Oregon daily emerald., November 14, 1973, Page 3, Image 3

Fishway Flow curtailment
helps ease energy shortage
The State and Federal fishery agencies of
Oregon, Washington, and Idaho and the North
Pacific Division, Corps of Engineers have an
nounced that as a result of cooperative efforts, a
total of 250,000,000 kilowatt hours (KWH) of ad
ditional electricity will be generated this winter.
The additional electricity will be generated with
water that normally would be used by the fishways
and fish attraction water systems at dams on the
lower Columbia and Snake Rivers.
In an agreement reached between represen
tatives of all the Northwest fisheries agencies and
the Corps of Engineers, a temporary plan was
developed for fish facility operations that will
provide for a substantial reduction of water flowing
through the fish collection and passage facilities
during the winter months when relatively few fish
are migrating.
The reduced flows will significantly reduce the
effectiveness of the passage facilities and will
provide only minimal passage conditions at most
dams.
The total energy generation from use of the
fishway water at its maximum level will amount to
over 1,700,000 KWH per day. This is enough elec
trical energy to serve about 40,000 homes for one
year. The curtailment of fishway flows represents
about a 35 percent reduction in the annual use of
water or energy in the Corps fishway systems on the
Columbia and Snake Rivers.
Most of the additional energy will result from
reducing the amount of water used for attraction
flow at the downstream entrances of fish ladders at
Bonneville, The Dalles, John Day and McNary
Dams on the lower Columbia River. Substantial
additional energy will also be generated at Ice
Harbor, Lower Monumental and Little Goose Dams
on the Snake River.
“Attraction flow” is the extra water that is used
to help the upstream migrating fish find their way
into fish passage facilities. While some reduction in
attraction flow is made each winter the reduction
this year will be much greater than ever before.
The most adverse impact anticipated will be the
potential loss of late running steelhead and late fall
chinook spawning above Bonneville Dam. Tlie coho
runs are believed to be nearly over.
Spokesmen for the fishery agencies stressed
that minimal conditions for fish passage were
agreed to upon the following conditions:
— a continuing critical energy crisis;
— an understanding that the reduction in fish
way flows during the winter of 1973-74 will not set a
precedent for future operations;
— in the event that serious fish passage
problems develop, normal fishway operations will
be resumed;
— other water users (for example, navigation
and irrigation) will be requested to contribute their
fair share to the energy conservation program.
Major General R.E. McConnell, North Pacific
Division Engineer, has stated that the assistance
and cooperation shown by the fishery agencies will
do much to alleviate the critical power shortage
that faces the Northwest this winter and expressed
deep appreciation to the agencies for their par
ticipation in the energy conservation program.
Manager training initiated
Combining all three rings
under one big top, the University
announces the formation of a new
act, the Center of Educational
Policy and Management
(CEPM).
For those who are unfamiliar
with the educational
management show it is the
training of school administrators
including all management
positions, deans, presidents, and
principals. CEPM provides
training in three study and
management programs that lead
to doctorates in pre-collegiate
administration, higher education
administration and forces that
contribute to educational policy.
The first phase is the Research
and Development division. This
division concentrates on
educational administration of
elementary and secondary
schools. In the center ring is
Instruction and Field Services
division for levels of higher
education focusing on personnel.
Third is the Information Services
division. This end studies
educational foundations,
philosophy and history of schools,
and some sociology.
According to CEPM Director
Max Abbott, the first two
divisions study changes in
schools while the Information
Services unit leans toward
educational policy, experiments,
and causes for policies.
Particularly advantageous is
the link between research and the
training of school administrators
that CEPM provides. Previously
the research oriented Center for
the Advanced Study of
Educational Administration
(CASEA) was independent of the
educational department. “One
director over both makes for
better co-ordination,” Abbott
said.
“Now there is a way for
research and teachers to in
teract,” Abbott explained,
“Before there was no w^y for
teachers to acquire the research
information.”
Except for the administration
aspect, the CEPM is open to
undergrads. Many of the
graduate administration students
have bachelor degrees in
education, but Abbott pointed out
that a degree in education is not a
prerequisite to enter the
graduate administration
program.
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Energy curtailment
plans sought
By ROSS DANIELS
Of the Emerald
The Joint Energy Conservation Council of Lane County met
yesterday to discuss ways of handling the latest developments in
the energy crises.
The shortage of electrical energy was the main topic of
discussion for the council, which consists of representatives of
public and private electrical utilities, fuel oil distributors, and
others supplying energy to Lane County.
Council chairman Jack Criswell, of the Springfield Utility
Board, reviewed a general plan concerning voluntary and
mandatory curtailment of electrical energy use by customers of
electrical utilities, particularly businesses.
Major emphasis in the general plan is placed on informing
the public about the energy crises through the media and the
schools, and on encouraging as much voluntary cutback of
electrical consumption by businesses as possible.
If rationing of electricity to businesses were to be imposed
by the PUC next year, the plan would call for a utility to give a
three day warning notice to any businesses which exceeded its
allotted amount of energy. If the business did not cut back, then
it would lose its electrical power.
The plan also calls for the utility to take production in
creases and other factors into account which might affect the
amount of energy used by a business.
Jan Monroe, of the Oregon Energy Information Center was
scheduled to talk on the Governor’s “sign ban,” and PUC
Sabin’s order to private utilities to cut off the electricity of
anyone violating the ban, but was unable to attend the meeting.
A spokesman for Pacific Power & Light said that his
company would comply with the PUC’s orders to shut off a
business’s electricty “when and if those orders are given.” The
utility has not received any such orders yet.
Criswell said that the public utilities “will go to the
Governor’s executive order for support,” in enforcing the ban.
Ladd Sutton, the Eugene District Manager for the Bon
neville Power Administration, said that the efforts of
Oregonians to conserve power have brought “unexpectedly
good results,.” He pointed out that citizens in the Eugene
Springfield area should not be too optimistic about heavy
rainfall in this area because there are not many electricity
generating dams in this area. The water is needed in the big
Columbia River reserviors.
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