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Benefits of Hydropower in Oregon <\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The four Lower Snake River hydroelectric dams are the low cost, carbon-free backbone of Oregon\u2019s power supply and essential to meeting our region\u2019s renewable energy goals. Wind and solar are a growing part of our clean energy system and hydropower from dams works together with them to meet demand and provide reliable carbon-free power when the wind isn\u2019t blowing and the sun isn\u2019t shining.<\/p>\n

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In the News<\/h2>\n

Burns Times-Herald<\/strong> | Guest editorial: Governor Brown should collaborate \u2013 not litigate<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(January 27, 2021)<\/em><\/p>\n

Bend Bulletin<\/strong> | Guest column: Gov. Brown chooses litigation over collaboration<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(January 29, 2021)<\/em><\/p>\n

Roseburg News-Review<\/strong> | Guest column: We need to work together on Snake River dam plan<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(February 21, 2021)<\/em><\/p>\n

Eugene\u00a0Register-Guard<\/strong> |\u00a0<\/em>Gov. Brown’s lawsuit challenges collaboration<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(April 1, 2021)<\/em><\/p>\n

La Grande Observer<\/strong> |\u00a0<\/em>My Voice: Gov. Brown makes wrong move on dams<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(April 1, 2021)<\/em><\/p>\n

Albany Democrat-Herald<\/strong> |\u00a0Mailbag: Litigation far cry from collaboration<\/a>\u00a0(April 14, 2021)<\/em><\/p>\n

Polk County Itemizer-Observer<\/strong> |\u00a0Guest column: BOC supports clean, renewable electric power<\/a> (April 28, 2021)<\/em><\/p>\n

Baker City Herald<\/strong> |\u00a0EDITORIAL: Less power, more money<\/a> (May 14, 2021)<\/em><\/p>\n

East Oregonian<\/strong> |\u00a0Other views: Time for dialogue on dam removal issues<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>(May 14, 2021)<\/em><\/p>\n

Albany Democrat-Herald<\/strong> |\u00a0Mailbag: Sound judgment not as common anymore<\/a> (May 28, 2021)<\/em><\/p>\n

Press Releases<\/h2>\n

Statement of Oregon Rural Electric Cooperative Association on\u00a0Governor Brown\u2019s Decision to Litigate on Columbia River Systems\u00a0Operation<\/a>\u00a0(March 2021)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Benefits of Hydropower in Oregon \u00a0 The four Lower Snake River hydroelectric dams are the low cost, carbon-free backbone of Oregon\u2019s power supply and essential to meeting our region\u2019s renewable energy goals. Wind and solar are a growing part of our clean energy system and hydropower from dams works together with them to meet demand […]\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":32479,"parent":32119,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-default-nosidebar.php","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oreca.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33882"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oreca.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oreca.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oreca.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oreca.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33882"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.oreca.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33882\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34234,"href":"https:\/\/www.oreca.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33882\/revisions\/34234"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oreca.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32119"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oreca.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oreca.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}