Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 16.09.1997

Northwest Conservation and Electronic Power Plan Draft Amendments and Addendum

Pursuant to the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act of 1980 (16 U.S.C. 839, et seq.) (Act), in April 1983 the Council adopted a regional electric power plan, the Northwest Conservation and Electric Power Plan (plan). The plan was completely amended in 1986. Although the Act requires the Council to review the plan at least every five years, the Council has revised certain parts of the plan more often, to respond to ongoing changes in the regional energy picture and to incorporate the most recent technology and analysis. For example, the Council updated certain technical data in a 1989 Supplement to the 1986 Power Plan. In April 1991, the Council adopted another complete amendment of the plan. In March 1996, the Council released for public comment the Draft Fourth Power Plan. In the face of nationwide initiatives for restructuring the electrical industry, the governors of Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington convened a Comprehensive Review of the Northwest Energy System in late 1995. The Council recognized that many of the issues to be considered in its plan would also be taken up by the Comprehensive Review and therefore decided to wait until the review h