Pacific Northwest Electric Power; and Miscellaneous Water Bills: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Water and Power of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, One Hundred Sixth Congress, First Session, on S. 1167, @. 1178, S. 1474, S. 1612, S. 1694, S. 1697, S. 1723, October 20, 1999, Volume 4 |
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Page 71 - Project was considered, and these same landowners testified at a hearing in front of the Subcommittee on Water and Power of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, as follows: Their (the original landowners') position is that they should have the first chance to buy back their land . . . This dispositional scheme must be written into the deauthorization legislation itself. The landowners were supported in their position by the South Dakota Legislature, which passed a...
Page 27 - PPC's members include municipal and cooperative utilities and public utility districts (PUDs). These consumer-owned utilities purchase power and/or transmission from BPA and provide the largest share of BPA's income, which is used to fund BPA's treasury payments and the fish and wildlife program, along with other programs and obligations. As the entities that pay the bills, we have a direct interest in scrutinizing BPArelated fish and wildlife expenditures. But as consumer-owned utilities we do not...
Page 39 - My name is Eluid Martinez, I am Commissioner of the US Bureau of Reclamation. I am pleased to be here today to provide the Administration's views on S.