The two countries carry out negotiations for what a potential Treaty might entail.
The two countries carry out negotiations for what a potential Treaty might entail.
The Columbia River Treaty calls for the two countries to implement the Treaty
It guarantees flood control protection through 2024 and includes power provisions to share the downstream power benefits.
Review of the Treaty- The U.S. Entity overseeing the Treaty, analyzes the Treaty
Regional utilities and other organizations and associations join to create the Power Group to advocate for a fair and equitable outcome of a modernized Columbia River Treaty.
The recommendation concerning the future of the Columbia River Treaty is forwarded to the U.S. Department of State.
The Treaty has no specific end date, but either country can terminate most of the provisions of the Treaty with at least 10 years’ written notice.
18 rounds of negotiations on a modernized Treaty held between the two countries.
A provision in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 aims to expand transmission to enhance the bilateral transfer of renewable electric generation between the two countries, contingent on the CE value calculation being at least equal to the actual power value to the U.S.
The U.S. and Canada agree on the key elements for a modernized Treaty regime.
Additional details are still needed, including a timeline for when the full text of the agreement in principle will be available, what elements will require advice and consent from the Senate and what timeline that will entail, and when additional details of the tribal provisions be available, and others.