Public skepticism notwithstanding, the Millersburg City Council seems determined to keep pressing ahead with the idea of replacing Pacific Power & Light and forming a municipal utility to sell electricity within the city limits.
Pacific pushing back harder
Written June 19th, 2014 by Hasso Hering
The fight over electric power in Millersburg is about to enter another round. The Millersburg City Council will hold a second public hearing tonight (June 19) on its proposal to kick Pacific Power out, take over the town’s electric system, by condemnation if necessary, and run it as a municipal utility. Pacific Power is expected to use the hearing […]
Pacific scores in M’burg debate
Written March 12th, 2014 by Hasso Hering
Pacific Power seems to have scored a big point in arguing against the proposal that Millersburg expel the utility from the city limits and form a municipal electric utility instead. On Wednesday Pacific publicized a ruling it had obtained from the Bonneville Power Administration, a ruling that makes it unlikely that Wah Chang, the main […]
Pacific to Millersburg: It won’t work
Written December 11th, 2013 by Hasso Hering
Millersburg is contemplating taking over the electric power system within its boundaries in order to allow Wah Chang, the metals plant, to benefit from low-cost preference power sold by the Bonneville Power Administration. Pacific Power has now warned the city council that in the company’s opinion this won’t work.
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Tags: Bonneville Power Administration, Millersburg, Northwest Power Act, Pacific Power, Wah Chang
Tags: Bonneville Power Administration, Millersburg, Northwest Power Act, Pacific Power, Wah Chang
Millersburg, consider the Power Act
Written November 20th, 2013 by Hasso Hering
If Millersburg goes ahead and tries to take over the electricity business within its borders and expel Pacific Power, condemnation and a court battle over the takeover price won’t be the only hurdles. Also there is likely to be a fight, possibly a long one, in federal court over the Northwest Power Act of 1980.
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Tags: Bonneville Power Administratrion, Millersburg, Northwest Power Act, Pacific Power
Tags: Bonneville Power Administratrion, Millersburg, Northwest Power Act, Pacific Power
Power fight looms in Millersburg
Written November 15th, 2013 by Hasso Hering
Millersburg has made itself the latest battleground in the age-old Oregon fight over public power. After laying the groundwork in several closed executive sessions, the city council in October formed, only on paper so far, its own city energy department and authorized further study of taking over the electric utility grid within the community of […]
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At South Albany, rebuilding the field
As you can see and hear in the video, workers have been laying the groundwork for installing artificial turf on the football field at South Albany High School. They hope to be finished by the time the field will be needed, and I hope they make it.
Tags: Albany City Council, artificial turf, Millersburg, South Albany High