Requesting enactment of the Northwest Energy Security Act.

 S-0932.1

SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 8010

State of Washington

69th Legislature

2025 Regular Session

By Senator Boehnke

TO THE HONORABLE DONALD J. TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, AND TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE AND THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AND TO THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES, IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED, AND TO THE HONORABLE J.D. VANCE, THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:

We, your Memorialists, the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Washington, in legislative session assembled, respectfully represent and petition as follows:

WHEREAS, The United States Army Corps of Engineers was authorized to construct, operate, and maintain four dams on the lower Snake River for navigation, hydropower, fish and wildlife conservation, and recreation; and

WHEREAS, The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) is responsible for marketing and transmitting the hydroelectric power generated by the dams on the lower Snake River; and

WHEREAS, The lower Snake River dams' electricity output accounts for a significant percentage of BPA's peaking capacity, according to BPA; and