Congress this week approved an amendment to the 1980
Northwest Power Act
that would prevent the Bonneville Power Administration
from setting
electricity rates for the years 2002-2006 so as to
build a “slush fund
for dam removal,” the measure’s author, Sen. Slade
Gorton, R-Wash.,
declared.
The measure would limit rates, which are currently
in the process of
being set by BPA, to a level that will cover the
fish and wildlife costs
that are projected to occur during the rate …
