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WATCH
Theft
Tuesday. Jan. 2—8:02 a.m.
A DPS officer reported a University
parking sign stolen.
Thursday, Jan. 4—4:16 p.m.
A University student reported his
bicycle stolen from a bike rack near
Deady Hall.
Friday, Jan. 5—1:55 p.m.
A University student reported his
bicycle stolen from the Hamilton
Complex.
Saturday, Jan. 6—1:44 p.m.
A University student reported his
bicycle stolen from Huestis Hall.
Vandalism
Wednesday, Jan. 3 ~ 8:49 a.m.
An Agate Hall Foundation staff
member reported that someone had
broken into the Foundation vehicle in
the Agate Hall parking lot.
Wednesday, Jan. 3—9:24 a.m.
A car in the Alder Street parking lot was
reported vandalized.
Other
Thursday, Jan. 4—3:41 p.m.
Three skateboarders were reported
stunting at the Knight Law School.
EWEB
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bills, EWEB spokesman Marty
Douglass said.
Because of the crisis, EWEB will
need to acquire anywhere from
$15 million to $60 million in addi
tional funds, said Dick Varner,
EWEB’s rates and financial plan
ning manager.
The reason for the price hike
and the regional energy crisis is a
complex one, Douglass said.
The main source of electricity
for the city is hydroelectricity,
though EWEB also buys electricity
generated in California and from
the energy market.
The biggest crisis contributor is
the unusually dry Northwest win
ter. This has caused a shortage of
rain and snow, leaving the Colum
bia River at its lowest level in Ore
gon’s history and reducing electric
ity production at Northwest
hydroelectric dams.
Because of fish and wildlife
preservation efforts, dam operators
can’t lower reservoir levels below
a certain point to compensate for
dry weather.
A second crisis contributor is
California’s loss of regulated ener
gy. The majority of California’s
utilities have sold generation capa
bilities to private companies,
therefore creating a huge shortage
throughout the state.
“Typically, there is a flow of
power between Oregon and Cali
fornia,” Bartel said. “Now both
states are in demand and can’t pro
vide for each other.”
A third crisis contributor is the
lack of energy conservation, both
on the part of companies and cus
tomers.
“We have benignly gone along
as individuals and businesses with
the thinking that we don’t need to
conserve any of our energy,” Bartel
said.
Bartel said EWEB has done more
conservation than many utilities,
such as the company serving Taco
ma, Wash., where rates are expect
ed to increase as much as 80 per
cent. But EWEB’s efforts haven’t
been enough to eliminate the prob
lem, and the general public has
still been using energy at normal
rates.
Energy conservation
tips:
Turn off lights when leaving a room.
Turn off computers when not in use.
Lower the thermostat while sleeping
or when leaving the house.
Turn off air conditioners when
leaving the house.
Avoid heating rooms that aren’t in
use. Shut the doors in these rooms
and close off windows.
Source: EWEB
“We want to come out with a
public information program that
will help people begin to conserve
energy and possibly lower their
own rates,” Bartel said.
The increase will most likely
span the next two years, Varner
said. EWEB will be looking at pos
sibilities for next year’s increases
depending on how well this year’s
plan works.
“However good a job we do re
ducing consumption will affect the
rates,” Varner said.
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