Dam operators this week said they would not delay the start date for zero nighttime generation in the Snake River, despite the continued presence of migrating adult salmon and steelhead in the river. That forced fishery managers at the interagency Technical Management Team meeting, Wednesday, Sept. 30, to elevate the request to a policy-level group known as the Regional Implementation Oversight Group.

Bonneville Power Administration line crews were rapidly deployed to areas where BPA transmission and fiber customers experienced service interruptions due to devastating wildfires that swept across much of the Pacific Northwest.

The Northwest Power and Conservation Council’s Fish and Wildlife Committee this week approved 44 Columbia River basin resident fish and sturgeon projects, with some projects exceeding by 10 percent the Bonneville Power Administration’s flat-lined 2021 fish and wildlife budget.

John Hairston, who has spent the past five years in the Bonneville Power Administration front office, most recently as the chief operating officer since September 2019, has been named interim administrator and Chief Executive Officer by Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette.

After a 25-year stint as executive director of the Northwest Power and Conservation Council, Steve Crow retired this week and Bill Edmonds, just the third person to sit as director at the Council in nearly 40 years, will assume the position Monday, Aug. 17.

In preparation for a solicitation of bids for five 12-mile long subsea cables to support a wave energy testing facility, Oregon State University will host an information session for companies interested in the project.