[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 85 (Tuesday, May 4, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23823-23824]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-10373]


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PACIFIC NORTHWEST ELECTRIC POWER AND CONSERVATION PLANNING COUNCIL


Sixth Northwest Electric Power and Conservation Plan

AGENCY: Pacific Northwest Electric Power and Conservation Planning 
Council (Northwest Power and Conservation Council; the Council).

ACTION: Notice of adoption of the Sixth Northwest Electric Power and 
Conservation Plan.

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SUMMARY: The Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation 
Act of 1980 (16 U.S.C. 839 et seq.) requires the Council to adopt and 
periodically review and revise a regional power plan, the Northwest 
Electric Power and Conservation Plan. The Council first adopted the 
power and conservation plan in 1983, with significant amendments or 
complete revisions adopted in 1986, 1991, 1998 and 2004. The Council 
began a review of the power and conservation plan in December 2007, and 
in September 2009, the Council released for public review and comment 
the Draft Northwest Sixth Electric Power and Conservation Plan. During 
the comment period, the Council held public hearings in each of the 
four Northwest states, as required by the Northwest Power Act, engaged 
in consultations about the power and conservation plan with various 
governments, entities and individuals in the region, and accepted and 
considered substantial written and oral comments.
    At the Council's regularly scheduled public meeting in February 
2010 in Portland, Oregon, the Council formally adopted the revised 
power and conservation plan, called the Sixth Northwest Electric Power 
and Conservation 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

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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, developed 
pursuant to other procedural requirements under the Northwest Power 
Act. The Council followed the adoption of the power and conservation 
plan with decisions at public meetings in March and April 2010, also in 
Portland, Oregon, to approve supporting technical appendices and a 
Statement of Basis and Purpose and Response to Comments to accompany 
the final plan.
    A pre-publication version of the final power and conservation plan 
is available on the Council's Web site, at http://www.nwcouncil.org/energy/powerplan/6/default.htm. A formal version will be published in 
the near future.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you would like more information, or 
assistance in obtaining a copy of the Sixth Power Plan, please contact 
the Council's central office. The Council's address is 851 SW. Sixth 
Avenue, Suite 1100, Portland, Oregon 97204. The Council's telephone 
numbers are 503-222-5161, and 800-452-5161; the Council's FAX is 503-
820-2370, and the Council's Web site is: http://www.nwcouncil.org.

Stephen L. Crow,
Executive Director.
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