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SIXTKKN The lleppner Gazette-Times, Ileppner. Oregon. Thursday. Deccrnlx r -'. HT! Looming power shortage in Pacific Northwest may force PGE to operate Harborton gas-fired generating plant Grain carriers face inspector! The Pacific Northwest power is deteriorating daily, and now requires operation of Portland General Electric Co.'s Harborton generating facility. Public Utility Com missioner John Lobdell said recently. Lobdell said PGE's power outlook is critical, but the region itself faces a shortage of at least five percent. Other utilities have indicated they may be willing to assist PGE despite this shortfall, but only if the Harborton facility is in operation, Lobdell said. The Portland City Council has approved operation of the gas-fired Harborton generat ing plant under several condi tions, one of which is that Lobdell declare the necessity. Lobdell made the necessary declaration in a letter to Bill Young, director of the Depart ment of Environmental Qua lity. His letter recommended that a permit for Harborton's operation be granted by the DEQ. In the letter. Lobdell said "A threatening situation has re sulted primarily from three events a shortage of stored water in the Columbia River system, the unforeseen delay in resumption of electricity production at PGE's Trojan nuclear plant at Rainier, and the very real possibility that natural gas to operate Harbor ton will not be available in adequate quantity through the critical period." The projected regional deficit-barring heavy rainfall soon is equal to the average annual production of Trojan, and the hydroelectric system is falling farther behind at the rate of an estimated 200 million kilowatt hours every week. Lobdell said. Without resumption of power production from Trojan and without regional assist ance. PGE may have a shortfall in January of 50 percent of its needs to meet the power load and its obligations toother producers, Lobdell said. "Most of this shortfall could be met with a solid conserva tion effort, and with the cooperation of other utilities and the Bonneville Power Administration, even though the region itself might need to slightly curtail use," Lobdell said. "I think Oregonians will respond to the call for conservation," Lobdell said. "But I have been advised by representatives of other utili ties, both public and investor owned, that regional coopera tion will not be forthcoming unless PGE's Harborton gen erating facility is operated to contribute to the power sup ply." The regional situation would be eased by reactivation of the Trojan nuclear plant. It was expected to be in operation by at least Dec. 15. Last week, however, action by the federal Atomic Safety and Licensing Board delayed issuance of an operating permit until at least Dec. 24. Lobdell noted that the Port land City Council required that Harborton be operated only with natural gas, and gas may not be in adequate supply later in the month. Northwest Natural Gas Co. officials have advised Lobdell that the company probably could sup ply Harborton through Dec. ir, and would be able to serve the facility after that time only if the weather is not unseasonably cold. Thus oper ation of Harborton now, while the gas supply is more reliable, is warranted. Lobdell said. Lobdell said he recognizes the burden that use of Harbor ton will place on the Portland airshed, "but there is no alternative. Heavy rainfall, mild weather, and a large mountain snowpack might overcome this winter's electri city shortfall. But we cannot count on any of this, and steps Largest Gorge The Grand Canyon is the largest gorge in the world. must he taken now to avoid the possibility of involuntary s;t-" scril'ice by the people of Oregon in the near future. Should PGE be required to engage in drastic mandatory curtailment, the jobs of sev eral thousand wage earners would be temporarily lost to them The health and safety of several hundred thousand OreL'onians would he endan gered " Lobdell said he has in formed Governor Ailveh of his decision to request a permit for Harborton Lobdell urged that all Ore- t-ti;in conserve enei'L'v . and not w those customers of PCK because the electricity problem regional And he said natural L'as users should conserve as well to help make L'as available for power pro duction He also joined the Bonne ville Power Administration m -iiiM'eiiu1 that ' electricity for Christmas liuhlinu be used wiel not wastefullv Pitt he :, he would L'ive no consi deration at this time, to refiueslitiL that OreL'onians tureen Christmas lighting al- tni'ethi'l' Beginning January 1. the U.S. Department of Agricul ture will require all official grain sample lot inspection certificates for outbound ship ments to tell whether the carrier's stowage space was examined before loading. According to Dwain Watson, regional director of the de partment's Federal Grain In spection Service (FGIS) in Seattle, the certificate state ment is intended to indicate to the receiver whether or not the carrier was examined' for suitability for shipping grain. Watson said it should also encourage the examination of stowage before loading, re ducing the problem of conta minated carriers. The new certificate state ment does not change the requirement for domestic stowage examinations. A stowage examination may be requested as a separate ser vice on any carrier, but is required only when grain is to he sampled during loading. K.8Wt.jPm .JIIlllMiM i u&&bieX luuiuiiimjiuiiijiiiii .11.11 .1 inn 1.1 11 i..wiiMaiiimwwBiPPW'w ' waMWuxiMuum hibihhumuiuii .1 . Cyl Tuesday'December2s I iMJ' K . mm 1., .S. 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