Is the hydro power already mostly consumed?

What actually matters is where extra generation occurs to handle the marginal new load of new electric vehicles.

Everyone fools themselves because they look at the current percentage of hydropower and think that is what powers their car - when it rarely is.

Neither Oregon nor Washington are in the top 10 states for cheapest residential power. Everywhere except for the Northeast and California has prices within a few cents per kWh of the Pacific Northwest.

One of the reasons Norway can go all electric (EV’s), but most of the world doesn’t have the hydroelectric resources they have.

Maybe it’s not as much cheaper but it’s cheaper than gas anywhere in the country.

Seattle City Light owns a sizable chunk of its generating capacity.

I’m at $0.11 in Maryland which gets 40% of its power from nuclear.

Doesn't make electricity much cheaper

I'm in the EU and the factor is 3-4x.