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64001 Columbia River Higbwmy 



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St Helens. Otejoo 97051 



FAX (503) 397-521! 



Directors 



Donald Nys 

 Agnes Petersen 

 Richard Sahagian 

 Richard Simpson 

 Arnold Tarbell 



General Manager 

 Fergus A Pilon 



Comments Submitted By 



The Board of Directors 



Columbia River PUD, St. Helens, Oregon 



TO 



The DeFazio Task Force on BPA and Northwest 

 Power Act 



July 12, 1993 



Thank you for the opponunity to provide testimony to your task force. As a full 

 requirements preference customer of Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), an active 

 participant in regional and state energy issues and planning, and a small customer-owned 

 utility with 7500 metered accounts located along the Columbia River, we feel we are 

 representative of public power and can make constructive comments in regards to BPA, 

 its relationship with its customers, and the role we both play in the competitiveness of our 

 nation. 



Governed by a board of five elected customer-directors, Columbia River People's Utility 

 District serves over 18,000 people in the eastern portion of Columbia County, Oregon. 

 The District's service area is approximately 230 square miles along the Columbia River. 

 Our border stretches from the Multnomah-Columbia County line in the south to the 

 Alston area just north of Rainier. 



Our major industries in Columbia County include pulp and paper, chemical, lumber, 

 building materials, food processing, and light manufacturing. Our overall growth is at 

 three percent per year in kilowatt hour sales. Our commercial and retail business sector is 

 growTng and is predominated by small businesses of 35 or fewer employees. Our 

 residential sector is also growing as a result of our proximity to Portland and Beaverton, 

 Oregon. We directly compete with three publicly owned utilities and two investor owned 

 utilities. 



Columbia River PUD, St Helens, Oregon 

 Comments to the DeFazio Task Force 

 07/02/93. 03:43 PM 

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