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  • NW power plan: No coal, only wind, gas, efficiency

    WILLIAM McCALL Associated Press Writer PORTLAND, Ore.

    Regional energy planners say improved efficiency, conservation, wind power and gas will help the Pacific Northwest meet electricity demand over the next 20 years without adding an extra lump of coal. The Northwest Power and Conservation Council unanimously adopted a regional energy plan Wednesday that avoids any new coal-fired plants for Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana through 2030. Instead, the council says the region can save 5,900 average megawatts of electricity over the next two decades — enough power for about f... Full story