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We value keeping up with the latest information and science on hydropower, energy, and environmental issues. There are many factors to consider when looking at the challenges our rivers face, and they change rapidly. By relying on trustworthy sources, we believe that we can strike a balance among all sides that achieves the best possible outcome for the resource. Below you will find links to fact sheets, files, and websites that offer great information on the hydropower system, salmon, our grid, and more.
Important Materials
Below, you’ll find a combination of fact sheets and materials, studies from independent research firms, and public comments with referenced sources. These materials are essential to being able to help educate the public and policymakers about the benefits of our hydropower system.
Studies & White Papers
- Bonneville Power Administration’s Lower Snake River Dams Replacement Study (PDF)
- Lower Snake River Dams Power Supply Replacement Analysis (PDF)
- Regional & National Impacts Triggered by Breaching Lower Snake River Dams (PDF)
- An Examination of Northwest Energy Coalition February 2022 White Paper on Replacing the Lower Snake River Dams (PDF)
- Dollars & Sense: Addressing False Assumptions about the Energy & Economics of the Lower Snake Dams (PDF)
- Dollars & Sense II: An Examination of Reservoir Methane Claims (PDF)
- EnergyGPS Review of the 2018 NWEC Lower Snake River Dams Power Replacement Study (PDF)
Key Sources
The sources found here represent the best data and authoritative sources on topics that range from Northwest hydropower and renewable energy to environmental issues, including salmon recovery. Not only is transparency important to our work, but we also want to ensure these resources are available and easily located by anyone interested in researching these issues for themselves.
Regional History
Northwest Hydroelectricity
- Bureau of Reclamation & USACE – 2019 State of the Infrastructure (PDF)
- BPA – Snake Dams Fact Sheet 2016 (PDF)
- NRU & PPC – Lower Snake River Dams Fact Sheet (PDF)
- Chelan PUD / National Hydro Association – Reinvigorating Hydropower (PDF)
- KGW – Will there be enough electricity when coal plants shut down?
- NWPCC – BPA Electricity
- NWPCC – Power Supply
- PNAS – Tracking emissions in the US electricity system
- Washington Grain Commission – 2023-2024 Wheat Facts (PDF)
Regional Power Supply & Resource Adequacy
Salmon Recovery
- Map of Columbia/Snake River System (PDF)
- Fish and Fisheries – A Synthesis of the coast-wide Decline in Survival of West Coast Chinook Salmon
- Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences – Estimates of Chinook Salmon Consumption by Marine Mammal Predators
- Kintama Research – Rethinking Strategies for Increasing Salmon Survival: What Do the Data Say?
- Nature – Climate change threatens Chinook salmon throughout their life cycle
- NOAA Fisheries – Fish Size Affects Snake River Salmon Returns More than Route Through Dams
- American Fisheries Society – Cumulative Affects of Avian Predation on Upper Columbia Steelhead
- WDFW Washington State Fish Passage Map
- Corps of Engineers Info on Spillway Weirs (PDF)
- Corps of Engineers – Cooling Water for Fish Passage with Snake River Dams
- WSDOT – Fish Passage Projects
2020 CRSO EIS Process
- CRSO Final EIS Executive Summary (PDF)
- NOAA 2020 CRS Biological Opinion
- NWRP CRSO DEIS Final Written Comments (PDF)
- Lower Snake River Dams Stakeholder Engagement Report (PDF)
- CRSO DEIS Executive Summary
- CRSO Overview
- CRSO Documents
- Hydropower – Flexibility and Project Statistics (PDF)
- Fish and Wildlife – Operations, Predation, and Habitat Improvements (PDF)
- Fish and Wildlife – Survival and System Travel Time (PDF)
- NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service – 2019 Biological Opinion (PDF)
Other Resources
The organizations and federal agencies listed below are true subject matter experts on the issues we cover. If you still have unanswered questions after reviewing the materials and links on this page, we encourage you to visit some of the pages listed here to learn more.
