We might want to look at Elk Creek, put a power generation on 

 it that's half completed. Neither one of these are embraced, it 

 seems, by the leadership in Oregon, but they are certainly alter- 

 natives, and I suggest they are a hell of a lot cheaper than wind 

 power. So maybe we ought to look around the State a little bit and 

 not be so myopic. 



The other part of my opening statement just lingers around the 

 question of representation. It seems as though all my lifetime liv- 

 ing on the eastern side of the State that at least representation has 

 been an argument we've always had with the rest of the State; not 

 so different with the Northwest Power Council. 



There was a bill that went through the legislature recently, you 

 may have seen it, passed by a vote of 50-9, which provided that 

 the Northwest Power Planning Council have one representative Uv- 

 ing east of the Cascade range, representing views that maybe oth- 

 ers haven't heard about. 



We do have another State over there. The Oregonians said so 

 this morning. So that's how I know. But it does seem to me that 

 representation on the Northwest Power Planning Council is impor- 

 tant to the eastern part of the State. I noticed that the Governor 

 was going to veto that bill, and I understand that bill is blocked 

 in the Senate. That doesn't demean the fact that it's important and 

 necessary. 



With that, Mr. Chairman, thank you for allowing me to be here 

 and to visit with these witnesses and to attempt to help you in 

 drafting a formula for the next 20 years which will assist the 

 Northwest in our energy needs. 



[Prepared statement of Mr. Smith follows:] 



