PR 40 05
BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
WEDNESDAY, April 06, 2005
Contact:
Ed Mosey |
, BPA (503)-230-5131
Utilities sign general transfer agreements
Agreements provide for federal power delivered over nonfederal transmission lines
PORTLAND, Ore. -
Almost eighty utilities that receive their power from the Bonneville Power Administration over power lines owned by other utilities are being assured of adequate transmission service for the next 20 years under provisions of agreements being signed today.
"These agreements provide transmission rate stability and predictability to a large number of small, rural utilities," said Steve Wright, BPA administrator. "They continue a long-standing policy that avoided duplication of transmission facilities in areas where BPA customers are not directly interconnected with BPA's high-voltage lines."
BPA owns and operates about 75 percent of the high-voltage transmission system delivering power from generators to utilities in the Northwest states. The remaining
25 percent, owned by other utilities, is interconnected to the BPA system. Many of the non-BPA lines were built decades ago. Rather than build duplicative lines to reach its customers, BPA negotiated agreements with other transmission owners to deliver power to BPA customers.
"The new agreements provide assurance that BPA utility customers not served directly by federal transmission facilities will not be disadvantaged in the future," said Allen Burns, executive vice president for Industry Restructuring.
Burns said the transfer agreements will continue BPA efforts to provide power and transmission service for the utilities served over nonfederal facilities and at rates equivalent to customers who are directly connected to the main Federal Columbia River Transmission Systems.
GTA SIGNERS:
ALDER MUTUAL LIGHT COMPANY
ALBION, CITY OF
R
ASHLAND, CITY OF
ASOTIN COUNTY PUD NO. 1
BENTON COUNTY PUD NO. 1
BENTON RURAL ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION
BIG BEND ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC.
BLAINE, CITY OF
BURLEY IDAHO, CITY OF
CANBY UTILITY
CENTRAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC.
CHENEY, CITY OF
CHEWELAH, CITY OF
CLEARWATER POWER COMPANY
COLUMBIA BASIN ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC.
COLUMBIA POWER COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION
COLUMBIA RIVER PUD
COWLITZ COUNTY PUD NO. 1
DECLO, CITY OF
DOUGLAS ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC.
EAST END MUTUAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, LTD
EATONVILLE, TOWN OF
ELMHURST MUTUAL POWER & LIGHT COMPANY
EMERALD PUD
FALL RIVER RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC.
FARMER'S ELECTRIC COMPANY, LTD
GLACIER ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC.
HARNEY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC.
HERMISTON, CITY OF
HEYBURN, CITY OF
HOOD RIVER ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE
IDAHO COUNTY LIGHT & POWER COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION, INC.
IDAHO FALLS, CITY OF
INLAND POWER & LIGHT COMPANY
KITTITAS COUNTY, PUD NO. 1 OF
KLICKITAT COUNTY, PUD NO. 1 OF
KOOTENAI ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC.
LAKEVIEW LIGHT & POWER
LANE ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC.
LEWIS COUNTY, PUD NO. 1 OF
LOST RIVER ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC.
LOWER VALLEY ENERGY, INC.
MCCLEARY, CITY OF
MILTON, CITY OF
MINIDOKA, CITY OF
MISSOULA ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC.
MODERN ELECTRIC WATER COMPANY
NESPELEM VALLEY ELECTRIC COOP, INC.
NORTHERN LIGHTS, INC
OHOP MUTUAL LIGHT COMPANY
OKANOGAN COUNTY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC.
ORCAS POWER & LIGHT COOPERATIVE
OREGON TRAIL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE
PARKLAND LIGHT & WATER COMPANY
PENINSULA LIGHT COMPANY
PLUMMER, CITY OF
RAFT RIVER RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC.
RAVALLI COUNTY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE
RIVERSIDE ELECTRIC COMPANY, LTD
RUPERT, CITY OF
SALMON RIVER ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC.
CITY OF COULEE DAM
SOUTH SIDE ELECTRIC, INC.
SODA SPRINGS, CITY OF
STEILACOOM, TOWN OF
SUMAS, CITY OF
SURPRISE VALLEY ELECTRIFICATION CORPORATION
TANNER ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE
TILLAMOOK PUD NO. 1
UMATILLA ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE
UMPQUA INDIAN UTILITY COOPERATIVE
UNITED ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC.
USAF FAIRCHILD
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY - NAVAL STATION, EVERETT (JIM CREEK)
VIGILANTE ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC.
WASCO ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC.
WELLS RURAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
WEST OREGON ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC.
YAKAMA POWER
Submitted for distribution on 04-06-2005 at 3:43 PM
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