Getting Grounded: PNW's unique hydropower

Nearly half of the country's hydropower generation capacity is concentrated in Washington, California, and Oregon. In 2023, over a third of the electricity Oregonians used came from hydropower - compared to only 5.7 percent nationally.

On this episode of Getting Grounded, our energy fundamentals series of mini episodes, we are joined by Joni Sliger, ODOE senior policy analyst, to cover how hydropower fuels Oregon.

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Resources :

· ODOE's website on hydropower

· Where hydroelectricity is generated in the U.S.

· OPB's Salmon Wars

· Nine federally recognized Tribes of Oregon

· Northwest Power and Conservation Council and the Columbia River Basin

· Bonneville Power Administration hydropower

· Faraday Resiliency & Repowering Project

· Electricity Resource Mix