By Congressman Mike Simpson
Washington, D.C. I have been a proponent of hydroelectric power since I first came to Congress. It is one of the best energy sources we haveclean, reliable, renewable baseload generation that is more valuable than ever as we seek to reduce carbon emissions in the electricity sector. For years, I have supported policies to promote, increase, and support our hydroelectric resources. From reforming our licensing processes to making it easier to install new generation and supporting continued research and development into technological advances for new waterpower technologies.
The four Lower Snake River dams are at the heart of the endless litigation in the Northwest and if they are removed, my framework calls for protection of all other hydroelectric assets in the region. Upon the breaching of the fourth dam in 2031, all public and private FERC licensed dams in the Columbia River Basin greater than 5 megawatts that have produced power for sale
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An Idaho Republican congressman wants to end the salmon wars by removing select hydroelectric dams, replacing the electricity lost, paying communities and businesses, and giving American Indian tribes more power.
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In February 1992, the drawdown test on the Snake River upstream of Lower Granite Dam also lowered the end of the Clearwater River. The new shallow water depth exposed the remains of massive Holbrook Island in the Clearwater between the Memorial Bridge and the railroad bridge after it was scraped out of existence when the slackwater levees were built in the mid-1970s.
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From left: James Ilhi and Ashley Vermeer, both of Caldwell, along with Dave Bahem and his wife, Annette, both of Homedale, Idaho, fish for steelhead in the Clearwater River on an excursion through Reel Time Fishing out of Lewiston on Friday, Jan. 29, west of Orofino.