[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 85 (Tuesday, May 4, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23823-23824]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-10373]
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PACIFIC NORTHWEST ELECTRIC POWER AND CONSERVATION PLANNING COUNCIL
Sixth Northwest Electric Power and Conservation Plan
AGENCY: Pacific Northwest Electric Power and Conservation Planning
Council (Northwest Power and Conservation Council; the Council).
ACTION: Notice of adoption of the Sixth Northwest Electric Power and
Conservation Plan.
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SUMMARY: The Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation
Act of 1980 (16 U.S.C. 839 et seq.) requires the Council to adopt and
periodically review and revise a regional power plan, the Northwest
Electric Power and Conservation Plan. The Council first adopted the
power and conservation plan in 1983, with significant amendments or
complete revisions adopted in 1986, 1991, 1998 and 2004. The Council
began a review of the power and conservation plan in December 2007, and
in September 2009, the Council released for public review and comment
the Draft Northwest Sixth Electric Power and Conservation Plan. During
the comment period, the Council held public hearings in each of the
four Northwest states, as required by the Northwest Power Act, engaged
in consultations about the power and conservation plan with various
governments, entities and individuals in the region, and accepted and
considered substantial written and oral comments.
At the Council's regularly scheduled public meeting in February
2010 in Portland, Oregon, the Council formally adopted the revised
power and conservation plan, called the Sixth Northwest Electric Power
and Conservation Plan. The revised power and conservation plan meets
the requirements of the Northwest Power Act, which specifies the
components the power plan is to have, including an energy conservation
program, a recommendation for research and development; a methodology
for determining quantifiable environmental costs and benefits; a 20-
year demand forecast; a forecast of power resources that the Bonneville
Power Administration will need to meet its
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obligations; and an analysis of reserve and reserve reliability
requirements. The power and conservation plan also includes the
Council's Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program, developed
pursuant to other procedural requirements under the Northwest Power
Act. The Council followed the adoption of the power and conservation
plan with decisions at public meetings in March and April 2010, also in
Portland, Oregon, to approve supporting technical appendices and a
Statement of Basis and Purpose and Response to Comments to accompany
the final plan.
A pre-publication version of the final power and conservation plan
is available on the Council's Web site, at http://www.nwcouncil.org/energy/powerplan/6/default.htm. A formal version will be published in
the near future.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you would like more information, or
assistance in obtaining a copy of the Sixth Power Plan, please contact
the Council's central office. The Council's address is 851 SW. Sixth
Avenue, Suite 1100, Portland, Oregon 97204. The Council's telephone
numbers are 503-222-5161, and 800-452-5161; the Council's FAX is 503-
820-2370, and the Council's Web site is: http://www.nwcouncil.org.
Stephen L. Crow,
Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 2010-10373 Filed 5-3-10; 8:45 am]
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