Climate

How the Pacific Northwest’s dream of green energy fell apart

By Tony Schick (OPB) and Monica Samayoa (OPB)
May 12, 2025 9 a.m.

Oregon and Washington passed aggressive goals to decarbonize their power supply but left it to the Bonneville Power Administration to build the transmission lines needed for wind and solar. The agency hasn’t delivered.

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