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Upcoming Presentation

March 17, 2026

Our next presentation will be at noon on Tuesday, March 17.  We will host Fred Heutte, a Senior Policy Associate for the Northwest Energy Coalition (NWEC).  His presentation will be “ NW Power Council’s 9th Power Plan.”

Speaker: Fred Heutte

Fred joined the NWEC staff as a Senior Policy Associate in February 2011 after being a co-founder and board member in the 1980s.  He has a background in energy and climate policy, starting with the Oregon Solar Energy Industries Association (now OSSIA) and then at a firm that pioneered energy efficiency program evaluation in the Northwest and nationally.  He later formed a database services business assisting nonprofit groups around the country.  He has been active in the Sierra Club’s national climate work and was editor of ECO, the daily bulletin of the Climate Action Network at the UN climate meetings.  He represents end use customers at the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) and on technical advisory committees for the Northwest Power and Conservation Council, Western Resource Adequacy Program and WestTEC (Western Transmission Expansion Collaborative).  

Presentation: NW Power Council’s 9th Power Plan

Fred’s presentation will focus on the Northwest Power Council’s 9th Power Plan  The Council is developing the draft 9th Power Plan that will come out in late summer and NWEC provides input for the draft plan.  The Ninth Plan will have two priority scenarios with a range of sensitivities to be explored:

  1. New Resource and Transmission Risk 
    Broad scenario to explore uncertainty around resource availability, resource costs, and transmission availability.
  2. Changing Hydro Operations
    Exploring the implication for power system needs with uncertainty around future hydro operations.

No need to RSVP—just click on link below.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89217516896?pwd=lSo3o8e536bcxzubdGvBXuuCO0Iq2M.1

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