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Surge in electricity demand poses tricky path ahead for PNW utilities, report shows

As the Pacific Northwest s demand for electricity increases and energy supply struggles to keep pace, affordability and reliability are at risk.

Roll on, Columbia: How to meet WA's complex power, conservation needs

Proposal for WA's largest renewable energy project shows challenges for future

Feds propose $2B in PNW energy grid upgrades to meet rising demand

Cascadia Pacific Northwest mapping shows climate inequities

Residents of 152 cities and towns in the Pacific Northwest are particularly vulnerable to climate-fueled wildfires. Residents of 60 other communities are most susceptible to floods. And people living in 75 towns are most liable to suffer maybe even die because of heat waves.  That s according to a new analysis released Wednesday by news agency InvestigateWest and planning firm Headwaters Economics. It drills down to towns where, for example, sparse tree canopies and older residences make communities more susceptible to heat waves than younger populations in leafier places. The analysis looks at likely climate disasters and examines factors such as the number of people with disabilities, how many live in poverty, the proportion that rents their home and how many of the vulnerable are Black, Indigenous or people of color.