• Opening statements by Council members
• Overview of the 2021 Northwest Power Plan – Ben Kujala, director of power planning
• Public testimony
   

Any person participating in the meeting should review and abide by the Code of Conduct expected of all who participate in the Council’s public forums.  

Language services: The Council values input from all interested parties and will try to offer translation services for those individuals who prefer to offer testimony in a language other than English. If interested, please use this link to email comments@nwcouncil.org which includes the date of this hearing and the language translation services you're requesting. Please notify us by October 5. We will make every effort to have the service available to you and will notify you via email about your request.