Regional
Rules may hurt utility consumers
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Oregon Citizens Otilitv Hoard sav proposed new
rules toi 111i111\ deposits would hurt low dm ome
i onsumers.
Kathy Weaver. .1 hoard member said Mond.iv
that new rules proposed hv tlu' Oregon I’uhlu
l Iility (lummission are ' unnecessarily harsh usd
punitive and appear to he designed to laieet and
further punish the poor
I nder the rules, utilities tould 1 lian;e new
1 ustomers deposits ecpnvalent to a two-month hill
helore granting serv it e it a 1 ustomer has had auv
Ulliitv serv K e nut oil in the prev ious lour veers
“II adopted this provision would penalize a
i ustomei hv allowing a gas or electric utililv to
1 liarge up to a two month deposit line ause a c us
tomer was too poor to c ontinue telephone sen u e
four years ago and was shut oil. Weaver said .it
,1 new s conference
Instead, she said, deposits should not e\t eed
.111 average one-month lull and should lie 1 liaiged
only to (ustomers whose service had heen shut
oil within the last IJ months and who had not
paid the debt or signed a time payment agree
mrui within mi«i.i\ aftei the shut otl
|ohn ( lai i nnsumer servH.es administratoi
hu tin- Ihtblii 1 tilil\ (nmmissmn denied th.it
tin* proposed mlrs in-re .nmi'il .it am purtuulai
mi i mi if uroup
l til it it's .ilrc.uK i .in rli.irui* two month ih*
pllslts m SO till' 1 .isl's ( 1,11 s.| 11 |
I hi* lii.ijiii i li.iiiiti' in thf mlrs wiHiiil .11 low
tin* t otnp.mil's to i lullin' tin* deposits to i ustoin
in s w host' sun ii i' It.ul lii'cn shut oil h\ other. om
| l.l M It's.
\\i- ti'i'l .i person s i red it histon with ,ui\
utiliti i iimpain i .uni's mi'i , " t 'l.n s.iiil
Uj.ilfi .ml tin- m u rules pioposi'.l hi the
I’uhlii I 'tihli Commission stall tellei teil the ile
sires ol utiliti i onip.imrs rather than ol i onsum
ers
t llai sanl the proposals atleuipteil to sir iki a
h.ilani e helween utilities ami i unsutners
When some people do not pa\ then hills
eienlualli the msl is passed to other ratep,tiers
he said
l lie I'uliln I’tilili Commission has si lied
tiled two hearings this week on the proposed rule
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"The projei I is first hand ur
turn design that is h.inl to get in
Ivugene." said linn K11! 1»■. ,i
student in the Portland studio
"We're getting a lot here th.it
isn't available in Kugene
I Ins term's projei I is the he
ginning of the first year round
Portland studio In the past, the
program has been ottered either
tall in spring term
In early August. U ilLimrllr
11 rri, ran a new s briet ac t using
the I'niversilv of trying to pre
vent Portl.tml State from open
mu its o« n ,k i reiliteii an liilec
lure program l)\ establishing a
\ear rouml studio
Although the paper latei ran
a i orrei turn ( nrnei said tile
1 'mversitv lias ottered a Port
land studio sporadic all\ over
the last Hi years I'ntil now
i osts and i oordtnating proli
Imns hav e him ked plans tin ,i
permanent studio
hast spring, thi' program r«*
( CIV C(l III! .11 pllllllt ll\ |l II .1
slmlv funded li\ (lie Vition.d
I uidou incut fol the \its i .died
lucnlv Inst (lenturv I’mdtii
t lou I hslrlt I
1 lie students in the pro|ei t
studied the east side ot the \\ il
lainetle Kivei and made plans
lor redeveloping the area
whit h is i urrentlv part ol the
freevvav I he studv bet ame part
oi a i i|v wide debate nvei relo
i allng the freevva\
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Art iih'nl insurants’ T'tititi
( .i• r11 has slinr|tlv ii'iUh i'iI
ils liiNM". 11.;s u'.ir .mil l imit!
11 in i n<i It: llit'ii. In I In? .'..(I ill
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wt.rki'.s' - t>ii.|>i'ns.il ion in
MIIl'l S.llll TlllIMliH
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cnrpor.ilimi In: It I its Iosm-s to
SIS in111 u>n fur tin' f11>.I mm:
mnnllis til l'Hi'i and prnlia
111\ uill mid tlit- yn.ii vv till
Itissi's nl S.!0 in i 11 inn In $.11)
mil I ion
SAII lust $ ill in 111 it in in
1‘IHH, .mil nlfiri.ils al out'
time |itit|oi.It'd InsM'N unulil
t\i rid $l»0 m 111 it >n tins \i'.n
laniK '..ml al a ni'vvs t tin
Imfiit.t: dial 11ilt-11i.iI rt't>ry;.i
m/.ilion. sui t nssfiil pro
grains In iviluti: t laiin t.usls
and idfri.ls til laws passril in
I'IH7 di't:rt'.ist:d llm Iiism'.s
I loprliillv In lilt: mnl of
nest viMr vvr will slrin tin
tide ol losses," I .non s.iul
Hul he -..ml lli.il would he
oulv a partial v it lur\ lx
uruse Oregon s workers'
(ompi'iis.iliou s\ stem ii
mu ills w av too expensiv e
"We're sw inimmii up
stream ajpiinsl a very slump
i.urrent ol rising i.o.sls. he
said l.ou)4 said the l.eptsla
tori' and stale irpul.ilnix
need to lake step-, lo over
haul and retorm the s\stern
III' said SAlt lias i ul its
losses In tighter r laiins re
view dial results nr more
douhtlul (hums being de
lin'd and h\ an aggressive
■ anipatk11 against Irauil
I lie t oinp.inv also has
saved Si million in six
months, lie said, with .1 pro
gram that aids inpired work
eis lo return to less demand
mg lolls lather than slaving
home whilt: iitiuries heal
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