Ecological Harm
Economic Waste
Claims of Sustained Peaking, Ramping, Reserve, Flexibility and Balancing Power from the lower Snake River Dams; What Is Feasible?
December 2020 (Updated); March 2020 (Original) Prepared by Jim Waddell, Civil Engineer, Retired USACE and PUD Commissioner*, Chris Pinney, Senior Fisheries Biologist, Retired USACE John Twa, Mechanical Engineer Edited by Nina Sarmiento, Binghamton University BS Ecology This paper examines the claim that “the four lower Snake River Dams (LSRDs) can
Request for U.S. Department of Energy Inspector General Investigation of Waste of Federal Funds and Violations of Other Violations of Other Federal Laws by Scofflaw Culture in Upper Management of Bonneville Power Administration
February 28, 2013 Submitted by Northwest Resource Information Center This document provides documentation of Bonneville Power Administration upper management’s calculated profligate waste of federal funds and scofflaw behavior vis-à-vis operations of the Federal Columbia River Power System which, contrary to law, decimated Snake River Basin anadromous fish (herein “salmon”), drove
Real Solutions
Lower Snake River Dams Breach Mitigation Plan & Cost
December 2020 Prepared by Jim Waddell, Civil Engineer, USACE Retired, John Twa., ME., Chris Pinney, Fish Biologist USACE Walla Walla, Retired This report outlines various mitigation features that will or could be required upon breaching the four lower Snake River dams (LSRDs). Mitigation is based on the assumption that all
Waddell Amicus Brief Seeks Immediate Dam Breaching
An amicus curiae (“friend of court”) is not a party to the legal case. Amicus briefs are meant to provide additional information, expertise or insight to the court to assist with decision-making. An Amicus brief filed by Jim Waddell and a collective of experts – Chris Pinney, Deborah Giles, Ken