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Utility leaders urge Congress to protect Columbia River hydropower and oppose breaching Lower Snake River dams
Summary
At the House Natural Resources subcommittee hearing, Lower Valley Energy and other witnesses urged Congress to defend the Columbia River system and the Bonneville Power Administration’s operations, arguing breaching the Lower Snake River dams would harm grid reliability and affordable power.
Jim Webb, president and CEO of Lower Valley Energy, told the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries that the Columbia River system and the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) are essential to regional grid reliability and affordable power and asked Congress to block efforts to breach the Lower Snake River dams.
Webb said hydropower provides “nearly 30% of all renewable generation” in the United States and described hydropower as “uniquely dispatchable, carbon free, affordable and essential to maintaining grid…
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