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The U.S. government is willing to help build enough new clean energy projects in the Pacific Northwest to replace the hydropower generated by four controversial dams on the Snake River, according ...
The lower Snake River dams produced 1,000 megawatts or more of electricity on average during the highest electric demand hours of the cold snap, or enough to power about 1 million households.
Averaging a major dam every 72 miles (116 km), the rivers in the Columbia watershed combine to generate over 36,000 megawatts of power, with the majority coming on the main stem. Grand Coulee Dam is the largest producer of hydroelectric power in the United States, [ 1 ] generating 6,809 megawatts, over one-sixth of all power in the basin.
The formation of a new federal task force focused on salmon in the Columbia River system has been met with concern by supporters of the Snake River hydroelectric dams in Eastern Washington.
The Federal Columbia River Power System (FCRPS) is a series of multi-purpose, hydroelectric facilities in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States, constructed and operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, and a transmission system built and operated by the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) to market and deliver electric power.
Columbia River Basin Lower Monumental Lock and Dam is a hydroelectric , concrete, run-of-the-river dam in the northwest United States. Located on the lower Snake River in southeast Washington , it bridges Franklin and Walla Walla counties; [ 3 ] [ 4 ] it is six miles (10 km) south of Kahlotus and 43 miles (70 km) north of Walla Walla .
Little Goose Lock and Dam is a hydroelectric, concrete, run-of-the-river dam in the northwest United States, on the lower Snake River in southeast Washington.At the dam, the river is the border between Columbia and Whitman counties; [2] it is nine miles (14 km) northeast of Starbuck and 25 miles (40 km) north of Dayton.
The nation’s energy secretary defended a recent federal agreement on the lower Snake River dams after Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Wash., said breaching the dams would be “catastrophic.”