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Hanford Labor Dispute Settled
March 1, 1980. This brief article addresses an 11-day labor dispute of workers at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation. The dispute idled 2300 workers and occurred because pipe-fitters allegedly tore out…
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February 15, 1980. This article provides a recap on how the aluminum industry borrowed power from the Bonneville Power Administration in late 1979, during a time when the BPA and…
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February 11, 1980. This article exposes some of the budget and energy bills that became a big focus near the halfway point of the 1980 regular WA State legislature. For…
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February 8, 1980. This article recounts how state and federal authorities voiced concern on the issue of finding enough energy in the Northwest to satisfy electric customers? needs. In a…
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Bonneville Power Administrator Sterling Munro visits “every nook and cranny where’s asked to speak” so as to spread his message – a warning of an oncoming energy shortage. Citing the…
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This article examines the rates that wholesale electricity companies are able to charge to customers as compared to the recommendations set by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). The chairman…
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This article outlines some details on the BPA?s proposed budget for fiscal year 1981, which includes $25 million for buying replacement power from firms. Supposedly, the issue was, in part,…
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Article references the power consumption record that Washington Water Power Co. observed in January of 1980. Northcentral Washington saw temperatures more than twenty degrees below zero while Spokane?s official temperature…
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Sterling Munro of the Bonneville Power Administration states that power shortages for 1983-84 will be so high that conservation efforts will be needed. He predicts a 40% chance of shortages…
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Article takes a brief look at how John Goldsbury was accused of violating state conflict of interest laws by accepting contracts for his own firm after serving as board member…
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