<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">This only applies to electricity generation, including hydropower, which is debated regarding how truly "renewable" it is, given impacts that might reduce hydropower, </div><div dir="ltr">such as removing dams on the Snake River advocated to improve fish survival, not to forget the urgent development discussed at article below:</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/west-risks-blackouts-as-hydroelectric-power-dries-up-11624008601">https://www.wsj.com/articles/west-risks-blackouts-as-hydroelectric-power-dries-up-11624008601</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:Retina,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px">Updated June 18, 2021 8:32 am ET</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail-zonedModule" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent"><div class="gmail-wsj-article-headline-wrap" style="margin:0px 0px 25px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent"><h2 class="gmail-sub-head" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:20px;font-weight:300;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;line-height:28px">Heat waves across the West are already straining electricity supplies, as severe drought crimps hydroelectric </h2><h2 class="gmail-sub-head" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:20px;font-weight:300;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;line-height:28px">power generation</h2><h2 class="gmail-sub-head" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:20px;font-weight:300;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;line-height:28px"><div><br style="font-size:16px"></div></h2><div>--------------------------------------</div><div>Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett</div></div></div></div></div>