6. BPA QUIETLY ENDS POWER EMERGENCY

The Bonneville Power Administration officially ended Oct. 3 a power
emergency that had been in effect since April 3.

The emergency was declared by BPA administrator Steve Wright when the
agency realized that a combination West Coast power shortage, high
wholesale electricity prices and a drought that had depleted water
supplies caused the reliability of the region’s electricity system to be
in peril.

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