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Rally for PacifiCorp customer support

November 13, 2007

By Michelle Ma

Triplicate staff writer

PORTLAND , Ore. — A coalition that wants to see PacifiCorp's dams removed on the Klamath River will try to rally support from the power company's customers.

Tribes, conservation groups, fishermen and others will host a press conference today in front of Pacific Power's headquarters in Portland , Ore.

Organizers are concerned that if dams are allowed to continue operating on the Klamath River , costs to upgrade them to meet standards would be absorbed by the power company's customers, said Steve Weiss, senior policy analyst for the NW Energy Coalition.

"We don't want (the power company) to raise rates," he said. "We're just raising the bar and bringing in the ratepayers' interests."

About 50,000 brochures were mailed to the power company's customers in Portland to get the word out about Tuesday's event, said Craig Tucker with the Karuk Tribe.

The campaign in Portland will encourage PacifiCorp's customers to write letters to their state's Public Utility Commission stating their concerns.

"We're opening up a new front in the battle," Tucker said.

Reach Michelle Ma at mma@triplicate.com.

 

 

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