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March 1, 1980. This brief article addresses an 11-day labor dispute of workers at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation. The dispute idled 2300 workers and occurred because pipe-fitters allegedly tore out…
learn more downloadFebruary 15, 1980. This article provides a recap on how the aluminum industry borrowed power from the Bonneville Power Administration in late 1979, during a time when the BPA and…
learn more downloadFebruary 11, 1980. This article exposes some of the budget and energy bills that became a big focus near the halfway point of the 1980 regular WA State legislature. For…
learn more downloadFebruary 8, 1980. This article recounts how state and federal authorities voiced concern on the issue of finding enough energy in the Northwest to satisfy electric customers? needs. In a…
learn more downloadBonneville Power Administrator Sterling Munro visits “every nook and cranny where’s asked to speak” so as to spread his message – a warning of an oncoming energy shortage. Citing the…
learn more downloadThis article examines the rates that wholesale electricity companies are able to charge to customers as compared to the recommendations set by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). The chairman…
learn more downloadThis article outlines some details on the BPA?s proposed budget for fiscal year 1981, which includes $25 million for buying replacement power from firms. Supposedly, the issue was, in part,…
learn more downloadArticle references the power consumption record that Washington Water Power Co. observed in January of 1980. Northcentral Washington saw temperatures more than twenty degrees below zero while Spokane?s official temperature…
learn more downloadSterling Munro of the Bonneville Power Administration states that power shortages for 1983-84 will be so high that conservation efforts will be needed. He predicts a 40% chance of shortages…
learn more downloadArticle takes a brief look at how John Goldsbury was accused of violating state conflict of interest laws by accepting contracts for his own firm after serving as board member…
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