NHA Key Initiatives

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NHA Key Initiatives
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NHA Key Initiatives
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NHA Overview
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Legislative Drivers
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NHA Seizing the Day
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Advocacy Goals
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2008 Scorecard
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Still to come
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Other Initiatives
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Triangulating Success
Operating Certainty
Federal Backing
Intergovernmental Cooperation
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Regulatory Initiatives
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Messaging
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Hydro can double in 25 years
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Hydro enables other renewables
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Hydro isnt just about dams
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Hydro needs federal support
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Creating a Buzz for Hydro
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Operations HPC Committee
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RD Leads the Future
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The Stakes
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What You Can Do
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Were ready
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Election 2008 Hydros View
NHA is reaching out to both parties
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Obama on Hydropower

• Visited VSH York
• Pledged to mention hydro
• Overcoming preconceived ideas about hydro

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Obama Energy Priorities
Renewables Strategies
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Obama Preview
Climate Change Strategies
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Cabinet Prospects

• Energy Secretary Possibilities
• Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM)
• Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA)
• Gov. Ed Rendell (D-PA)
• Dan Reicher, Google

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Cabinet Prospects

• Interior Secretary Possibilities
• Former OR Gov. Kitzhaber
• Former AK Gov. Knowles
• Rep. Jay Inslee (D-WA)
• Sen. Ken Salazar (D-CO)
• Sen. Robert Bennett (R-UT)

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Hydro Grows Under Obama, IF
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The 111th Congress
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Committee Changes
Senate hydro champions lost -Domenici, Craig,
Smith More Ds , fewer Rs on House and Senate
Committees Committee leadership shake-ups