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Page 8A OFF PAGE ONE East Oregonian COAL: $ERXWSHUFHQWRI3DFL¿&RUS¶VSRZHUVWLOOFRPHVIURPFRDO Continued from 1A Though the Sierra Club VD\V 3DFL¿&RUS¶V SODQ WR retire 2,800 megawatts of coal generation is a good thing, they are concerned about SRWHQWLDO SROOXWLRQ FRQWUROV needed at 13 other coal units WKDW LI LPSOHPHQWHG ZRXOG FRVW UDWHSD\HUV DQ HVWLPDWHG $1.3 billion. “If you just look at the economic risk of running WKHVH IRVVLO IXHO ÀHHWV LW¶V H[SHQVLYH´ VDLG 7UDYLV Ritchie, a San Francis- co-based attorney with the 6LHUUD &OXE ³7KHUH¶V D ULVN that not only are these bad IRUWKHHQYLURQPHQWEHFDXVH WKH\SROOXWHWKH\¶UHEDGIRU UDWHSD\HUV¶SRFNHWERRNV´ Rick Link, who led the ,53 SURFHVV IRU 3DFL¿&RUS said there are no immediate SODQVWRLQVWDOOQHZSROOXWLRQ controls at their facilities. 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Schwark said the IRP has JRQH WKURXJK DQ RSHQ DQG WUDQVSDUHQWSURFHVVDQGGRHV its best to factor numerous FRVWVDQGULVNLQWRWKHHTXD- tion. “We need to make sure ZHJHWWKRVHGHFLVLRQVULJKW´ he said. 3DFL¿&RUS VHUYHV D WRWDO of 1.8 million customers in six western states, including 730,000 customers in Oregon. ——— Contact George Plaven at gplaven@eastoregonian. com or 541-564-4547. JAIL: 0HHWLQJVKRPHZRUNJLYHVWUXFWXUHWROLYHVWKDWKDGQRQH Continued from 1A 3DUROHSUREDWLRQ RI¿FHU Wayne Dennis heads out in D YDQ WR EULQJ SDUWLFLSDQWV to sessions. The idea is to UHPRYHHDV\H[FXVHVIRUQRW VKRZLQJ XS 7KH 2UHJRQ¶V -XVWLFH 5HLQYHVWPHQW *UDQW Program, which comes from PRQH\WKHVWDWHVDYHVE\QRW RSHQLQJ SULVRQV SURYLGHG $318,830 to the county for day management. 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