Native American tribes
Most stakeholders support a proposal before FERC to exempt energy projects developed by federally recognized Native American tribes from deposits and other fees in the generator interconnection process.
Gov. Jay Inslee approved a revised plan for the largest wind turbine farm in Washington, stretching across 24 miles in the Horse Heaven Hills in the southeastern part of the state.
FERC will work with federally recognized tribes on whether it needs to issue a new rulemaking to address the issues they have interconnecting renewable resources to the grid.
The developer of a large and controversial wind and solar farm in southeastern Washington contends the state’s siting body has ordered unscientific changes that make the project unviable.
House Republicans lambasted a deal that the Biden administration struck between Oregon, Washington and four tribes on four dams along the Snake River.
Serge Abergel of Hydro-Québec touted the potential benefits of using hydropower to balance out wind power and reduce curtailment instead of simply using hydropower as base load.
At least five states passed laws requiring regulators to consider equity in decision-making in 2021. But some groups still feel invisible.
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