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NWPP: Northwest Power Plant Grid


The NWPP grid covers all of Washington State, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, and Utah, most of Montana, half of Wyoming, and a small region in Northern California. The total electricity production in this grid is 341,556, 933 MWh or ???% of the total electricity production in the United States. Electricity is produced predominantly from hydroelectric sources in this grid, but is followed by coal a a close second.

Works Cited:

Baumeister, R. F., & Leary, M. R. (1995). The need to belong: desire for interpersonal attachments as a fundamental human motivation. Psychological bulletin, 117(3), 497-529.