Weaver lambasts WPPSS ‘fiasco’
Energy planning by public needed, he says
Lack of public participation in regional
energy planning results in chaos Con
gressman Jim Weaver said here yesterday
Weaver kicked off the Northwest Region
al Energy Symposium with a speech before
about 50 people m the Gerlmger Hatl Alumni
Lounge The symposium sponsored by the
Solar Energy Center and the Survival
Center, continues through Friday
The WPPSS fiasco is a perfect example
of lack of public participation in regional
energy planning resulting in chaos. Weaver
said Ever since the idea of building nuclear
reactors m Washington was conceived m
the late 1960s the Bonneville Power Ad
ministration and utilities have kept the
decision-making process secret, he said
Public utilities assumed energy demand
would increase eight percent annually
until Armageddon.-' Weaver said They
decided building “massive nuclear reac
tors would meet the anticipated demand he
said
They didn't want anyone to know it was a
club,' Weaver said They were using the
‘ pappa knows best “ philosophy, he added
WPPSS was approved by the congres
stonal appropriations committees as a one
iine rider to an appropriation bill. he said
Rising costs however, hampered WPPSS
construction and the empire builders"
were forced to write a bill in fall 1976 The
public was finally allowed into the planning
process through hearings on the bill.
Weave' said
That realty broke their hearts." he add
ed
The bill failed miserably in those legis
lative hearings and was withdrawn. Weaver
said The bill was approved one year later by
incorporating elements of Weaver s con
servation bill, he said
Washington put a limit on the utility
complex actors” with Initiative 394 that
requires a vote before more bonds can be
issued to finance WPPSS The public
gained a voice in the decision-making
process, Weaver said
A judge ruled the initiative unconstitu
tional, and utilities and nuclear power ad
vocates are secretty preparing for a possi
ble appeals reversal of that decision, he
said
The congressman successfully sued
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Congressman Jim Weaver
WPPSS to free Oregonians from paying
$450 million on contracts for reactors No 4
and No 5, Weaver said A suit should be
brought against the contracts on reactors
No 1 through No 3, which are "worse than
the contracts on four and five," he added
Accountant
to lecture,
meet faculty
Untvarftity News Bureau
Susan Suran, an accounting
executive, will be the partner
in-resldence this fall in the
University accounting depart
ment Her first visit to the
University campus is today
Suran, a partner with Suran
and Co Certified Public Ac
countants in Portland, will ob
serve and lecture to classes,
give seminars and hold office
hours She will also meet with
faculty and administrative of
ficials to gain a better under
standing of the University's ac
counting program
Considered a leading figure in
the accounting field, Suran is a
member and past chairman of
the Oregon State Board of Ac
countancy She also serves as
liaison with the state legislature
on several bills
Jackson con""-m-a9*
When you come to the end of a
period, you assess and suggest
what rt is that will need to be
done That s my professional
credo ”
Jackson graduated from Wa
shington State in 1954 and has
been a broadcast journalist
since His voice took him from
riding to church in a horse
buggy on a farm in Georgia to
drinking whiskey and playing
golf with guys who walked on
the moon
"The profession has been
good to me.” Jackson says
But he's not happy wrth the
course of history ”1 feel an in
cumbency on my generation to
leave something for the next
generation We know what
we re gonna leave — a hell of a
mess "
"I happen to think that
Penthouse magazine should be
jerked off the stands, or at least
forced underground I don't
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ture has to have sex and
violence''
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"The single most important
secret to any life is finding
where you fit Those that find it
are lucky Relatively few of us
find it I Hiink I've found where I
fit I'm just as happy as I can be I
would'nt want to do anything
that I'm not doing ’’
And despite its misgivings
about the morals of the media,
the Jackson voice rolls on
Kulongoski to speak
Ted Kulongoski, Demo
cratic candidate for gover
nor, will address student
related issues and answer
questions today at a 2 p m.
rally in the EMU courtyard
The rally, sponsored by
Students for Kulongoski, will
probably focus on higher
education and nuclear
freeze issues, says Kelly
Buntjer, coordinator of the
organization
The rally will last about 45
minutes, she says
Buntjer, a political science
and biology senior, feels
confident of student support
for Kulongoski
"We have seen a lot of real
positive feedback from
students" at tables set up on
campus, she says
The group has 35-40 active
members, Buntjer says
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