119th Congress · introduced in the Senate · Jan 22, 2025
Northwest Energy Security Act
Official title from Congress.gov
Latest action (Jan 22, 2025): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
View on Congress.govPolicy area: Water Resources Development
Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in Senate (Jan 22, 2025)
Northwest Energy Security Act
This bill requires Federal Columbia River Power System (FCRPS) operations to be consistent with the preferred alternative in a 2020 environmental impact statement (EIS) decision that focuses on the operations, maintenance, and configuration of dams in the system rather than wild fish restoration. The system includes dams in the Columbia and Snake rivers in Oregon, Washington, Montana, and Idaho.
Specifically, the Bureau of Reclamation, the Bonneville Power Administration, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers must operate the FCRPS consistent with the Columbia River System Operations Environmental Impact Statement Record of Decision dated September 2020. Thus, Reclamation, the Bonneville Power Administration, and the Army Corps must follow the EIS rather than the 2023 Resilient Columbia Basin Initiative—and a supplemental EIS proposed in 2024—that focus on wild fish restoration in the Columbia Basin.
The EIS decision may be amended if each agency determines that (1) changes are necessary for public safety or electrical grid reliability, or (2) certain requirements in the decision are no longer necessary.
Further, the bill requires statutory authorization for any structural modification, action, study, or engineering plan that (1) restricts FCRPS hydroelectric dam generation; or (2) limits navigation on the Snake River in Washington, Oregon, or Idaho.
Includes amendment, cloture, and procedural votes. Each is labeled with its exact question; only a passage question is a vote to pass the bill.
No recorded roll calls on this bill in coverage.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Introduced in Senate
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Alternative and renewable resources · Dams and canals · Electric power generation and transmission · Idaho · Lakes and rivers · Montana · Oregon · Washington State
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DESIMONE CONSULTING GROUP OBO PACIFIC NORTHWEST WATERWAYS ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: LEBLANC GOVERNMENT RELATIONS, LLC
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 20, 2026 · issue area: Environment/Superfund
$20,000
Paid to lobbying firm
ENV - Monitored federal legislation/appropriations related to operation of the 4 Lower Snake River Dam: S.182/H.R.626 - Northwest Energy Security Act Monitored salmon restoration initiatives such as reintroduction, habitat protection, habitat access, improved hatchery…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
DESIMONE CONSULTING GROUP OBO PACIFIC NORTHWEST WATERWAYS ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: LEBLANC GOVERNMENT RELATIONS, LLC
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted May 11, 2026 · issue area: Environment/Superfund
$20,000
Paid to lobbying firm
ENV - Monitored federal legislation/appropriations related to operation of the 4 Lower Snake River Dam: S.182/H.R.626 - Northwest Energy Security Act Monitored salmon restoration initiatives such as reintroduction, habitat protection, habitat access, improved hatchery…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
DESIMONE CONSULTING GROUP OBO PACIFIC NORTHWEST WATERWAYS ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: LEBLANC GOVERNMENT RELATIONS, LLC
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Feb 13, 2026 · issue area: Environment/Superfund
$20,000
Paid to lobbying firm
ENV - Monitored federal legislation/appropriations related to operation of the 4 Lower Snake River Dam: S.182/H.R.626 - Northwest Energy Security Act Monitored salmon restoration initiatives such as reintroduction, habitat protection, habitat access, improved hatchery…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
PACIFIC NORTHWEST WATERWAYS ASSOCIATION (PNWA) · lobbying firm or registrant: DESIMONE CONSULTING, LLC
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 17, 2026 · issue area: Environment/Superfund
$30,000
Paid to lobbying firm
Monitored federal legislation/appropriations related to the operation of the four Lower Snake River Dams: S.182/H.R.626, Northwest Energy Security Act. Monitored salmon restoration initiatives such as reintroduction, habitat protection, habitat access, improved hatchery…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
PACIFIC NORTHWEST WATERWAYS ASSOCIATION (PNWA) · lobbying firm or registrant: DESIMONE CONSULTING, LLC
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 16, 2025 · issue area: Environment/Superfund
$30,000
Paid to lobbying firm
Monitored federal legislation/appropriations related to the operation of the four Lower Snake River Dams: S.182/H.R.626, Northwest Energy Security Act. Monitored salmon restoration initiatives such as reintroduction, habitat protection, habitat access, improved hatchery…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
DESIMONE CONSULTING GROUP OBO PACIFIC NORTHWEST WATERWAYS ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: LEBLANC GOVERNMENT RELATIONS, LLC
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 13, 2025 · issue area: Environment/Superfund
$20,000
Paid to lobbying firm
ENV - Monitored federal legislation/appropriations related to operation of the 4 Lower Snake River Dam: S.182/H.R.626 - Northwest Energy Security Act Monitored salmon restoration initiatives such as reintroduction, habitat protection, habitat access, improved hatchery…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
DESIMONE CONSULTING GROUP OBO PACIFIC NORTHWEST WATERWAYS ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: LEBLANC GOVERNMENT RELATIONS, LLC
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Aug 5, 2025 · issue area: Environment/Superfund
$20,000
Paid to lobbying firm
ENV - Monitored federal legislation/appropriations related to operation of the 4 Lower Snake River Dam: S.182/H.R.626 - Northwest Energy Security Act Monitored salmon restoration initiatives such as reintroduction, habitat protection, habitat access, improved hatchery…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
PACIFIC NORTHWEST WATERWAYS ASSOCIATION (PNWA) · lobbying firm or registrant: DESIMONE CONSULTING, LLC
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Jul 17, 2025 · issue area: Environment/Superfund
$30,000
Paid to lobbying firm
Monitored federal legislation/appropriations related to the operation of the four Lower Snake River Dams: S.182/H.R.626, Northwest Energy Security Act. Monitored salmon restoration initiatives such as reintroduction, habitat protection, habitat access, improved hatchery…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
DESIMONE CONSULTING GROUP OBO PACIFIC NORTHWEST WATERWAYS ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: LEBLANC GOVERNMENT RELATIONS, LLC
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · posted Apr 30, 2025 · issue area: Environment/Superfund
$20,000
Paid to lobbying firm
ENV - Monitored federal legislation/appropriations related to operation of the 4 Lower Snake River Dam: S.182/H.R.626 - Northwest Energy Security Act Monitored salmon restoration initiatives such as reintroduction, habitat protection, habitat access, improved hatchery…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
EARTHJUSTICE ACTION · lobbying firm or registrant: EARTHJUSTICE ACTION
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · posted Apr 21, 2025 · issue area: Natural Resources
$92,635
Spent on own lobbying
…t of 2025 H.R.845 - Pet and Livestock Protection Act of 2025 H.R.207 - SHARKED Act of 2025 H.R.471 - Fix Our Forests Act H.R.8790 - Fix Our Forests Act H.R.626/S.182 - Northwest Energy Security Act H.R. 725/S.239 - Crow Revenue Act H.R. 931/S.362 - Bull Mountains Mining Plan Modification Bill H.R.521 - Ending Presidential O…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NORTHWEST PUBLIC POWER ASSOCIATION (NWPPA) · lobbying firm or registrant: DESIMONE CONSULTING, LLC
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · posted Apr 19, 2025 · issue area: Utilities
$30,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…Lower Snake River Dams and Columbia River System operations: H.R.2073, Defending our Dams Act, H.R.2074, Protecting our Water Energy Resource (POWER) Act, and S.182/H.R.626, Northwest Energy Security Act. Supply chain of distribution transformers. Endangered Species Act reform: H.R.1897, ESA Amendments Act of 2025.
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
PACIFIC NORTHWEST WATERWAYS ASSOCIATION (PNWA) · lobbying firm or registrant: DESIMONE CONSULTING, LLC
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · posted Apr 19, 2025 · issue area: Environment/Superfund
$30,000
Paid to lobbying firm
Monitored federal legislation/appropriations related to the operation of the four Lower Snake River Dams: S.182/H.R.626, Northwest Energy Security Act. Monitored salmon restoration initiatives such as reintroduction, habitat protection, habitat access, improved hatchery…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NORTHWEST RIVERPARTNERS · lobbying firm or registrant: DESIMONE CONSULTING, LLC
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · posted Apr 18, 2025 · issue area: Utilities
$50,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…Lower Snake River Dams and Columbia River System operations; H.R.2073, Defending our Dams Act, H.R.2074, Protecting our Water Energy Resource (POWER) Act, and S.182/H.R.626, Northwest Energy Security Act. FY26 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations process related to Bonneville Power Administratio…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing