Clearing Up's Dan Catchpole and California Energy Markets' Jason Fordney talk about the eye-popping cost estimate of replacing the four federally-owned dams on the lower Snake River dam, California state agencies’ newfound ability to procure generation, cost projections for Washington’s carbon cap and invest program, and more.

California’s sweeping energy legislation to boost the grid’s capacity–even if it includes fossil fuel resources, the latest assessment of taking down the lower Snake River dams, possibly keeping the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant longer than previously planned, and more.

Read more about what’s happening in the power industry in the West at NewsData’s Clearing Up and California Energy Markets.