Northwest Power Act

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The Northwest Power Act is a U.S. federal law that governs energy planning and fish and wildlife protection in the Pacific Northwest, particularly in relation to the Columbia River’s hydroelectric resources.

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instanceOf United States federal law ⓘ
energy policy statute ⓘ
environmental protection statute ⓘ
affectsRiverSystem Columbia River ⓘ
Snake River ⓘ
appliesToAgency Bonneville Power Administration ⓘ
codifiedIn 16 U.S.C. § 839 et seq. ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
createsBodyRepresenting Pacific Northwest states ⓘ
linked to: Pacific Northwest
createsRoleFor state of Montana ⓘ
linked to: Montana

state of Oregon ⓘ
linked to: Oregon

state of Washington ⓘ
states of Idaho ⓘ
dateEnacted 1980-12-05 ⓘ
enactedBy United States Congress ⓘ
establishes Northwest Power and Conservation Council ⓘ
fish and wildlife program for the Columbia River Basin ⓘ
regional electric power planning process ⓘ
fullName Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act ⓘ
linked to: Northwest Power Act
governs Bonneville Power Administration power planning ⓘ
Bonneville Power Administration resource acquisition ⓘ
jurisdiction federal ⓘ
mandates periodic revision of the fish and wildlife program ⓘ
periodic revision of the regional power plan ⓘ
policyGoal assure the Pacific Northwest an adequate, efficient, economical, and reliable power supply ⓘ
encourage conservation of electric power ⓘ
encourage development of renewable resources ⓘ
protect, mitigate, and enhance fish and wildlife ⓘ
primaryFocus electric power planning ⓘ
energy conservation ⓘ
fish and wildlife protection ⓘ
hydroelectric resource management ⓘ
publicLawNumber Public Law 96-501 ⓘ
regionCovered Columbia River Basin ⓘ
Pacific Northwest ⓘ
relatedTo Columbia River hydroelectric system ⓘ
regional transmission and power marketing in the Pacific Northwest ⓘ
requires consideration of cost-effective energy conservation ⓘ
development of a regional power plan ⓘ
protection, mitigation, and enhancement of fish and wildlife affected by hydroelectric projects ⓘ
shortName Northwest Power Act ⓘ
signedBy Jimmy Carter ⓘ
signingPresident Jimmy Carter ⓘ
subjectArea energy law ⓘ
environmental law ⓘ
natural resources law ⓘ
title Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act ⓘ
linked to: Northwest Power Act
yearEnacted 1980 ⓘ

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Columbia River hydropower system → regulatedBy → Northwest Power Act ⓘ
Northwest Power Act → fullName → Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act ⓘ
linked to: Northwest Power Act
Northwest Power Act → shortName → Northwest Power Act ⓘ
Northwest Power Act → title → Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act ⓘ
linked to: Northwest Power Act
Northwest Power and Conservation Council → basedOn → Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act ⓘ
linked to: Northwest Power Act