As we embark on a second “Great Electrification,” in an effort to decarbonize our economy, it’s worth remembering the first 1 that occurred 80 years ago. Campaigning for president in Portland, Franklin Roosevelt pushed for Northwest hydroelectricity: “This vast water power can be of incalculable value to this whole section of the country.”

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