Northwest suffering power deficit
■ NORTHWEST
RICHLAND. Wash (AP) — The
Northwest, Ion# known for its
cheap and abundant supplies of
electricity, has suddenly found
itself with a power deficit.
A region that boasts 30 hydro
electric dams — along with a nut tear reactor, coal and
other generating plants — can no longer meet its own
needs.
Expensive imports are a major reason consumers in
the Northwest far* rale hikes between M percent and 20
percent, according to the Bonneville Power Adminis
tration.
As recently os 1001. the region mode up of Washing
ton. Oregon, Idaho and Western Montana exported $258
million worth of power while spending $21.1 million for
imports,
But the BI'A is projecting purchases of $250 million
from other areas, chiefly California and Canada, in 1093.
and sales of just $75 million in electricity.
"The main reason for that is tho worst two consecutive
water years since 1*144-1045." said Du Icy Maher, a
spokeswoman for the BPA in Portland. Ore The BPA
markets elei tricity from federal dams to utilities.
The drought forces dams to he managed for the bene
fit of endangered fish species more than electrical pro
dut lion. Mahar said
That means mountain snow melt usually stored for
winter months must la1 dumped from reservoirs in the
spring and summer to help fish migrate to the sea. she
Mid.
When winter'!i peak electrical season arrives, utilities
have to import expensive electricity because there is lit
tle water left in the reservoirs
The Northwest gets two-thirds of its electricity from
hydro dams, while the rest of the country gets just 10
percent from that source
A major reason is the Columbia River system, which
covers 258,(KH) square miles and is the 4th longest river
in North Amerua at 1.214 miles
Its dams produce an annual average of 18.500
megawatts of power.
Hut it isn't enough
The Seattle-based energy newsletter ('tearing Up
recently reported that November 1992 was the first time
in two decades the Northwest was a net importer of elec
tricity.
"Since dollars follow kilowatt hoifrs like night follows
day. the region's current trade deficit is putting financial
pressure on utilities." the newsletter said
)ohn Fazio of the Northwest Power Planning Council,
also in Portland, said it is too early to say there will tie
a powerdefii.it for all of 1993.
“But it certainly has changed from the past when that
number was always positive," Fazio, a power analyst,
said.
In 198b the region produced 2,500 megawatts of sur
plus power, enough to supply the needs of nearly 1.5
million people.
Nude photos cause
uproar in Ashland
MEDFORD (AIM — The director of the commu
nity access channel in Ashland says he didn't
know a broadcast of student artwork contained
nude photos until the telephone started ringing
with complaints.
"As soon as I realized what was going on, I
pulled the tape." said Pete Belcastro, director of
Ashland Cable Access
The tape depicting artwork created by students
at Southern Oregon State College was broadcast at
4:30 p m. on June 1J to 38.000 households in the
Medford and Ashland ansa.
"I was sitting at home watc hing television and
when I flipped the channel 1 saw breasts Fill up the
screen." said Cynthia Waugh of Medford.
She was among about 30 people who called Ash
land Cable Access or TCI Cablevision of Oregon to
complain.
A segment showed a woman covered with
cutout photographs of various portions of female
anatomy.
Belcastro said the channel sometimes broadcasts
material that some people would find objection
able, but normally with warnings after 10 p.m.
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Major brewers have introduced now liners and
even separate brands lo i »urt the small breweries
i uslomors
Mi I lor Kosorvo Amber Ale is marketed as a
Itritish style all barles ale. mm h like tbe products
of the spot inlty breweries
Rainier Brewing of Seattle, a division of (>.
Ileilem.m Brewing Co. of Chicago, mokes Kmerald
City Ale in its main brewery. But the IjiIhjI says it
is made by tbe Kmerald Cits Brewing Co
"Krneraid City Ale is brewed mui.h like the so
called sjhh tally lamrs. using similar ingredients.”
said Randy Smith, vie e president of (». Heiieman
Brewing.
But Widmer said main of tbe big breweries'
entries in the specialty market art* just the same
la-er in different pat kaging.
The lug breweries are stireh capable of brewing
beer every iiit as good as we do.” Widmer said.
But the marketing and accounting departments
are calling the shots
Smith of Ueiloman agrees that the mark at for
specialty l»?ers is limited
"If Anheuser-Bus« ti browed -to million Iwirrels of
Budwelser and made it tasto like the speciality
product, I Mispm t they'd have to throw about half
of it away," ho said
Small brewers attribute their success to the qual
ity of their produc t and the tin t that they he us
their efforts on brewing, not marketing.
Widmer and his brother Kob started in l‘tM-4
with ofxHit StiS.OOO and built their first brewery by
hand using secondhand dairy and restaurant
equipment
In their first year, they made 1.100 .11 gallon bar
rels of tx>er laist year, they made nearly JH.(MK) l>ar
rels of beer in a brewery filled with high-tech
professional brewing equipment
Widmer wouldn't release exai t sales figures, hut
at a S1 HO a barrel, sales were approximately $5
million.
The brewery is so successful that Widmer
doesn't advertise or even sell bottled lieer because
the brewery s full i apacity is sold in kegs
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NHcrobrewed beers have rapidly grown In popularity In recent years,
and major labels are now attempting to capture a piece ot that mar
ket by ottering more eclectic beers.
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