Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 17, IWO - SEVEN
M easure
W ould Be Drastic
and Cosily...
Measure 4 would immediately
force the complete shutdown o f
the Trojan electric plant on
December 6 ,1 9 9 0 .
Please consider these facts about Trojan and Measure 4
when voting November 6.
Trojan produces as much power as Bonneville
Dam, up to 20% of Oregon's electricity needs
In 14 years of serving Oregon, Trojan has provided an
average of 5 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity each
year. Trojan is the largest electricity plant we have within
our state.
Our electricity surplus is gone, and power
supplies are getting seriously tight
Re.cent reports from the Bonneville Power Administration
show serious power shortages developing in the Puget
Sound area, with a good likelihood of blackouts in the near
future. Oregon's power supply situation is getting
similarly tight. A shutdown of Trojan could create serious
power reliability problems.
Measure 4's shutdown of Trojan would be
expensive for consumers
The respected Northwest Power Planning Council's study
of the potential impacts of Measure 4 shows the likely
costs to consumers would be about $1.5 billion dollars—
with the costs going as high as $3 billion dollars.
Measure 4's shutdown would be
environmentally damaging
Closing Trojan would force more coal, gas, and oil burning
to produce power. Burning these fuels pours polluting
carbon dioxide gases into the air, and adds to the global
warming Greenhouse Effect.
Moreover, closing Trojan would create more pressure to
dam our remaining free-flowing rivers and streams,
destroying fish populations and wildlife habitats.
Join us in voting NO on 4.
NO on 4 Committee
Over 35,000 m em bers... and still grow ing.
Louisa Bateman
Environmentalist
Klamath Falls
Former Member, Oregon
Fish & Wildlife
Commission
Dr. Gary F. Gates, M.D.
Dr. Ansel G. Johnson
Dr. Alan H. Robinson
Dr. Dwight A. Sangrey
Director, Nuclear Medicine
Department, St. Vincent
Hospital & Medical Center
Chair and Professor
Geology Department
Portland State University
Head, Nuclear Engineering
Department
Oregon State University
President
Oregon Graduate Institute
o f Science and Technology
Dr. Anna S. Gail, M.D.
Dr. Barbara M. Karmel
Keith Parks
Radiologist
President
The Reed Company
Donald J. Cook
Don Godard
General Manager
Pendleton Grain Growers
Manager, Canby Utility Board
Former Member, Northwest
Power Planning Council
Joh n R. (Jack) Donaldson
Former Director
Oregon Department of
Fish & Wildlife
Joh n D. Gray
Irv Fletcher
Farmer
President
Oregon AFL/CIO
Stafford Hansell
Director, Senior
Volunteer Program
Oregon City
Dr. Cyrus W. Field
Chairman, Department
o f Geosciences
Oregon State University
Executive Secretary and
Treasurer, Northwest Oregon
Labor Council, AFVCIO
Dr. Joh n W. Mitchell
Economist
Dr. Peter J. Paquet
Professor Jam es E.
Reinmuth
Dean, College of Business
Administration
University o f Oregon
Vem Rifer
Director, John Inskeep
Environmental Learning
Center
Sam VanVactor
Past President
Oregon Environmental
Council
Former Senior Economist,
International Energy Agency
Coral Angus
Dr. Robert C. Loomis, M.D.
H ector Macpherson
Past President, Oregon
Medical Association
Farmer
Albany
Linda Kozlowski
Roy Bowden
President, Murphy. Symonds,
and Stowell
Executive Director,
Association Northwest
Steelheaders
Gerald W. H errm ann
Vickie L. Me Far lane
Slop
Chairman, Grayco Resources
Ron Fortune
Retired General Manager
Eugene Water and
Electric Board
Wildlife Biologist
Executive Director, Klamath
Basin Senior Citizens' Coun
cil
Dr. Joh n Owen
Dean
School of Engineering
Oregon Suite University
Phil Schneider
Member
Oregon Fish ik Wildlife
Commission, Former
Member, Oregon Energy
Facility Siting Council
Dr. Stephen Stohberg, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor
Neurology, Oregon Health
Sciences University-
Jean K. Young
Dr. Mary Taylor
Senior Advocate
Former Mayor o f King City
Associate Professor
Biology/Environmental
Sciences
Portland State University
(Partial list. Titles and affiliations for
identification purposes only.)
Hie shutdown of Ito ja n 's electricity
Authorized by the No on 4 Committee 621 S W Alder, Suite 60S, Portland. Oregon 9720S