Pacific Northwest definition

Pacific Northwest means the (i) sub region within the Western Interconnection comprised of Alberta, British Columbia, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming and (ii) any portions of the area defined in 16 U.S.C. § 839a(14) that are not otherwise included in (i).
Pacific Northwest or “PNW” means Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and British Columbia.
Pacific Northwest means (1) the region consisting of the States of Oregon and Washington, the State of Montana west of the Continental Divide, and such portions of the States of Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming within the Columbia drainage basin and of the State of Idaho as the Secretary may determine to be within the marketing area of the Federal Columbia River power system, and (2) any contiguous areas, not in excess of seventy-five airline miles from said region, which are a part of the service area of a rural electric cooperative served by the Administrator on Dec. 5, 1980 which has a distribution system from which it serves both within and without said region.

Examples of Pacific Northwest in a sentence

  • Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station.

  • Northwest Renal Network collects and analyzes data on patients enrolled in the Medicare ESRD programs, serves as an information resource, and monitors the quality of care given to dialysis and transplant patients in the Pacific Northwest.

  • BPA’s incremental cost will be based on an hourly energy index in the Pacific Northwest.

  • Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station.

  • This analysis was conducted by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) in support of the DOE Building Energy Codes Program.


More Definitions of Pacific Northwest

Pacific Northwest means the area consisting of:
Pacific Northwest means the states of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho.
Pacific Northwest means the states of Alaska, Idaho, Montana,
Pacific Northwest as defined in Section 3 of the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act, Public Law 96-501 16 U.S.C. Section 839a(14)(A) and (B).
Pacific Northwest has the meaning defined in section 3(14) of the Act, Public Law 96-501, 16 USC 839.
Pacific Northwest means (1) the region consisting of the States of Oregon and Washington, the State of Montana west of the Continental Divide, and such portions of the States of Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming within the Columbia drainage basin and of the State of Idaho as the Secretary may determine to be within
Pacific Northwest means the area consisting of: (a) The states of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho, the