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Yup, a lot of wind on the coast as well as quite a bit of wind on the east side of the Cascades. (An old joke is how can you tell the wind has quit blowing? All the cowboys fall over. I said it was old, not funny.) The first wind turbines I ever saw were three giant beasts in the gorge in the late '60s/early '70s built by Boeing. There are extensive windfarms between Walla Walla and Tri-Cities with plans for expansion. (Much to the dismay of many of the locals [not the landowner] due to what many feel are eyesores. Some areas have miles and miles of wind turbines, and in that barren country, you get to see them all.)
Yes, Washington for decades has had the bulk of it's power provided by hydroeclectric dams thanks primarily to the Columbia River as well as quite a number of smaller rivers. It has been the nation's chief producer of hydro power and has lit much of Cal for decades. It has also enjoyed if not the nation's lowest power rates, one of the nation's lowest.
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