News

This is a non-exhaustive listing of articles involving EFSEC. Traditional news searches may assist you in finding articles not included here. 

• Renewable energy, ceded land, and treaty rights - Columbia Gorge News, December 2025 (link, webpage)

• Developers behind $1.5B plan to put power line under Columbia River make case to regulators, minimal public at Washougal hearing - The Columbian, November 2025 (link, webpage)

• What I learned on EFSEC (part 2) - Goldendale Sentinel, July 2025 (link, webpage)

• What I learned on EFSEC (part 1) - Goldendale Sentinel, July 2025 (link, webpage)

• Ferruginous hawks are changing the plans for a massive wind farm near the Tri-Cities. Here's why - Northwest Public Broadcasting, October 2025 (link, webpage)

• The obscure state agency that referees WA's green energy battles - Cascade PBS, March 2025 (link, webpage)

• Gov Inslee approves massive WA wind farm after years of contention - Seattle Times, November 2024 (link, webpage)

• Why a Skagit County town hopes to fight off a battery storage project - Seattle Times, September 2024 (link, webpage)

The links in this section provide important background and procedural information about EFSEC. 

• EFSEC history and mission (link, webpage)

• About the EFSEC process (link, webpage)

• About the Council (link, webpage)

• Leadership bios (link, webpage)

Photo assets listed here have been obtained upon request from project developers and will be updated as additional developers submit photos. Please notify our PIO prior to using photos in media. 

Chehalis Generation Facility 

• Photo 1 (link, 1.20MB jpg)

• Photo 2 (link, 223KB jpg)

Columbia Generating Station 

• Photo 1 (link, 2.35MB jpg)

Grays Harbor Energy Center

• Photo 1 (link, 235KB jpg)

• Photo 2 (link, 371KB jpg)

Wild Horse Wind 

• Photo 1 (link, 401KB jpg)

• Photo 2 (link, 3.99MB jpg)