PACIFIC NORTHWEST – Energy leaders across the Northwest have prepared a major power plan for the region as energy needs could double in the next twenty years. The Northwest Power and Conservation Council asked for feedback from locals on the plan.
Monday, the council will hold the first of several upcoming public hearings for residents to comment on its Ninth Power Plan: one in Spokane at 4:00 p.m., and the other in Coeur d’Alene at 4:30 p.m.
A statement from the council described this plan as a blueprint for meeting what it estimated would be a 50% to 100% increase in the region’s energy needs by 2046…