In releasing its proposal for Fiscal Year 2022-2023 rates and tariff changes, the Bonneville Power Administration says it “is maintaining its commitment to keeping its wholesale rates as low as possible consistent with sound business principles, striking a balance between cost containment, long-term financial health and spending to meet the needs of its customers.”

Last July, National Geographic reported that global populations of migratory fish have declined by 76 percent over the past half-century. Habitat loss was cited as one of the main culprits, and dams as a major cause of habitat loss. This type of cause and effect in worldwide decline holds true in the Pacific Northwest. It doesn’t take a degree in marine biology to see that dams are bad for fish. But it might take someone with a PhD to convince you that salmon don’t need rivers.

The Willamette Wildlife Mitigation Program reached its 10th year of protecting land for wildlife throughout the Willamette Valley this month. The program ends in 2025.

Portland General Electric Company this week announced it has permanently shuttered its coal-fired Boardman Generating Station in Eastern Oregon’s Morrow County. The closure fulfills an agreement PGE reached with stakeholders, customer groups and regulators in 2010 to significantly reduce air emissions from power production in Oregon by ending operations at Boardman 20 years ahead of schedule and transitioning to cleaner energy resources.