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WPPSS plants
‘definitely needed'
PORTLAND
A top official of the Bonneville
Power Administration says
three nuclear plants being built
in Washington state definitely
will be needed, but the question
is when
BPA assistant power man
ager Walt Pollock said Thursday
his agency won’t know until late
this month exactly when the
electricity will be needed from
Washington Public Power Sup
ply System plants 1,2 and 3
The BPA has completed its
forecast of energy demand in
the Pacific Northwest for the
next two decades, but the
agency still is determining how
much power will be available in
the region over the next 20
years
When the power supply is
known. Pollock said, BP A of
ficials will tell the WPPSS board
of directors whether the con
struction of the three nuclear
plants should be slowed
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Among the questions to be
answered in the BPA recom
mendation is whether delaying
construction would save money
or add to the expense of the
plants
The BPA planned to release
its energy demand forecast
today, but the figures were
printed in Thursday’s Oregon
ian newspaper
The draft projects an annual
growth in electricity consump
tion of 1 7 percent In the Pacific
Northwest during the next two
decades
Compared with past projec
tions, the paper said, 1.7 per
cent would be an unusually low
growth rate In energy demand
Feds add money
to forest budget
SALEM
The federal government has
restored $10 million to its 1982
Oregon and Washington forest
management budget, accord
ing to the Oregon chapter of the
Northwest Forest Workers As
sociation.
Association coordinator Rick
Koven said Thursday the res
toration of the money could,
provide up to 2,000 |Obs this
summer
Koven said the forest workers
hatf received confirmation from
Sen Mark Hatfield. R-Ore., that
the funds would be restored
immediately
A month ago. the association
criticized the U S Forest Ser
vice for spending too little on
reforestation and timber stand
improvement The association,
which represents 16 reforesta
tion workers' cooperatives, said
the budget was $15 million short
of meeting the needs of the 19
national forests in the North
west
Senate protects
special tax break
WASHINGTON
The Senate has decided to
leave intact a congressional tax
break to offset the cost of living
in Washington, but the battle
over the issue is far from over
By a narrow vote on Wednes
day. the Senate decided to put
aside the tax issue, thus allow
ing a temporary spending mea
sure to be approved and sent to
the White House for Pres
Reagan’s signature
The Senate's 81-18 vote on
the continuing spending re
solution, which already had
cleared the House, means that
seven government departments
will be able to operate through
Sept 30, the end of fiscal 1982
Sen William Armstrong.
R-Colo , led a two-day effort to
repeal the tax break, which per
mits members of Congress to
deduct $75 daily for each day
Congress is in session
Armstrong said he wanted to
have "members of Congress
taxed on the same basis as
other taxpayers "
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