ML14035A313

2013 Annual Financial Report. Part 1 of 2

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Contents 4

A Message to Our Stakeholders 6

The Excellence Model 8

Executive Board 11 Board of Directors 12 Senior Leadership 13 Project Generation 14 Columbia Generating Station 16 Refueling and Maintenance Outage 21 18 Nine Canyon Wind Project 20 Packwood Lake HydroeLectric Project 22 White Bluffs Solar Station 23 Operations and Maintenance 24 Generation Project Development 26 Applied Process Engineering Laboratory 27 Calibration Services Laboratory 28 Environmental & Analytical Services Laboratory 29 Industrial Development Complex 30 Environmental Stewardship 32 Community Service 34 CEO Recognition 35 FINANCIAL DATA & INFORMATION 36 Management Report on Responsibility for Financial Reporting 36 Audit, Legal and Finance Committee Chair's Letter 37 Independent Auditor's Report 38 Energy Northwest Management's Discussion and Analysis 47 Current Debt Ratings 48 Statement of Net Position 50 Statements of Revenues, Expenses and Changes in Net Position 51 Statements of Cash Flows 53 Notes to Financial Statements Energy Northwest 2013 Annual Report

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iscal year 2013 was a year of records and much more for Energy Northwest. Our team's commitment to Excellence in Performance was validated through both the continuing safe, reliable and predictable operation of our generation projects, and achievement of a number of performance firsts for the agency.

Safe operations were demonstrated through our third consecutive year without an accident resulting in lost work time among our more than 1,100 employees and supplemental workers. In January, we set a plant record for the longest period - nearly one year - without an Occupational Safety and Health Administration recordable accident. These are just the highlights from a year that earned us the American Public Power Association's national Safety Award of Excellence, recognizing Energy Northwest as first in safety standards among utilities with 500 to 2,000 employees.

Reliability means we can be depended upon. In December, Columbia Generating Station joined the industry's top performers for equipment reliability and finished the calendar year with the highest ever annual production - 9.3 million megawatt hours of electricity to the power grid. Columbia, in fact, was recognized by its peers for substantial performance improvement during the last few years.

At the Nine Canyon Wind Project, we installed an energy storage system in partnership with the City of Richland, the Bonneville Power Administration, Powin Energy and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. The demonstration project will help determine the feasibility of using storage to manage production to a transmission schedule; to comply with over-generation curtailment events; and to shift facility energy production between off-peak and on-peak energy periods.

Predictability instills confidence in the public as well as our employees, and the long list of work we completed in our 21st Refueling and Maintenance Outage to improve equipment reliability was essential to U

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Lost Time Accidents OSHA RecordabLes helping us meet our goal of achieving predictable performance. Furthering our predictability, our Energy!

Business Services group also completed a $2 million labor contract for operations and maintenance with Seattle City Light at their major hydro projects.

Our fuel purchase agreement with the Department of Energy, U.S. Enrichment Corporation and the Tennessee Valley Authority that began in fiscal 2012 will generate tens of millions of dollars in additional rate case savings from 2014 to 2017, and tens of millions of dollars more in savings through 2028. These significant savings during the life of the transaction will enable Bonneville Power Administration to reduce current and future proposed rate increases - every $40 million in savings over a two-year rate case period equates to approximately a 1 percent reduction in rates.

Our successes in safety, reliability and predictability have their roots in Excellence in Performance, which you can learn more about on the next pages. Initiated in 2011, it now touches everything we do as an agency. As we enter Phase III of this initiative-Achieving Excellence-we stay focused on building a culture of continuous improvement across the agency.

Keeping our existing projects operating reliably and cost effectively, while meeting members' future energy needs, remains Energy Northwest's foundation. We're working to set the stage for small modular reactors in Washington state. We also strongly support efforts to locate SMRs near Columbia to provide members with options for baseload power during the post-2025 years and continue to look for land we can set aside to build renewable projects to meet our members' post-2015 renewable portfolio standard energy requirements.

Our employees drive these successes and our vision; they are the essential element to achieving our mission.

The Energy Northwest team once again stayed within our long-range plan commitment. We ended the year under budget by half a million dollars in operations and maintenance and $1.7 million in capital expenditures, underscoring our dedication to fiscal discipline and responsibility for the benefit of Northwest electric ratepayers.

Finally, our sincere thanks to all Energy Northwest team members who volunteered their time and talents to support needs within our communities, through March of Dimes, Head Start, United Way, Red Cross and many other community organizations. Our employees demonstrate a strong commitment to not only our stakeholders, but also to the communities in which we live and work - and that's why we're so honored to work with this team each day. We are extremely proud of their efforts.

Together we are making progress on all our initiatives, and proving our commitment to excellence to the industry, our peers and the community. While we still have a long road ahead, we are confident in our team's desire to be the standard by which others measure excellence.

Respectfully, Sid Morrison Chair, Executive Board Mark Reddemann Chief Executive Officer

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The model's visual appearance includes four interdependent tiers that build on the preceding tiers' strengths. Its foundation is based on four principles that are key to establishing and maintaining a workplace environment that leads to and sustains desired behaviors. The model is a proven blueprint to pursue performance excellence opportunities and realize sustainable performance excellence results.

The Excellence Model's Principles:

The Right PeopLe Selecting and retaining the right people ensures each employee has the right skills, knowledge and behaviors required for the job. It also builds appreciation for workforce diversity.

The Right Picture Communicating and reinforcing the right picture aligns and engages all employees with agency standards and goals. It involves team and individual goals that align with the model's multi-tiered structure.

The Right Process The right processes lead to improved performance and ensure processes are effective and efficient. Achieving the right processes lower agency costs and increase productivity.

The Right Coaching Ensuring the right workforce coaching and engagement is the most important role of leadership, and involves providing individuals positive and constructive guidance needed for performance improvement.

Leading by example and providing anecdotes are effective coaching methods, and positive reinforcement of desired behaviors is the best way to get those behaviors repeated. Performance measures, the performance appraisal process, ACEMAN and trend data provide early indication of performance results. These elements are also cues for supervisory oversight and involvement.

Individual Exceltence (ACEMAN)

Individual Excellence, or ACEMAN, specifies individual results that constitute individual and site excellence. The letters in ACEMAN represent six critical attributes developed to show how daily activities and daily individual results relate to achieving top performance. The attributes are listed on the opposite page.

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Effective implementation of the Excellence Model, with all its elements, will ensure these principles are established and followed throughout the organization.

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SID MORRISON Chair Outside Director Zittah, Wash.

JACK JANDA Vice Chair Inside Director SheLton, Wash.

Sid Morrison was appointed to the executive board in July 2001 by the Energy Northwest Board of Directors. He served as chair of the Energy Northwest Operations, Construction and Safety Committee from 2003 to 2006 and was re-appointed to serve another term on the executive board in 2005. In June 2006, he was elected chair of the executive board, and reappointed in June 2013.

Mr. Morrison is a former legislator serving in the Washington State House of Representatives from 1966 to 1974, the Washington State Senate from 1974 to 1980 and the United States House of Representatives from 1980 to 1992. He was appointed as secretary of transportation by the Washington Transportation Commission in 1993 and served in that capacity until retiring from state service in 2001. He is also the chairman for the board of trustees at Central Washington University and the chair for the Yakima Basin Storage Alliance.

Jack Janda was elected to the Mason County Public Utility District 1 Board of Commissioners in 2001. Commissioner Janda was appointed to the Energy Northwest Board of Directors in January 2003, and recently re-elected to serve another six-year term. He was elected by the board of directors to serve on the executive board in January 2005. In April 2010, he was re-elected to serve another term on the executive board. Additionally, he is vice chair of the executive board and has served as secretary/treasurer, vice president and president of Columbia Generating Station Participants Review Board.

Commissioner Janda represented Mason PUD 1 on the Washington Public Utility District Association and has served on the WPUDA board as secretary/

treasurer, vice president and president.

He also served as first chairman of the WPUDA Energy Committee in 2008.

Prior to his election, Commissioner Janda was employed with the Forest Service and retired after 32 years of service. He is a member of Mason County Fire District 1 and served as its chief for 10 years. He has also served as a past board member of the Mason County Tourism Council and a past member of the Hood Canal Salmon Enhancement Group.

KATHY VAUGHN DAVE REMINGTON Secretary Assistant Secretary Inside Director Gubernatorial Appointee Lynnwood, Wash.

Spokane, Wash.

MARC DAUDON DAN GUNKEL GubernatoriaL Appointee Inside Director SeattLe, Wash.

GoldendaLe, Wash.

Kathy Vaughn was the first woman elected to the Snohomish County Public Utility District Board of Commissioners, Commissioner Vaughn was appointed to the Energy Northwest Board of Directors in 2004 and served as its vice president from 2005 to 2007. In April 2006 she was elected by the board of directors to the executive board and was re-elected in April 2010. She served as the assistant secretary until 2008 when she was selected as secretary. In January, she was appointed chair on the Energy Northwest Executive Board's Audit, Legal and Finance Committee.

Ms. Vaughn also serves on the Policy Makers Council for the American Public Power Association to work on national energy policy issues in Washington, D.C.

She is an accomplished businesswoman and is the president and licensed broker of a Washington state mortgage brokerage firm. She is also co-owner of a construction company with her husband.

Dave Remington was appointed to the Energy Northwest Executive Board by Gov. Gary Locke in December 2004, and was re-appointed by Gov. Chris Gregoire in 2009 and by Gov. Jay Inslee in June 2013. He is currently assistant secretary of the executive board and chair of the Compensation Subcommittee.

Mr. Remington is retired from his position as senior vice president and chief financial officer of a public company that provides hardware and software systems used by both utilities and customers. He has more than 35 years of experience in corporate finance, treasury and investment banking services where he specialized in private debt and equity transactions, including project financing.

Before that, he was president of a financial corporation where he also held positions as executive vice president and vice president of finance.

Mr. Remington serves on the board of a non-profit organization that established a science center in eastern Washington and an angel fund. He also served as an Army Reserve officer.

Marc Daudon was appointed to the Energy Northwest Executive Board by Gov. Chris Gregoire in 2011. He is the principal and co-founder of a consulting group with more than 25 years of international environmental consulting experience, with expertise in the fields of sustainability, resource conservation, waste management, energy, climate change and strategic planning.

Prior to that, Mr. Daudon created a Seattle-based mail order business, served as a consultant in Africa on energy issues and worked in a Somali refugee camp.

He is chair emeritus of the board of Washington Conservation Voters and also serves on the board of the Washington Environmental Council, Dan Gunkel was elected commissioner of the Klickitat County PUD in 1991. He was appointed to the Energy Northwest Board of Directors that same year and was elected to the Energy Northwest Executive Board in 1994. In April 2006, he was re-elected to serve another term on the executive board and was appointed chair of the Energy Northwest Operations, Construction and Safety Committee in June 2006.

Commissioner Gunkel is co-owner!

business manager of a medium-sized fruit orchard, which enables him to sufficiently represent irrigators in Klickitat County.

He sought the commissioner position because of a commitment to public service, but he also has an interest in seeing the PUD provide quality service.

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SKIP ORSER Outside Director Raleigh, N.C.

WILL PURSER LORI SANDERS TIM SHELDON Inside Director Inside Director Outside Director Sequim, Wash.

Kennewick, Wash.

PotLatch, Wash.

Skip Orser was appointed to the Energy Northwest Executive Board in April 2010.

His background includes more than 30 years of experience with nuclear energy, most recently serving as interim chief operating officer at Tennessee Valley Authority.

Mr. Orser previously served as group president of energy supply with Progress Energy, executive vice president and chief nuclear officer at Carolina Power and Light Co., and executive vice president and chief nuclear officer at Detroit Edison Co. His career began in the Navy with service aboard three nuclear submarines.

Mr. Orser holds a bachelor's degree in naval science from the U.S. Naval Academy and a master's degree in computer systems management from the Naval Postgraduate School.

Will Purser has served as Clallam County PUD commissioner since April 2001. He was appointed to the Energy Northwest Board of Directors in April 2008 and elected to the executive board in June 2010.

Commissioner Purser has spent nearly 30 years in the energy (oil and gas) industry. His career includes responsibility for capital-intensive and technical projects in the U.S. and internationally, such as deep-water offshore facilities, liquefied natural gas terminals and large Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act power generation facilities.

Commissioner Purser has negotiated power sales agreements with major investor-owned utilities and intervened in electrical rate cases before various state public utility commissions. A Vietnam-era veteran, he is active in public power and community service organizations.

Lori Sanders became a Benton County PUD commissioner in January 2005.

She was elected to the Energy Northwest Executive Board in April 2010 and her four-year term began in June 2010. She was appointed to the Energy Northwest Board of Directors in January 2005 and was elected secretary in January 2007, and again in June 2013.

Commissioner Sanders is the owner and president of a consulting firm on conservation and renewables. She is a Kennewick, Wash., native and brings 25 years of experience as a small business owner to her post.

State Sen. Tim Sheldon was appointed by the Energy Northwest Board of Directors to serve an unexpired term on the executive board in October 2003. He was elected to a second term in June 2004. He served as assistant secretary to the executive board from 2004 to 2006. In June 2006, he was appointed to chair the Administrative and Public Responsibility Committee. In June 2008 he was re-elected for another four-year term on the executive board. He was once again re-elected to a four-year term that began in June.

Sen. Sheldon was a Mason County PUD 1 commissioner from 1992 to 2002.

He served as the executive director of a non-profit corporation dedicated to assisting startup businesses. His economic development expertise includes work with Northwest Indian tribes.

Sen. Sheldon is the general partner in a family-owned, 500-acre tree farm on the Olympic Peninsula.

As senator for the 35th District, he represents all of Mason and portions of Grays Harbor, Kitsap and Thurston counties. He serves on the Transportation Committee and the Legislative Transportation Committee. He was elected to the Mason County Commission in 2003 and re-elected in 2007.

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Project GENERATION Energy Northwest 2013 Annuat Report

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olumbia Generating Station is a boiling water reactor, using nuclear fission to heat water into high pressure steam. The steam spins turbines that are connected to a generator making emissions-free electricity. Columbia demonstrates Energy Northwest's commitment to developing environmentally friendly, powerful solutions.

Electricity produced at Columbia is provided, at-cost, to the Bonneville Power Administration, which delivers the power to utilities throughout Washington and other western states as necessary.

Columbia is committed to excellence and begins the new fiscal year with a continued focus on performance and results.

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Maintenance OUTAGE 21 efueling and Maintenance Outage 21 began May 11, LD 2013, and ended June 25 with Columbia's reconnection to the Northwest power grid. The plant is refueled every two years, and the down time is used for corrective and preventative maintenance, equipment upgrades and repairs that cannot be done while the plant is producing power.

Refueling outages are scheduled in the spring, when the need for the plant's 1,170 megawatts of power - enough to supply a city the size of Seattle - is lower than normal. Demand for electricity drops with mild spring weather and hydropower abundance.

Major R-21 Projects:

Replacement of 36 control rod blades

" Maintenance performed on 17 - 480 volt transformers Maintenance performed on 20 - 480 volt motor control center buckets Replaced or refurbished three large motors and one feedwater drive turbine Performed program preventative maintenance and/or testing on more than 300 valves Performed turbine maintenance and removed one low pressure turbine rotor for inspection; inspected the other two rotors for cracks

" Performed eddy current testing on 11 feedwater heaters Completed 1,552 preventative maintenance work orders Performed more than 200 surveillance procedures Performed 474 maintenance work orders M

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i James Sauceda has worked at Columbia Generating Station for nearly four years as a component engineer in Technical Services Engineering, supporting pumps and vibration monitoring. He received a CEO Recognition Award, for his contribution to the first-time replacement of one of our three residual heat removal pumps just priortoRefueling and Maintenance Outage 2L.

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iscal year 2013 produced 228,227 net megawatt-hours of electricity, and achieved a 98.9 percent adjusted availability factor, up from 98.6 percent in fiscal 2012. Nine Canyon reached its 10th year of renewable energy production during fiscal year 2013, and produced its two millionth megawatt hour in December 2012.

Nine Canyon is aligned on the hilltops southeast of Kennewick, Wash., and the turbines are positioned to take advantage of persistently strong winds along the Columbia River Gorge. The turbines convert those winds into electrical energy.

Each turbine has its own miniature weather station that monitors wind direction and speed. Motors atop the turbines rotate the turbines into the wind. Sophisticated control systems ensure the blades turn at the optimal speed to produce electricity.

The turbines are self-starting and begin generating electricity when wind speed reaches eight miles per hour. Generation increases as the wind speed increases, with full power achieved at about 35 mph. If winds exceed 55 mph on a sustained basis, the turbines shut down automatically by pitching the blades to a stopped position while engaging a large disk brake and restart when the winds fall below 45 mph. The pitch of the blades is automatically adjusted to maximize power generation from the available wind.

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4,597,249 El Water reaches the powerhouse with approximately 780 pounds per square inch of pressure at the turbine. The water spins the turbine generator at 360 revolutions per minute producing up to 27.5 megawatts of electricity.

0 Packwood Lake was formed when a large mass of soil and rock slid off Snyder Mountain and dammed Lake Creek. The lake's elevation of 2,857 feet lies approximately 1,800 feet above the powerhouse.

El Water from the lake enters a concrete intake structure located approximately 424 feet downstream from the lake outlet.

El The structure feeds water into a six-foot diameter underground pipe that carries water five mites while dropping 1,800 feet in elevation before delivering water to the powerhouse near the town of Packwood.

Ul After passing through the turbine, water is discharged to the Cowlitz River through a 6,670-foot tailrace canal. A fish screen at the entrance to the Cowlitz River prevents migrating fish from entering the Packwood facility, Intake Building Powerhouse Surne Tank

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Energy Northwest provides technical support for its members in the areas of operations and maintenance of power generating facilities, as well as electric utility automation.

uring fiscal year 2013, Operations and Maintenance Services engaged the agency's member utilities ID with solutions for supervisory control and data acquisition systems, power plant optimization and development of the technical specifications for a demand response control network. The program is intended to create a transmission grid scaled load balancing resource based on real-time management of residential, commercial and industrial electric loads.

Energy Northwest continues to provide operations and maintenance services to Olympic View Generating Station, which is owned by Mason County Public Utility District 3. Olympic View is comprised of two 2.8-megawatt generating units powered by natural gas-fired reciprocating engines. The plant may be operated remotely, depending on load requirements.

Operations and Maintenance also provide project management, project engineering and craft labor support for the agency's members' power generation projects. During fiscal year 2013, Energy Northwest provided project support for Seattle City Lights' Boundary Hydroelectric Project and Grant Public Utility District's Priest Rapids and Wanapum Hydroelectric Projects.

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c]i:1 II DIk 7A 9 181 LI Energy Northwest works with its members to understand and anticipate their resource needs, identify regional generation supply opportunities and develop appropriate low-cost resources. The goal is to offer competitive generation supply options and energy solutions to meet member utility needs.

To better address member needs, the agency has increased its focus on energy management initiatives such as energy storage and demand response.

Energy Storage The Generation Project Development team successfully installed and began operating a 500 kilowatt-hour energy storage system at the Nine Canyon Wind Project in April. The portable battery storage system concept was developed by Powin Energy, an Oregon-based company. Energy Northwest is working with several partners, including Powin Energy, Bonneville Power Administration, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and the City of Richland, on the deployment and testing of the energy storage system in the Tri-Cities area.

The overall goal of the project is to validate operability, reliability and durability of the energy storage unit; and then to evaluate multiple energy storage applications and determine their relative value to the electric grid and regional utilities. One application currently being analyzed is the ability to integrate intermittent renewable energy into the electric grid by storing and releasing excess energy to optimize energy production. Other applications include electric distribution system support and industrial and commercial customer support.

Demand Response In fiscal year 2013, Energy Northwest assembled a team of public power utilities, industry representatives and technical advisors to develop an aggregated demand response program for the Northwest.

This large-scale public power program is designed to vary utility loads or the output from small regional generators on demand to allow a better balancing of loads and resources in BPA's balancing authority.

Demand response anticipates the use of technically-advanced infrastructure to efficiently assemble the region's existing smart grid, demand response assets and other investments into a capable, cost effective and well-coordinated resource.

Katama Energy Center Citing poor market conditions for new natural gas resources in the region, Veresen U.S. Power elected to discontinue funding of the Kalama Energy Center in April. Energy Northwest immediately placed the project on hold to minimize development costs until a new partner or alternative plan is identified to move the project forward.

Renewabte Energy Resources Energy Northwest is committed to identifying low cost and low risk resource development options. The agency continues to evaluate regional renewable energy sites and partially developed projects to determine their viability in meeting member utility needs.

Banking renewable projects for future development in anticipation of Washington's 2016 and 2020 renewable portfolio standard compliance obligations enhances value to member utilities through the benefits of shortened development schedules and reduced costs.

During fiscal year 2013, development efforts were concentrated mainly on wind and solar resource opportunities in the region.

Grays Harbor 50-megawatt Power Catt Option The agency's call option on the Grays Harbor Energy Center expired at the end of fiscal year 2013.

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APPLIED PROCESS ENGINEERING LABORATORY is the "launch pad" nergy Northwest offers the Applied Process Engineering Laboratory as a lease facility for laboratory-to Leverage based research and development. The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is an anchor tenant, and is joined by regionaL IsoRay Medical, Inc., which attained anchor tenant status during fiscal year 2013. Approximately 20 percent of the iecinotogicai facility is dedicated as a business incubator, supporting start-up and acceleration of new technologies and technology-expertise into based businesses. APEL fills a community need for business starter space and provides suitable environments for controlled s

testing of advanced processes.

Located in the heart of the Tri-Cities Research District Innovation Partnership Zone, APEL is the "launch pad" to ventures leverage regional technological expertise into early stage entrepreneurial ventures. By creating an environment rich with resources, technical assistance and connections to potential partners and customers, APEL fosters collaboration in innovation and commercialization.

In fiscal 2013, APEL continued its mission of providing spaces for tenants as well as offering options for businesses and researchers with intermittent needs. Supporting companies that do not need physical space on an ongoing basis creates additional exposure for business - both the entrepreneurs and their products - within the APEL community.

Major institutions in the Tri-Cities support and sponsor APEL including Energy Northwest, the Port of Benton, the Department of Energy, Washington State University Tri-Cities, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, the city of Richland and the Tri-Cities Industrial Development Council. APEL's operating costs are covered by tenant rent.

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or more than 15 years, Energy Northwest's Environmental and Analytical Services Laboratory has provided chemical analysis and environmental monitoring expertise for utility, municipal and residential customers. The laboratory continues to maintain accreditation for wastewater, drinking water, and radiochemical analyses and licensure as a clinical laboratory for drugs-of-abuse screenings.

Services provided to Columbia Generating Station and outside clients include metals quantification, general chemistry, microbiological testing, radiological monitoring, lubricant condition monitoring, material verification, commercial grade dedication of materials, and aquatic and terrestrial monitoring. This includes working with the Washington Geological Survey, as part of a Department of Energy geothermal grant and an Energy/Business Services financially-supported project to participate in the chemical analysis of mineral springs samples collected throughout the state of Washington.

The Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program for Columbia, operated by the laboratory, independently assesses the radiological impact of Columbia's operation.

The REMP lab collects and analyzes air, water and agricultural samples to ensure any operational environmental impact is known and quantified.

In support of Energy Northwest's ISO 14001 Environmental Management System commitment, the laboratory monitored noxious weed populations and controlled these populations primarily through the use of species specific insects. Additionally, as part of the Migratory Bird Habitat Enhancement Plan, artificial nest sites were installed during fiscal year 2012 for the burrowing owl, a "species of concern" listed by Washington state. Monitoring during fiscal year 2013 indicated that burrowing owls use the artificial nests.

Laboratory employees continue to perform key environmental assessments at the Shepherds Flat Wind Farm, located in north-central Oregon. Owned by Caithness Shepherds Flat, LLC, of Sacramento, Calif., the project's 909-megawatt capacity makes it the largest wind generation facility in the United States. Involvement with the project began in 2002.

The laboratory staff was involved with educational outreach in the Tri-Cities including presenting to Delta High School students, serving as judge for the "Future Cities" competition at Ochoa Middle School and participating in the annual Science Technology Engineering and Math conference. With the laboratory's participation, students learned about analytical chemistry testing, careers in environmental science and the importance of clean energy.

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loae justopen I Energy Northwest. A leasing business line was developed to utilize the outlying buildings at the IDC for use as office and warehouse space, as well as former power facilities.

Energy/Business Services continues to manage the leasing business line at the IDC. The tenants based at the IDC are primarily involved in the ongoing construction efforts at the Department of Energy's Hanford Site. A significant challenge the IDC faced during fiscal 2013 was maintaining a positive margin in leasing as the federal government made drastic funding cuts to several tenant contractors.

Energy Northwest also plans to continue looking at ways to efficiently remove unused infrastucture to reduce short-and long-term costs to regional ratepayers.

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ENVIRONMENTAL Stewardship nergy Northwest's Environmental Management System is designed to meet rigorous requirements of the globally recognized International Organization for Standardization 14001:2004 standard, with additional emphasis on compliance and pollution prevention. Energy Northwest's EMS was registered to ISO 14001 in April 2005 by NSF International Strategic Registrations, an accredited registrar.

During fiscal year 2013, Energy Northwest established and exceeded environmental targets for reductions of hazardous waste generation, mixed waste generation and prevention of hazardous material spills at Columbia Generating Station.

As a result of a challenge from CEO Mark Reddemann, EMS established a goal to achieve a 7.5 percent reduction in carbon dioxide emissions at Columbia from fiscal year 2011. With a significant reduction in the vehicle fleet and replacement of diesel-powered portable security lighting

- with hard-wired light stands - Columbia achieved a 39 percent carbon dioxide reduction from the base year.

The Environmental and Regulatory Programs department identified pollution-prevention opportunities and implemented them in fiscal 2013. The most successful results came from the elimination of microfilm photo processing, a major contributor to the agency's hazardous waste volume in the past.

Energy Northwest has reduced house loads, fUel consumption, C02 generation and has supported wildlife improvement efforts on our leasedlands.

We are committed to ISO 14001 and to the practice of responsible environmental stewardship.

- Dale Atkinson, Vice President, Employee Development and Corporate Services

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COMMUNITY Service One of the community and educational outreach opportunities Energy Northwest undertook was a series of public service announcements focusing on nuclear energy. The PSAs featured agency members delivering messages about nuclear energy's clean and safe power generation and other benefits.

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4lorthwest employees spoke to a wide range of es, including many civic and business organizations, iergy Northwest Speakers Bureau.

Energy Northwest has been a member of the local ess community for more than 50 years. As a major nployer, the agency strongly believes in the importance the communities and non-profit agencies where its rk and live.

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r2013, more than $90,000 was raised for United Way.

ow 222 Energy Northwest employees contributed to Led Way campaign. These pledges and others help eals to elderly neighbors, fund youth developmental vide disaster relief planning for the community and

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improves lives in the community through Community goal is for everyone living in Benton and Franklin we a good education; access to healthcare; to live safe environment; and to be a self-sufficient, active community.

March of Dimes Energy Northwest's team raised $29,000 this year for the March of Dimes, exceeding the goal, and once again demonstrating the philanthropy and generosity of its employees. More than 50 walkers from Energy Northwest, along with their spouses, children and pets, participated in the 3.1-mile walk along the Columbia River in the 2013 Tri-Cities March for Babies event supporting neo-natal birth centers and local families in need.

Additionally, Energy Northwest's dedicated employees provided more than $10,000 for the "celebrity chef" event sponsored by the March of Dimes. These efforts provide national support for research for healthy babies and local support for expectant mothers.

Head Start In fiscal year

2013, Energy Northwest celebrated the 32nd anniversary of supporting the Benton Franklin Head Start program (since 1980).

Each year, Energy Northwest commits to adopting every Head Start child for the holiday season.

Each child provided a wish list to Santa and received at least one toy and one clothing item. The gifts were distributed by Energy Northwest employees, dressed as Santa and his elves, during the various Head Start parties.

The Head Start program is the most successful, longest-running, national school readiness program in the U.S. It provides comprehensive education, health, nutrition and parent involvement services to low-income children and their families.

More than 25 million preschool-aged children have benefited from Head Start, and the number of children served in Benton and Franklin counties has more than doubled in the past two decades.

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Sabrina Absolon Robert Alexander Paul Allen Greg Armatrout Dale Atkinson Steve Baker Marianne Banta Brad Barfuss Susan Barwick Carole Bergara Brittany Bergsson Eddie Bickett Scott Black Charles Blake Mike Boddy PT Boler Barbara Bomotti Pam Bradley Denise Brandon Daryl Breard Tracey Brown Dave Brown Dean Butler Jon Cohen Greg Cullen Shannon Dado Michael Davis John Dobken JoAnna Dobson James Dorwin Jerry Droppo Elmer Dumlao Zach Dunham Bob Dutton Dick Ehr Pat Ellsworth Tom Erwin Lisa Escalera Val Eveland John Fellman Terra Flores Jacque Fuller Kathleen Galioto Gary Gardner Jim Gaston Jeff Gloyn Carl Golightly Dwayne Gregory Tim Hancock Greg Hanson Candy Harmon Gina Harper Bob Harris Richard Hatten Jeremy Hauger Bryan Hays Mot Hedges Rick Hermann Michael Holle Kevin Huber Dallin Hunt Brenda Ingalls John Irvan Alex Javorik Kathy Jerrow Carolyn John Joshua Jones Sandra Jorgensen Steve Keltner Michael Kennedy Michael Kinmark Dean Kovacs Marlene Ladendorff John Lamendola Andy Langdon John Latta James Leiren Pattie Lilly Greg Lisle Aaron Lyle Clay Madden Kyle Martens Carla Martinez Donna McCauley Kevin McCullen Heather McMurdo Troy McNabb Steve McNutt Angel Melendrez Scott Metzger Daniel Morris Toni Munder Theresa Neidhold Randy Nelson Terry Northstrom Rochelle Olson Rick Olson Jerry Paetel Lynne Pagel Mike Paoli Christoper Payne Bruce Pease Robby Scott F Randa Don Q Kelly R Angel Mark F Cristin Mark F Georgi Brent I Eric Rc Darin I Ross R Brian F Diego Richar James Bob S(

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IN-PROCESSING COORDINATOR Brenda Ingalls is Energy Northwest's outage In-Processing Coordinator.

She in-processed 1,247 employees and contractors between March 18 and May 20 this year to support Refueling and Maintenance Outage 21.

Originally from Prosser, Wash., Brenda joined Team Energy Northwest in July 2006. Her primary responsibilities incLude coordination of badging and training requirements for employees and contractors requesting unescorted access to Columbia Generating Station and other Energy Northwest faciLities.

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