Posted on 10/29/2007 8:33:08 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
GRANTS PASS, Ore. -- California Energy Commission analysts urged Oregon, California and Washington to deny any requests from PacifiCorp to increase electricity rates to help pay for upgrading Klamath dams.
A Monday letter signed by California Energy Commission executive director B.B. Blevins asks the public utility commissions in each of the three states to authorize cost recovery only for decommissioning the four hydroelectric dams on the Klamath River. Indian tribes, fishermen and conservation groups want the dams removed to open up spawning habitat for struggling salmon runs.
"The Energy Commission has a responsibility not only to provide reliable energy supplies, but to provide for the environment," said Chris Tooker, an energy policy analyst for the California Energy Commission. "It takes that balancing mandate seriously. The whole reason we are involved in the Klamath issue is to help educate the participants."
PacifiCorp is seeking a new license to operate the J.C. Boyle, Copco 1, Copco 2 and Iron Gate dams on the Klamath for the next 30 to 50 years. Though the dams only produce enough power for 70,000 households, PacifiCorp says it's power that does not emit greenhouse gases.
The utility has said it would be willing to spend $300 million on fish ladders and other improvements to meet a federal mandate to provide salmon a way to reach hundreds of miles of spawning habitat blocked for the past century. It has also said it would be willing to remove the dams if their ratepayers don't have to pay for it.
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“It is a set up. The guv is going to back ripping out the Klamath dams in exchange for the enviros backing the two new dams in the central valley.”
Last week our local fishwrap carried an interesting oped by one of the Bee’s oped writers re the Governator’s vetoes and bill approvals.
Apparently, he poes both sides with his vetoes and signings. He seems to be fairly consistant vetoing bills that would harm a lot of workers and the California economy.
So this “swap” would be consistant with him. Rip out the dams and $crew the farmers and ranchers along the Klamath and bring in two newer and bigger power plants where there are more people and jobs. Also, if I’m not mistaken, a lot of the power created by the Klamath Dams goes to Oregon not California. So the Oregon greenie consumers would bear the extra cost for electricity.
Is there a Klamath ping list?
Notice this article is from Oct, two months ago. I thought I read recently that this is settled, the dams are to stay put. I may be wrong on this.
There once was a HUGE one but I’m not sure anymore. This is NOT resolved as far as I know. I’ve pinged a few of the central individuals in this insane ongoing fight instigated by the dope smokin, dam hatin, liberal EnvironMentalista whackos who can’t git outa the sixties in their drug demented, cognitively impaired minds!!!
This is just CRAZY. Keep me in mind when you see new info on this, will you?
I guess I’d like to be added then, thanks
I've never kept ping lists except in my head as I happen to remember those who might possibly be intersted in the discussion. But I'll try not to let you slip out of this increasingly slippery memory bank. Maybe it's time, if this issue hasn't been resolved, for someone to start another Klamath Tea Party Ping List!!!
WHIIIINNNNNNE!
I added you to the list.
Feel free to ping me to threads to alert me to anything you think should be pinged to the list.
I’d appreciate it.
bttt
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