Hydropower continues to meet the needs of millions of people who rely on its affordable, reliable, carbon-free electricity. Today, it remains one of the most significant and effective sources of renewable energy in the Northwest. Our dams have benefited from upgrades to the turbines, improved fish passage, and infrastructure upgrades to generation and navigation equipment.

In addition to upgrading existing structures, the cutting edge of hydropower today is in small hydropower projects, adding generation to currently non-powered dams and building pumped storage hydropower facilities with battery-like capability. Our past, present, and future are intertwined with power generated from water.