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[CU 1353 / August 25, 2008]
Oregon Tears Into Latest Hydro BiOp, Calls for Science Panel to Sort it All Out
The state of Oregon has filed its latest complaint about the newest federal plan to operate dams and recover ESA-listed fish. Backed by a strong statement from Gov. Ted Kulongoski, the filing says the newest plan won't offer fish the same benefits as the court-ordered spill regimes of 2006 and 2007. The state and other principal plaintiffs have called on the BiOp judge to schedule a status hearing to discuss whether to convene a panel of independent scientists to help the court weigh evidence for salmon recovery efforts in the 2008 BiOp.
Preference Customers Worried About FY 2010 BPA Budget Levels
BPA customers and a number of fish and wildlife agencies and groups have filed comments on the agency's proposed budget levels for various programs in 2010-11. Preference customers are worried about the range of potential rate increases, and say the agency should adopt a cap. Renewable advocates say the agency is cutting back too much.
Contracts Set: Publics Worry TRM Won't Lock in FBS Benefits
BPA began publishing final versions of the contracts on Aug. 18 that will govern its delivery of Federal Base System benefits for the 20-year period ending in 2028, deals it hopes to have signed by Dec. 1. Meantime, the proceeding to define the Tiered Rate Methodology moves into cross examination this week ahead of an Oct. 6 record of decision.
Ore. Proposal for Boardman Emissions Cuts Deeper, Costs More than PGE's PlanPulling no punches, Oregon regulators have called for emission controls at Portland General Electric's coal-fired Boardman power plant to cut haze-producing pollution by 65 percent in five years, and 80 percent within 10 years. Regulators characterized the plan as "one of the strongest actions taken in the western United States to reduce air pollution from an older power plant." PGE says the plan is "aggressive . . . but workable," and warned it could have more significant rate consequences than the alternative plan it proposed earlier this year.
Also In Clearing Up This Week . . .
- DEADLINER: Settlement Reached in PSE General Rate Case
- Alberta Regulators Give Final OK To MATL
- Startup Nuke Developer Falling on Hard Times, But Undaunted
- POTOMAC: Energy-Legislation Battle Outlines Forming
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