The Columbia Basin thus far has put the equivalent of 2 Bonneville Dams on line using wind power, that number will double in two years.
BPA is frantically building new transmission line to handle this huge increase in alternative energy.
So the idea that fish need to take a back seat to power production really isn't as relevant as it once was.
And the hand wringing over how we can replace the 5% power production from the four lower Snake River dams just seem that critical given the new clean energy now coming on line.