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Western drought may impact Lincoln County electric rates
Submitted by Lincoln County Power District No. 1
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, has been reporting for years that the west has been in a period of sustained drought. According to NOAA this drought began in 2000, and with the exceptions of a few years, precipitation and snowpack in the areas feeding into the Colorado River have been below normal. Right now, the U.S. Drought Monitor places 60 percent of the western states under severe, extreme or exceptional drought. This situation and its impacts on electric rates was discussed at the meeting of the Board of Trustees of Lincoln County Power District No. 1 on April 13.