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Wed April 15 8 p.m,
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Sen. Hallock gives fine example
By GREG WASSON
Ol the Emerald
SALEM — Election to Salem
provides a podium that legisla
tors mount with varying relish.
Sen Ted Hallock, D-Portland, is
a familiar example.
An 18-year legislative veter
an. Hallock seems to feel com
fortable in the spotlight.
The senator chairs the energy
committee with an flamboyant
style that sometimes gets nasty.
At Tuesday’s hearing, Hallock
used his position to inform the
committee and the audience of
something he had read in the
newspaper and heard from his
staff.
He first directed his scorn at
the eight-member team that is
shepherding the Bonneville
Power Administration until the
Regional Energy Council is ap
pointed. The transition team has
two representatives from each
of the Northwest states and
Montana.
“The transition team met yes
terday, and one agenda item
was discussion of hiring the ex
ecutive director; The team
wanted to consider this in
closed session and asked if
there were any objections. Don
Bundy of the Oregonian object
ed The team then broke for
lunch and Bundy asked if he
could go. The moderator said
no.
“I’m just appalled at the ar
rogance of the transition team
and its desire to do its business
in private," he said.
Hallock was just as appalled
at Associated Oregon Indus
tries, a large business lobby.
Hallock expressed confusion
over AOI’s position on his bill to
prevent construction of the
Alumax Aluminum .plant in
northeast Oregon. The plant will
consume 320 megawatts of
electricty, two-thirds of the out
put of the Boardman coal plant.
Hallock referred to an
interview in a Portland journal
with Ken Canon of the AOI.
Parts of the article, which ad
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Legislators still adore soapbox
legislative
issues
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dressed Hallock’s bill;1 were
read by the senator to his
audience. In the article, Canon
says “the bill doesn’t mention
Alumax but it’s clearly the
Alumax bill. No question about
that.
“The theory is that if you can
ban an aluminum plant, ‘that’s
320 extra megawatts of power
for everyone else.”
At that point, Hallock looked
up.
“That's a pretty valid deduc
tion, I would think.”
Finally, Hallock described a
dialogue his staff had had with a
group of home builders that has
complained violently of plans to
curb electricity use by adding
an extra charge to new re
sidences heated with electricity.
At most, the plan would save
170 megawatts, about half the
consumption of the proposed
Alumax facility.
Hallock thought his Alumax
bill would bring kudos from the
home builders and their lob
byist, Fred Van Natta.
“I’m really a fool,” Hallock
said. “And not only that, a naive
fool. I assumed that the
homebuilders would have lifted
me to their shoulders and an
ointed me with fine oils and
borne me into the city as a hero
of the day. If you divide 320
megawatts by homes, that’s a
lot of power.
“But, oh no, Mr. Van Natta
said. They’re staying out of it. In
fact, some of his people will
testify against the Alumax ban.
They’re supportive of industrial
development in northeast
Oregon.
"This information is designed
to drive one to the edge of the
Vista Avenue Bridge and ride
off.”
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