Northwest Lands, Northwest Peoples by Goble Dale D.;Hirt Paul W.;

Author:Goble, Dale D.;Hirt, Paul W.;
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: University of Washington Press

THE RISE AND FALL OF THE HYDRO-THERMAL POWER PROGRAM

As the Canada treaty projects neared completion in the late 1960s, most of the region's large-scale hydroelectric sites had been developed. At the same time, power forecasts projected serious deficits. To avoid shortfalls, the region turned to coal- and nuclear-generated thermal power. The additional costs of thermal power, however, made this transition difficult and controversial. And because of limited BPA authority and limited utility financing, far fewer thermal plants were initiated than were originally proposed. This inability to expand the system prompted the movement to obtain a congressional solution in the late 1970s.

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