November 21, 2024, 6:11am Clark County News
A trio of federal agencies are considering whether to pursue additional environmental guidelines for the Columbia River. Read story
October 26, 2024, 6:14am Business Subscriber Exclusive
From their control center at the Ross Complex in Vancouver, Bonneville Power Administration dispatchers manage the region’s electricity supply and demand in real time. Read story
September 16, 2024, 11:41am Clark County News
Climate change will cause existing hydroelectric dams to generate more power in the Pacific Northwest and around the lower 48 states in the coming decades. That’s according to projections from an August study by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Richland-based Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Read story
September 16, 2024, 6:06am Business Subscriber Exclusive
Large, energy-intensive businesses like data centers are driving demand for electricity across the Northwest. Read story
August 23, 2024, 10:58am Business
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers highlighted the role of hydroelectric power in the region’s renewable energy push during a Thursday media tour of Bonneville Dam. Read story
April 3, 2024, 3:12pm Business Free
Hydropower generated for electricity from Oregon and Washington dams fell to historically low levels last year, and experts expect it could drop further by year’s end. Read story
July 12, 2023, 6:32pm Business
The Bonneville Power Administration commemorated the opening of its new Technical Services Building, the first complete project outlined in its vision for the Ross Complex’s future. Read story
June 15, 2023, 6:09am Business
In the late spring heat, Bonneville Power Administration maintenance crews balanced on transmission towers in Washougal’s forested hills, waiting for a helicopter to hand off tools. Read story
April 27, 2023, 5:27pm Business
Twenty years ago, an 8-year-old Zoe Wellschlager visited her father, John, at his job at the Bonneville Power Administration headquarters in Portland for Take Your Child to Work Day. Read story
April 5, 2023, 6:02am Business
There are many entities relying on the Columbia River. Some need it for life, others for transport. All are competing and working in conjunction to have their needs met. Read story
