Or at least not likely if we take the appropriate steps. The drought conditions are pushing the power situation to historically low levels. It's quickly heading toward the absolute worst water conditions we've ever had. With abysmal snowpack in the high country, pitiful rainfall and endangered river levels, power is also in peril. But residents of the Northwest can still do something about it.
Conservation now allows water in the reservoir to stay in the reservoir.
Every bit of power saved now will have a lasting impact. Few want to say that we've outgrown the Columbia, but many concede that we have pushed it to its very limits. Human creations like concrete and steel redirect the river by force and put it to work. His dam alone produces more than 2000 megawatts of electricity each hour. Water as Energy Water doesn't expend all its energy at once.