Ep.38 Now hiring! (For the clean energy future)
The future of hydropower and the utilities who depend on it across the Northwest rests in the future of our workforce. In the case of Grant PUD, that workforce is challenged by looming retirements and...
13 Sep 202455min
Ep.37 Cost Cap: Setting the record straight
"Misinformation does not serve our region or policymakers and doesn’t recover salmon." That's the message Northwest RiverPartners executive director, Clark Mather, delivered in a recent statement. Tha...
30 Aug 202440min
Ep.36 Cause for celebration
Put your party hats on! President and CEO of the National Hydropower Association, Malcolm Woolf, returns to Dam! to hype us up for National Hydropower Day and the upcoming celebration. He also provide...
16 Aug 202450min
Ep.35 Hydropower on the small screen
If you've ever wondered what the deal is behind the "Our Power is Water" campaign we've been running here at Northwest RiverPartners for the past four years, this is the podcast for you! We caught up ...
2 Aug 202458min
Hydro 101: A brief history on Northwest hydropower
Class is in session! The third episode of our new sub-series of the regular Dam! podcast is here. Hydro 101 aims to provide you with a fundamental understanding of hydropower and how it interacts with...
19 Jul 202420min
Ep.34 Designing fish-safe hydropower
Fish passage is a serious matter for hydropower–especially for our Federal hydro system in the Columbia River basin. Like the dams themselves, maintaining and updating fish passage infrastructure is e...
5 Jul 20241h 2min
Ep.33 Charge! Funding the future of battery storage
Energy storage is not only essential to meeting our growing electricity needs, it also ensures a reliable grid. And, in places where even accessing that energy is a challenge, energy storage can allev...
21 Jun 20241h
Ep.32 Forecasting our clean energy future
The first step to solving a problem, is admitting you have one. We've known the demand for energy is outpacing our ability to build new generation, all while coal is retiring at a swift pace. Now, PNU...
7 Jun 20241h 7min
