Hon. WALTER ROGERS, PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT OF CLALLAM COUNTY, Irrigation and Reclamation Subcommittee, Port Angeles, Wash., May 10, 193 House Interior and Insular Affairs Committee, MY DEAR MR. ROGERS: Our board of commissioners and management j to let you know we are in agreement with the principles of S. 1007 as introd on March 4, 1963, by Senators Jackson, Jordan, Metcalf, Morse, Magun Church, Neuberger, and Mansfield, and the identical bills introduced in the Ho H.R. 994, H.R. 1160, H.R. 4071 and H.R. 4485. Our organization is convinced this legislation is beneficial to not only the wet coast but indirectly to the United States. We also wish to endorse the testimony presented by Administrator Charles F Luce before the Senate committee April 1, 1963. Sincerely yours, ELMER B. TITUS, Manager Mr. ROGERS. Without objection, the statement of the Vera Irgation District of Veradale, Wash., will be received for the record at this point. Hearing no objection, it is so ordered. (The matter referred to is as follows:) VERA IRRIGATION DISTRICT, Hon. Congressman WAYNE N. ASPINALL, DEAR CONGRESSMAN ASPINALL: We urge your support for Senate bill No. 100. which would guarantee electric consumers of the Pacific Northwest first call of hydroelectric energy generated at Federal plants in the region. The interconnection of the Pacific Northwest and Southwest by major trans mission facilities will soon be a reality. We feel that in order to protect the economic welfare of our region that it is important that we have first call on the energy generated by Federal plants in this area. Because of our distance from major markets, and the high cost of transportation of finished products to these major markets the economic development of the Pacific Northwest has been slow as compared to other areas in the Nation. The abundance of low-cost electric energy offers one of the best tools to help us develop our region. We believe this type of regional priority will encourage the interconnection of these large electric systems throughout the Nation, and in this way all of the people of the United States will benefit in the long run. Very truly yours, J. W. CUSTER, General Manager. Mr. ROGERS. Without objection, the statement of Lewis County Public Utility District of Washington will be received for inclusion in the record at this point. Is there objection? Hearing none, it is so ordered. (The matter referred to is as follows:) LEWIS COUNTY PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT, Chehalis, Wash., May 10, 1963. Representative WALTER ROGERS, House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. DEAR REPRESENTATIVE ROGERS: Our commission has been contacted and they have instructed me to advise your committee that the Public Utility District No. 1 of Lewis County, Wash., endorses H.R. 994, H.R. 1160, H.R. 4071, H.R. 4485. and S. 1007 guaranteeing consumers in the Pacific Northwest first call on electric energy generated at hydroelectric plants in that region. Very truly yours, MERLE D. JOHNSTON, Manager. Mr. ROGERS. The Public Utility District of Clark County, Vancouver, Wash., has submitted a letter and a resolution which will be received for inclusion in the record without objection. Hearing no objection, it is so ordered. (The matter referred to is as follows:) Hon. WALTER E. ROGERS, PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT OF CLARK COUNTY, Congressman, 18th District, Texas, Washington, D.C. Vancouver, Wash., May 7, 1963. DEAR CONGRESSMAN ROGERS: Enclosed you will find a copy of resolution adopted by our board of commissioners on January 22, 1963. We would like to have this resolution made a part of your hearing record on protective legislation for the Pacific Northwest which is being held May 14. We appreciate your consideration in this important legislative matter. Sincerely, Whereas the President of the United States, in the interests of the national economy with particular reference to the Pacific Northwest, has recommended to Congress the construction of two extra-high-voltage intertie lines for linking the electrical systems of the Pacific Northwest and the Pacific Southwest; and Whereas the interconnections will provide for the sale and exchange of power between the Northwest and California, resulting in substantial economic and conservation benefits to both regions; and Whereas the President has also recommended protective legislation to set forth the ground rules for operating such interconnections, along the lines of the Jackson-Hansen-Westland bill: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the Board of Commissioners of Public Utility District No. 1 of Clark County, in regular session assembled this 22d day of January 1963, does hereby commend the President and express appreciation for his leadership in advancing and supporting this new technological breakthrough into extra-highvoltage transmission, and be it further Resolved, That we endorse the protective legislation provided by the JacksonHansen-Westland bill setting forth the ground rules and conditions for operating these pioneering interties, and urge that adequate appropriations be made for the construction thereof. Passed and adopted this 22d day of January 1963. Attest: W. T. ELMGREN, President. E. F. EVANS, Secretary. Mr. ROGERS. The Clatskanie Peoples' Utility District of Clatskanie, Oreg., has submitted a letter, together with a resolution, which will be received for the record without objection. Hearing no objection, it is so ordered. (The matter referred to is as follows:) Mr. WALTER ROGERS, CLATSKANIE PEOPLES' UTILITY DISTRICT, Clatskanie, Oreg., May 10, 1963. Chairman, Irrigation and Reclamation Subcommittee, House Interior and Insular Affairs Committee, Washington, D.C. DEAR MR. ROGERS: We are enclosing copy of resolution adopted at our board of directors meeting on February 13, 1963, favoring the proposed Federal construction of Pacific Northwest-Southwest intertie powerline, subject to the regional preference bills which are now before your committee. We will appreciate any support you and your committee can give in expediting passage of this legislation. Very truly yours, A. L. BAILEY, Manager. RESOLUTION BY THE CLATSKANIE PEOPLES' UTILITY DISTRICT ON PACIFIC NORTHWEST-SOUTHWEST INTERTIE Whereas the Bonneville Power Administration has proposed the constru of Federal power intertie lines between the State of California and the Pactr Northwest; and Whereas a regional preference bill has been proposed so that only surplus powe will be transported from either region: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the directors of the Clatskanie Peoples' Utility District at the regular monthly meeting on February 13, 1963 have approved the California intertie, subject to the regional preference bill. Attest: [SEAL] J. D. PUZEY, President. WM. ARMSTRONG, Secretary. Mr. ROGERS. Without objection, the letter from the Water and Light Department of the city of McMinnville, Oreg., will be received for inclusion in the record at this point. Mr. HALEY. Mr. Chairman, reserving the right to object, and I shall not object, I note the general manager, Mr. Alan H. Jones says that the Water and Light Commission of the city of McMinn ville, Oreg., is on record with a resolution favoring the legislation and does not include the resolution. I withdraw my reservation. Mr. ROGERS. Hearing no objection, the letter will be received. (The matter referred to is as follows:) WATER AND LIGHT DEPARTMENT, Hon. WALTER ROGERS, Chairman, Irrigation and Reclamation Subcommittee, House Interior and Insular Affairs Committee, Washington, D.C. DEAR MR. ROGERS: The Water and Light Commission of the city of Me Mineville, Oreg., is on record with a resolution favoring legislation that would guarantee electric consumers in the Pacific Northwest first call on electric energy generated at hydroelectric plants in our region. We urge your support of area protective legislation such as is contained in bills S. 1007, H.Ř. 994, H.R. 1160, H.R. 4071, and H.R. 4485. Sincerely yours, ALAN H. JONES, General Manager. Mr. ROGERS. Without objection, the Chair will receive for the record a telegram from Mr. Gordon S. Clinton, mayor of the city of Seattle in favor of the legislation. Hearing no objection, it is so ordered. (The matter referred to is as follows:) Hon. WALTER ROGERS, SEATTLE, WASH., May 9, 1963. Chairman Subcommittee on Irrigation and Reclamation, The city of Seattle, owner and operator of the second largest municipal electric utility in the country, endorses and supports H.R. 994, introduced by Representative Hansen, and H.R. 1160, introduced by Representative Westland. As a pioneer in the cooperation required in the pooling of hydroelectric resources by the utilities in the Northwest, Seattle has insisted that its public utility responsi bility to serve its customers be adequately protected in all such operations. Where interregional pooling is involved, Seattle advocates that the regionwide responsibilities of the utilities of the Northwest be similarly protected. These bills, in our opinion, will provide the regulatory guidelines needed to insure that any tieline or tielines, regardless of ownership, will be operated with due consideration of the rights and responsibilities of all of the utilities of the Northwest and I will be in the national interest. We strongly recommend the enactment of these identical bills. GORDON S. CLINTON, Mayor. Mr. ROGERS. Without objection, the Chair will receive, for incluon in the record, a telegram from John M. Nelson, superintendent of ghting of the city of Seattle. Hearing no objection, it is so ordered. (The matter referred to is as follows:) on. WALTER ROGERS, SEATTLE, WASH., May 16, 1963. hairman, Subcommittee on Irrigation and Reclamation, ouse of Representatives, Washington, D.C.: Seattle City Light endorses and supports H.R. 994 and H.R. 1160, which prode ground rules for the operation of a Pacific Northwest-California intertie or es. We believe in the regional pooling of electric resources and have pioneered its development in the Pacific Northwest for the benefits which enabled its embers to better discharge their utility responsibility. Expanded interregional pooling offers additional advantages conceded and waited by all utilities. But these benefits are being held up for lack of regutory ground rules which will clarify both utility privileges and responsibilities nd the resulting effects on regional economy. H.R. 994 and H.R. 1160 will provide the guide lines which will give the gohead to interregional and national interties and give a needed boost to the conomy of the Pacific Northwest and other affected regions. JOHN M. NELSON, Superintendent of Lighting, City of Seattle. Mr. ROGERS. Without objection, the Chair will receive a telegram rom Lew Pohl, superintendent, Port Angeles City Light, Washington, or inclusion in the record at this point. Hearing no objection, it is so ordered. (The matter referred to is as follows:) PORT ANGELES, WASH., May 10, 1963. Hon. WALTER ROGERS, Port Angeles City Light, customer of the Bonneville Power Administration, upports passage of S. 1007 and identical bills establishing ground rules for transers of electric energy between the Pacific Northwest and other regions. LEW POHL, Superintendent. Mr. ROGERS. Without objection, the Chair will receive, for inclusion n the record, at this point, a telegram from Edmund W. Cole, mayor of the city of Coulee Dam, Wash. Hearing no objection, it is so ordered. (The matter referred to is as follows:) Walter Rogers, COULEE DAM, WASH., May 13, 1963. Chairman, Irrigation and Reclamation Subcommittee, The Council of the City of Coulee Dam, Wash., a BPA customer, on February 27, 1963, passed a resolution endorsing Pacific Northwest intertie legislation as set forth in H.R. 994 and similar bills. I feel that this legislation is important to the economy and development of the West. EDMUND W. COLE, Mayor, City of Coulee Dam, Wash. Mr. ROGERS. Without objection, the Chair will place in the record, at this point, a resolution submitted by the Columbia Power Annual Employees Council. Hearing no objection, it is so ordered. (The matter referred to is as follows:) RESOLUTION We, the members of the Columbia Power Annual Employees Council, compres of American Federation of Government Employees Lodges No. 928, Portie Oreg.; No. 930, Vancouver, Wash.; No. 936, Spokane, Wash.; No. 1276, Euge Oreg.; No. 1514, Seattle, Wash.; and No. 1528, Walla Walla, Wash., respecti represent as follows: Whereas the United States of America is engaged in world competition to be economic strength-competition so intense that it does not allow waste of, or than the fullest and most efficient use of, our natural advantages; and Whereas hydroelectric power capacity installed on the great rivers of the Pacific Northwest is going unused at peak production seasons because of a lan of transmission facilities to areas which need that power for fullest economic de velopment; and Whereas the Northwest and Southwest experience power surpluses and shortages at different times of the year, making it efficient and practical to exchange power when one is at its peak and the other at its low season for power production s for power requirements; and Whereas a Department of the Interior task force has shown the economes feasibility of connecting the Northwest and the Southwest for power trans sion; and Whereas the task force study showed that private transmission lines o planned would contribute to, but would not achieve the fullest and best use of the power surplus of the Northwest, and showed further that it was economically desirable to build Federal lines in addition to private lines; and Whereas keeping the cost of hydroelectric power as low as possible is vital to the economic best interest of the United States and particularly to the Northwest which lacks abundant fossil fuels; and Whereas it appears that unless power now being wasted can be sold profitably the Bonneville Power Administration of the Department of the Interior might be forced to raise its price for power, thus inhibiting economic growth; and Whereas the President of the United States has requested the Congress of the United States to authorize and appropriate funds for the construction and maintenance of a Federal power transmission line connecting the Northwest and the Southwest, and virtually every member of the congressional delegations_from these areas, as well as the Department of the Interior and the Federal Power Commission, have recognized the desirability of such action: Therefore, be it Resolved, That the Columbia Power Annual Employees Council (1) Urge the Congress of the United States to authorize and to appropriate funds for the construction and maintenance of a Federal power transmission line connecting the Northwest and the Southwest; (2) Ask that as a condition before this action, legislation be passed reserving preference rights to the Northwest for power generated within its confines in order that this area, so dependent upon hydroelectric power, be guaranteed an opportunity to grow and contribute to the full economic development of the United States of America. ELAINE L. SMITH, President, Columbia Power Annual Employees Council THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST-PACIFIC SOUTHWEST INTERTIE What will the intertie do for working people? First, it will provide new jobs in the Pacific Northwest. The total will go ss high as 11,600. Here's the way we figure it: Convert 400,000 kilowatts of new firm power into jobs and you get: 400,000 kw times 74 jobs per 1,000 kw. equals.. 2,900 new direct jobs times 3 equals... Total new jobs. 1 2,900 * S. 700 11,600 1 New direct jobs. 2 New indirect jobs. Two lines to the Southwest would firm up 400,000 kilowatts of secondary power for the Northwest. This is a dependable supply for new industry. If we assume they are electroprocess industries, such as aluminum, we can estimate the impact on employment. |