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80 posted on 07/17/2014 2:52:49 PM PDT by laplata (Liberals don't get it .... their minds are diseased.)
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To: laplata; Steve_Seattle
Yes, California does purchase hydroelectric power from the NW (mainly Bonneville Power Administration).

BPA's power grid is connected to the California high-voltage transmission system by Path 66, which consists of the two 500 kV AC lines of the Pacific AC Intertie, plus a third 500 kV AC line of the California-Oregon Transmission Project (COTP) (managed by the Balancing Authority of Northern California). Together these three lines are operated as the California-Oregon Intertie (COI) (managed by the California Independent System Operator). An additional DC +/- 500 kV line, the Pacific DC Intertie, links BPA's grid at the Celilo Converter Station near The Dalles, Oregon to the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) grid 800 miles (1,300 km) away at the Sylmar Converter Station in Los Angeles.

81 posted on 07/17/2014 3:02:16 PM PDT by steve86 ( Acerbic by nature, not nurture)
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