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Climate Change and Its Affect on the Northwest
Paul GriffinSr. Legislative RepresentativeNRECA Government Relations
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About NRECA
Private not-for-profit electric utilities Over 900 member cooperatives in 47
States– Oregon -- 432,744 consumers– Washington – 363,292 consumers– Idaho – 166,928– California – 72,740 consumers– Alaska – 537,225
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About NRECA
12% of the Electric Utility Sector or 42 million consumers
6 consumers per/mile Cover 73% of the nations landmass Own 41% of the electric distribution
network
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Renewable Energy Development
Leading the Charge– Co-op renewable energy
capacity grew more than 60 percent in each of the last two years
– Co-ops received over 11 percent of their power from renewable sources in 2008
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Renewable Energy Development
April 2008 – 24 NRECA members form the National Renewables Cooperative Organization (NRCO)– www.renewable.coop
NRCO helps electric co-op members participate nationally in diversified alternative energy projects
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Northwest Renewables
Umatilla Electric Cooperative --$433,000 award for solar development in Hemiston
Flathead Electric Co-op $3.6 million in Clean Renewable Energy Bonds for a landfill gas plant in Kalispell
PNGC invest $500,000 in the development of the Reedsport OPT Wave Energy Park
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Snake River Dams
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Snake River Dams/NRECA
“The removal of federal multipurpose dams or other navigational and impoundment facilities is a shortsighted and irresponsible proposal that would create potentially disastrous economic impacts…the breaching of multipurpose dams would wreak havoc on commerce dependent on barges and other waterway navigation.” (NRECA Resolution)
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2009 – A Busy Year!
February 2009 – $787 Billion Stimulus signed into law– $3.25 Billion in BPA bonding authority
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2009 – A Busy Year!
June 2009 – Waxman-Markey Climate and Energy Bill passes House– Highly partisan measure– Speaker Pelosi driving
force
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2009 – A Busy Year!
June 2009 – Bipartisan American Clean Leadership Energy Act passes Senate Energy Committee (S.1462)– Includes Renewable Energy Standard– Incentives for building out the Electric Grid to
improve reliability and integrate renewables– Efficiency measures
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Clean Air Act and CO2
What does the EPA’s Endangerment finding do?– Regulates the following Greenhouse
Gases:1. carbon dioxide,
2. methane,
3. nitrous oxide,
4. hydrofluorocarbons,
5. Perfluorocarbons
6. sulfur hexafluoride Lisa Jackson, Administrator,
EPA
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Congress Responds
“The Clean Air Act was not designed to regulate greenhouse gases…such regulation will result in a glorious mess and regulation of greenhouse gas emissions should be left to Congress.” (Rep. John Dingell, December 7, 2009)
Rep. John Dingell (D-
MI)
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Clean Air Act, CO2 and the Northwest
Why should the Northwest Care?
Isn’t the Bonneville system a clean, renewable, emitting resource?
Yes, but it’s a finite resource.
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The Congressional Response
Rep. Ike Skelton
(D-MO)
Sen. Lisa
Murkowski (R-
AK)
Rep. Earl
Pomeroy (D-ND)
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Clean Air Act and CO2
S.J. Res 26 – (Murkowski/Lincoln) H.J. Res 76 – (Skelton/Peterson) H.J. Res 66 – (Jerry Moran) H.R. 4396 – (Pomeroy)
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What Happens Next?
All eyes are on the Senate
What bill gets the magical 60 votes?– Bingaman/Murkowski Energy bill– Kerry-Lieberman-Graham Climate Bill
Is there enough time?– Will Healthcare return to the forefront?