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Ross Complex 

 Poses No Threat 

 To Vancouver 

 Drinking Water 



BI'A's Ross Complex docs not pose a Ihreat lo Vancouver's waler wells, hut there Is some 

 surface soli coiHaiiUnallon B)'A has lo clean up. Tlicsc are Qw nndings of extensive studies 

 performed hy BPA. helped by the U.S. Hnvironmcnial I'rotccilon Agciicy and Wasliinclon 

 Depanmeni of Ecology, a« part of the Ross Supci fund cleanup. DPA will now clean up or 

 remove coniaminated soil, using a plan proposed and circulated for public review last fall 

 (See November 1992 Journal.) Two years of groundwater monitoring, sampling and 

 analy.sis reveal no slgniricant source of potcnUal giouiidwalcr contamination from the 

 complex. The three agencies arc developing a plan tor continued gioiindwaicr moniloring 

 thai will he prc<«nied ai a public meeting in July. Bl'A lias iiivcsiol aboui $7 iiUllion in Uie 

 investigation. (See hack page.) 



Tliree CT Projects UHA has selected two cogeneraUon and one gas-finxJ combined-cycle aimbusUon turbine 

 Chosen For ''r'V^"' ^"' ^'"*' "Cfioi'aHon of energy opUons. Tlic finalists were clioscn from a slion-llsl 



Resource of 10 projects based on estimated cost, environmental issues and viability They are the 



Contingency ^"^SS Chehalis project sponsored by CRSS Capital. Inc. (228 average megawatts)- the 



Program Ida- West Herml.«on project spoiLsored by Ida-Wc<:t fcjicrgy (21 1 amw); ajid the Satson CT 



project sponsored by Washington I'ubllc Power Supply System (205 amw). SPA received 

 a loial of 64 proposals for iis Resource Contingency l>rogram. (Sec January \<i9y Journal.) 



The program will secaxe. energy opUoas on new resources to head off pos-sible future 

 power deficlLs. Optioas give DPA the (lexibilily to defer power purcha.ses from new power 

 planus until more is known about future customer need.-;. They also reduce the remaining 

 lime needed to bring new resources on line if needed. Developers will now proceed with 

 environmental studies, obuin necessary permits and start design work. BPA will prepare 

 an environmental Impact statement and work with the Northwest Power Planning Council 

 to ens-ure llie projects comply with llic regional power plan. 



BPA To Acquire 

 Output Of PUn's 

 Hydro Project 



Ten Years Of 

 Model 



Conservation 

 Standards 



BPA has agreed lo purchase Oic output of a hydroelectric projocl Nonliern Wasco County 

 PUD Is planning to build at McNary Dam. The agency will sign a .V)-ycar power sales 

 contract if the proposed 8.9-mcgawaU plant pivscs environmental review CoMtruction 

 cosu are expected to be below $4 1 niilUon. Tlie contract will require BPA to pay project 

 debt service, operating and maintenance costs, and a Ice for cacli kllowait-tour produced. 

 Votas approved a $54 million bond Issue In Marcli to pay for constniciion 



Model Coaservatlon Standards are ten years old tills year — a decade in wliich these energy 

 efficiency standards have redcfmcd building practices in Uic Northwest. Tlie 1980 

 Northwest I^owcr Act declared conservation tlic region's preferred new resource. 

 Lawmakers directed the Power Planning Council to set standards for new and exisUng 

 buildings ro captures all cost-effective energy savings. Tlic Council publislicd MCS In 

 1983. The Oty ofTacoma. Wa.sh.. was the first jurisdiction to adopt MCS as a local 

 building code in 1984. Now vinually all of BPA's service territory is coveted by MCS- 

 levcl codes. ' 



Over the past decade, BPA has offered many programs to move the region toward adopUne 

 MCS as standard building practice. Ihc Residential Siandards Demonstration ITocram 

 solicited plans for energy-efficient houses, offered builder training and sponsored 

 consirucllon of 400 houses sliowcasing energy efficiency. TTie Super Good Cents program 

 has sold the region's builders and consumers on the advantage of greater energy efTidancv 

 in electrically heated homes. Now all BPA's ulillly customers sponsor Super Good Cents 

 or the new Long Term Super Good Cents program. Ilie Early Adopter and Northwest 

 tiwrgy Code programs brought Uic advantages of MCS to entire commutilUes through 

 building codes. Energy Smart Design promotes commercial MCS. As MCS enters its 

 second decade, tlw Council is working wiiti BPa. the housing industry, udliUts and 

 governments to improve the siandards with new measures and practices 



