02 Cascade Assembly · 2026
Summer · Working lands
Cascade Assembly.
Summer 2026 · Edmonton, Alberta
Agriculture and energy, seated at the same table, because the region's oldest fights run between them and most of the new ones do too. This is where a project is argued in front of the people it will actually land on — growers, districts, utilities, the county — and where an endorsement is worth carrying because it was hard to get.
The record
Carried to · Summer 2026 · Edmonton, Alberta
This season's table was PNWER's — the 35th Annual Summit of the Pacific NorthWest Economic Region, 19–23 July, where Mary Dye spoke among delegates from ten states, provinces and territories. PNWER has convened this region across the border for thirty-five years, and its Legislative Energy Horizon Institute is where Mary studied the continental grid.
The seats — placed by role, by invitation
EldersEndorse the proposal, on behalf of what came before it.
AdvocatesPromote the cause, until the region knows what is being asked.
OfficialsAuthorize the approval, in the venue that actually holds it.