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OSS Complex BrA'sKossComplcxdocsnoiposealhreatto Vancouver's water wells, hui there is some 



t'oscs No Tlireal surface soil coiiumlnallon Bl'A lias lo clean up. TlKaie are (he nndings of extensive studies 

 To Vancouver performed hy BPA. helped by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Washlnelon 



Drinkinc Water Departnieni of Ecology, ax part of the Ross Superfund cleanup DPA will now clean up or 

 remove contaminated soli, using a plan proposed and circulated for public review last nil. 

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

 analysis reveal no significant source of potential groundwater contamination from the 

 complex. The three agencies arc developing a plan for continued groundwater monitoring 

 thai will he pre.'«:ntcd at a public incciliig in July. Bl'A has invested about $7 million In tlie 

 investigadim. (See hack page.) 



Tliree CT Projects BPA has selected two cogeneration and one gas-fited combined-cycle combustion turbine 



Chosen For projects for final negotiation of energy options. The flnalisu were chosen from a shon-Ust 



Resource of '0 projects based on estimated cost, environmental issues and viability. They are the 



Continecncy CRSS Chehalis project sponsored by CRSS Capital, Inc. (228 average megawatts); the 



Proeram Ida-Wt« Herml.non project spoiLwred hy Ida- West Hncrgy (2 1 1 amw); and the Satsop CT 



" project sponsored by Washington Public Power Supply System (205 amw). BPA received 

 a total of 64 proposals foi its Resource Contingency ITogram. (Sec January 1993 Journal.) 



The program will secure energy options on new resources to head off possible fliture 

 power deTiclLs. Options give BPA the flexibility to defer power purcha.sts from new power 

 plants until nunc is luiown about future customer needs. They also reduce the remaining 

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

 environmental studies, obtain necessary permits and Stan design worlc. BPA win prepare 

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

 to ensure lite projects comply with llic regional iMwcr plan. 



jPA To Acquire BrAhasagreedtopurchasellicoutputof a liydruelectric project Nurtliem Wasco County 

 Output Of PUO's Pl"^ 's planning to build at McNary Dam. The agency will sign a 30-ycar powct talcs 

 Hydro Project contfactif the proposed 8.9-mcgawan plant pa.sscs environmental review. Construction 



costs are expected to be below $41 million. Tlic contract will require BPA to pay project 

 debt service, operating and maintenance costs, and a foe for cacli kllowati-hour produced. 

 Voters approved a $54 million bond Issue In March to pay for construction. 



Ten Years Of Model Conservation Standards arc ten years old tliis year — a decade in wliich these energy 



Model cmciency standards liave redcrincd building practices in (lie Nonhwcst. Tlie 1980 



Conservation Northwest Power Act declared conservation the ri^lon's (»efcrrcd new resource. 



Standards Lawmakeis directed the Power Planning Council to set standards for new an] exL<tUng 



buildings- (0 captures all cost-efrecllvc energy savings. TIk Council publislKd MCS in 

 1983. The Oty of Tacoma. Wa.sh.. was the first jurisdiolon to adopt MCS as « local 

 building code in 1984. Now virtually all of BPA's service tenltory is covered by MCS- 

 Icvcl codes. 



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

 MCS as standard building pracUcc. Ilic Residential Standards Demonstration Program 

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

 consu%)ciion of 400 houses sliowcasing energy efficiency. The Super Oood Cents program 

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

 in electrically healed homes. Now all BPA's utility customers sponsor Super Ciood Cents 

 or the new Long Tam Supei Good Cents program. Tlie Early Adopter and Northwest 

 Energy Code pcograms brought the advantages of MCS to enUre communities through 

 building codes. Fjicrgy Sman Design promotes commercial MCS. As MCS enters its 

 second decade, tlie Council is working with BPA, the housing industry, uUlides and 

 governments lo improve the standards with new measures and practices. 



