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Hello Sean - It wouldn't surprise me if we were at 90% at one point, but at least according to this: https://wdfw.wa.gov/conservation/habitat/planning/energy/h
by poulsbohemian 9y ago
Hello Sean -
It wouldn't surprise me if we were at 90% at one point, but at least according to this: https://wdfw.wa.gov/conservation/habitat/planning/energy/hydro.html https://wdfw.wa.gov/conservation/habitat/planning/energy/hyd..., we're presently only at 75%. Your point still stands - we have a lot of hydro here, and an increasing amount of wind power, especially in Eastern Washington. I went to look into it because I'm always surprised how much of my own (Pacific Power) bill is from coal / non-renewable sources, given that I live within an hour drive to the Columbia and am surrounded by wind farms. I'm told at one point in history (1970s?) Grant county in WA and Umatilla county in Oregon had the cheapest power in the country and were on some kind of 99-year price freeze, all from hydro, but I don't know the specifics.
- seanmcdirmid 9y agoIt was great until the California energy crisis in the early 00s, then everything started breaking down as the grid acts to equalize pricing in the entire region. Still cheaper than California, not as cheap as it used to be :p.