Notice2022-11472
2021 Northwest Conservation and Electric Power Plan
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May 27, 2022
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Pacific Northwest Electric Power and Conservation Planning Council
Abstract
Pursuant to the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act of 1980, the Council has formally reviewed and adopted the revised conservation and electric power plan, called the 2021 Northwest Power Plan.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 103 (Friday, May 27, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32202-32203]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-11472]
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PACIFIC NORTHWEST ELECTRIC POWER AND CONSERVATION PLANNING COUNCIL
2021 Northwest Conservation and Electric Power Plan
AGENCY: Pacific Northwest Electric Power and Conservation Planning
Council.
ACTION: Notice of final action.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and
Conservation Act of 1980, the Council has formally reviewed and adopted
the revised conservation and electric power plan, called the 2021
Northwest Power Plan.
ADDRESSES: The 2021 Northwest Power Plan is available for review on the
Council's website at <a href="https://www.nwcouncil.org/media/filer_public/4b/68/4b681860-f663-4728-987e-7f02cd09ef9c/2021powerplan_2022-3.pdf">https://www.nwcouncil.org/media/filer_public/4b/68/4b681860-f663-4728-987e-7f02cd09ef9c/2021powerplan_2022-3.pdf</a>. The
supporting materials, which provide technical support and context for
the elements of the power plan, are available at: <a href="https://www.nwcouncil.org/2021powerplan_sitemap/">https://www.nwcouncil.org/2021powerplan_sitemap/</a>. The power plan web page,
which includes links to the draft power plan, comments received on the
draft power plan, and all other documents, resources, meeting
materials, and more on the process to develop the 2021 Northwest Power
Plan, may be found at <a href="https://www.nwcouncil.org/2021-northwest-power-plan/">https://www.nwcouncil.org/2021-northwest-power-plan/</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Shurts, General Counsel, (503)
222-5161, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1e746d766b6c6a6d5e70697d716b707d777230716c79"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b8d2cbd0cdcacccbf8d6cfdbd7cdd6dbd1d496d7cadf">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Pacific Northwest Electric Power
Planning and Conservation Act of 1980 (Northwest Power Act) requires
the Council to adopt and periodically review and revise a regional
power plan, the northwest conservation and electric power plan. The
Council first adopted the power and conservation plan in 1983, with
significant amendments or complete revisions adopted in 1986, 1991,
1998, 2004, 2010, and 2016. For the 2021 Northwest Power Plan, the
Council formally began the review process in February 2019, and in
September 2021 the Council released for public review and comment the
draft power plan. During the comment period, the Council held four
public hearings on the draft plan, all of them held virtually due to
the limitations imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic restrictions, but with
each denoted as the public hearing for one of the four states of the
Council, consistent with the requirements of the Northwest Power Act.
In addition, the Council engaged in consultations about the power and
conservation plan with Bonneville Power Administration (Bonneville),
Bonneville's utility customers, other utilities, various state,
federal, tribal and local agencies and governments, public interest
organizations, business and trade associations, and the public at
large, and, accepted and considered substantial written and oral
comments, with the Council receiving nearly 200 formal and informal
written public comments on the draft plan. The Council's work on the
2021 Northwest Power Plan came in the middle of a transformation in the
power system in the northwest and the western US as a whole, driven by
policies and economic trends that are pushing out fossil-fueled
generation, adding renewable resources
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with different power system characteristics, and potentially
electrifying significant sectors of the economy. The Council grappled
throughout the power plan process, including through consideration of
the comments received on the draft, with a host of issues arising out
of that transformation.
At the Council's regularly scheduled public meeting in February
2022, held in Portland, Oregon via webinar, the Council formally
adopted the 2021 Northwest Power 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 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, as amended
pursuant to Section 4(h) under the Northwest Power Act prior to
beginning this review of the power plan. The Council followed the
adoption of the 2021 Northwest Power Plan with a decision at its
regular monthly meeting in May 2022, in Whitefish, Montana, to approve
a Statement of Basis and Purpose and Response to Comments to accompany
the final plan.
(Authority: 16 U.S.C. 839 et seq.)
John Shurts,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2022-11472 Filed 5-26-22; 8:45 am]
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