Murray/Inslee Snake River Dam Report Released

(Olympia, WA) -- Governor Inslee and US Senator Patti Murray have released a draft report on a study looking at what it would cost to breach the Lower Snake River Dams, but keep all of the benefits the dams provide. Those range from aspects like inexpensive hydroelectric energy, to agricultural irrigation and recreation. The report itself estimates such a goal would cost between $10 and 27-Billion dollars. Kurt Miller, executive director, Northwest RiverPartners. “The most fundamental flaw of the draft report is the failure to recognize there is no practical way to replace the clean hydroelectric power generated by the dams on the lower Snake River and still meet our region’s carbon reduction timelines. In the foreseeable future, without the dams we would have two choices, accept regular blackouts that would risk lives or burn fossil fuels as a replacement, and all at a higher cost for every consumer in the region,”

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