Papers of Daniel J. Evans, Chairman, Pacific Northwest Power Planning Council, 1978-1983, (bulk 1981-1983).

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Papers of Daniel J. Evans, Chairman, Pacific Northwest Power Planning Council, 1978-1983, (bulk 1981-1983).

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Administrative correspondence and subject files of Dan Evans as chairman of the Pacific Northwest Power Planning Council. Subjects include energy use and assessment, energy forecasting, Bonneville Power Administration, demographic projections for the Pacific Northwest, energy rates, weatherization, energy conservation, Columbia River Basin Wildlife Program, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission, combustion turbines, Columbia River Gorge, cogeneration, industrial power use, Energy Advisory Council, "Energy Futures Northwest," (a book written by the Northwest Energy Policy Project); fish and wildlife planning, Libby Dam, Dryden Dam, geothermal energy, hydroelectric power, petroleum-based energy production, irrigation, nuclear power, Natural Resources Defense Council, Nuclear Oversight Committee (Wash.), Northwest Council for Electricity, Northwest Power Act, natural gas, renewable energy sources, Yakima River enhancement, solar energy, the Trilateral Commission, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Washington State Energy Office, Washington State Energy Code, WPPSS, and other topics related to energy use and conservation and to the administration of the Council.

26 cubic ft. (26 boxes)

Washington State Archives, Southwest Regional Branch

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Congress passed the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning Act in 1980. The Act established the Northwest Power Planning Council to provide a publicly accountable body to conduct regional energy planning and to review the new authority given to the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) to finance resources and conservation. The governors of the states of Washington, Idaho, Montana and Oregon each appointed two members to the Council. In 1981 former Washington Governor Daniel J. Evans was appo...