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From Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Charles Rotter<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a long-overdue course correction, President Trump has pulled the plug on one of the Biden administration\u2019s more outlandish energy-environment stunts<\/a>\u2014the so-called Resilient Columbia Basin Agreement. Heralded by green activists and their political patrons as a bold step for salmon recovery and \u201cclimate justice,\u201d the agreement was, in fact, a $1 billion bureaucratic boondoggle that prioritized speculative ecological fears over the concrete energy, economic, and strategic needs of millions of Americans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cI have worked for more than 30 years to protect the irreplaceable Columbia River hydropower electrical system. The Biden Administration did its best to initiate the destruction of that system through improper manipulation of environmental laws and policies. This manipulation was reflected in a memorandum of understanding. Thankfully, President Trump has revoked the Biden Administration\u2019s \u201cRestoring Healthy and Abundant Salmon, Steelhead, and Other Native Fish Populations in the Columbia River Basin\u201d Memorandum. This was exactly the right thing to do and provides a foundation for protection of the Four Lower Snake River dams. The President\u2019s order is totally consistent with our nation\u2019s fight to win the race for artificial intelligence, superiority, and energy dominance. The people of nation and especially the rate payers of the Northwest are incredibly grateful for this action.\u201d

U.S. Representative Cliff Bentz (OR-02)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The plan\u2019s centerpiece? The eventual removal of four major hydroelectric dams on the Snake River\u2014Ice Harbor, Little Goose, Lower Monumental, and Lower Granite. These aren\u2019t rickety relics of a bygone era. These are robust energy producers churning out more than 3,000 megawatts of clean, reliable hydroelectric power\u2014enough to electrify 2.5 million homes. They also underpin irrigation systems, enable low-cost grain shipments to global markets, and provide flood control. But in Biden\u2019s reality, all of that was apparently disposable if it meant pleasing a few vocal environmental lobbies and checking another box on the Net Zero checklist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To sell this demolition job, the administration leaned heavily on emotional appeals about salmon runs and tribal rights, while offering precious little in terms of clear, causal science. As usual, the numbers tell a less convenient story. Salmon populations in the Columbia Basin have been under pressure from numerous factors for over a century: overfishing, ocean conditions, predation, and pollution\u2014not just dams. Yet in the media spin cycle, four hydroelectric facilities became scapegoats for a problem that is far more complex than activists care to admit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That didn\u2019t stop Biden\u2019s team from pressing forward with a top-down, $1 billion effort, framed as a multi-stakeholder \u201cconsensus.\u201d In truth, it was little more than the latest chapter in the green technocrat playbook: make sweeping promises, ignore economic consequences, and paper over objections from the majority who would be stuck with the bill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Trump\u2019s June 12 memorandum<\/a> brought long-overdue sanity back into the picture. As the White House explained, the move \u201crevokes radical environmental orders that could risk energy security and agriculture for the sake of speculative climate change concerns.\u201d That\u2019s not hyperbole. It\u2019s a concise summary of the cost-benefit imbalance plaguing most modern climate policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Environmental groups immediately cried foul, decrying the revocation as a betrayal of salmon and tribal rights. But one must ask: since when did dam demolition become a prerequisite for honoring treaty obligations? The federal government has ample tools at its disposal to support tribal communities and ecological restoration\u2014none of which require gutting the energy backbone of the Pacific Northwest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThe Snake River Dams have been tremendous assets to the Pacific Northwest for decades, providing high-value electricity to millions of American families and businesses. With this action, President Trump is bringing back common sense, reversing the dangerous and costly energy subtraction policies pursued by the last administration. American taxpayer dollars will not be spent dismantling critical infrastructure, reducing our energy-generating capacity or on radical nonsense policies that dramatically raise prices on the American people.\u201d

Secretary of Energy, Chris Wright<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

What the climate policy evangelists routinely ignore\u2014perhaps willfully\u2014is the indispensable role these dams play in stabilizing the very electric grid they so desperately want to \u201cdecarbonize.\u201d While their eyes remain glued to spreadsheets full of levelized cost of energy figures and computer-modeled salmon migrations, the laws of physics quietly keep the lights on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hydroelectric dams don\u2019t just generate electricity; they provide inertia<\/em>\u2014a foundational property of any stable power grid. Inertia refers to the resistance of the grid to sudden changes in frequency. When a major load drops off or generation falters, it\u2019s the spinning mass of turbines in hydro plants that helps absorb the shock and prevent cascading blackouts. Without inertia, you don\u2019t just lose power\u2014you risk catastrophic grid failure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unlike intermittent sources such as wind and solar\u2014which must be propped up by batteries, peaker plants, or magical thinking\u2014hydro dams supply electricity with near-instantaneous responsiveness. When demand spikes or a transmission line falters, hydro units can ramp up or down within seconds. They act as the grid\u2019s shock absorbers and throttle controls. Remove them, and you\u2019re not just reducing capacity; you\u2019re gutting the system\u2019s operational backbone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Consider the Pacific Northwest, where these dams serve as the beating heart of a regional power grid that spans multiple states and interties with California and Canada. Take those dams offline, and suddenly every renewable energy forecast in the region becomes a high-stakes gamble. You can\u2019t balance a modern grid on spreadsheets and solar panels alone. Someone, somewhere, has to keep the electrons flowing now<\/em>\u2014not ten minutes from now when the wind decides to pick up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cPresident Trump\u2019s announcement smartly helps preserve affordable, reliable electricity for families and businesses across the Pacific Northwest,\u201d Matheson said. \u201cHydroelectric power is the reason the lights stay on in the region. And as demand for electricity surges across the nation, preserving access to always-available energy resources like hydropower is absolutely crucial. We appreciate the administration\u2019s continuing commitment to smart energy policies and unleashing American energy.\u201d

National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, Jim Matheson, CEO<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The Resilient Columbia Basin Agreement had no credible plan for replacing this critical function. It offered vague gestures at new clean energy investments, which is shorthand for more subsidies to solar developers and consultants who\u2019ve never had to keep a grid stable through an ice storm. The idea that we can simply swap out inertia-rich hydro plants for battery banks and hope for the best is not just naive\u2014it\u2019s reckless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet this kind of reckless planning is endemic in climate policy circles, where energy is treated as a public relations problem instead of a complex, physical system. Politicians promise transformation without understanding thermodynamics. Activists chant slogans about \u201csaving the salmon\u201d while remaining blissfully unaware of how real-time balancing works in a high-voltage network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Trump\u2019s decision to preserve these dams isn\u2019t just a win for common sense\u2014it\u2019s a defense of operational integrity in our power systems. It reflects an understanding that energy policy cannot be governed by sentimentality, nor dictated by activist coalitions that mistake complexity for conspiracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Columbia River Basin remains a vital artery for America\u2019s energy and agricultural future. To gamble that away on the basis of activist pressure and incomplete science would be not just foolish, but dangerous. For once, a president has drawn a line\u2014and the country will be stronger for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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