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Where PacifiCorp stands
A PacifiCorp spokesman said Friday the signing of a nonbinding dam removal agreement is consistent with the utility’s past stance on the issue.
The Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement released in early 2008 advocated removal of PacifiCorp’s four dams on the Klamath River.
One PacifiCorp representative was critical of the agreement at that time, especially since the company wasn’t at the table during the process.
“It’s good they could get on the same page, but it’s easy to do that when you’re not making the hard choices,” said spokesman Paul Vogel in January.
Spokesman Art Sasse said though the company wasn’t involved in the stakeholders’ discussions, it has been consistent in how it approached the dams’ future.
“We said all along that if public policy dictated dam removal, we’d look at it,” he said.
The company will work with state and federal officials to reach a final dam removal agreement by June 2009. Those discussions could include other stakeholders and help shape public policy for the Basin after dam removal.
Sasse said PacifiCorp’s concern is with the business decisions connected to dam removal, and he said the power company would not play a role in deciding who sits at the table during final negotiations.
“We don’t shape the public policy; we are being shaped by it,” he said.
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