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<br />Power to Some of the People ,:,'::.
<br />Mr. Udall i.1 suppOrt of his bill, "it's hydroelecmc ;>D:~:..:.::~-:~.._..'::_~ ~';;:.r.
<br />power." He is rig.i.t, of course, t."lat clean. intl.."i.iteiy ".r::.::' :::: . -. :.....: .-
<br />renewable hydropower is an ideal energy sourc~. . ....... :-.-:.":.
<br />But since no one suggests aba.:1.doning Hoo....er Dam. .. f -.'.:;..~ .
<br />that's hardly relevant. The iss..e is who gets t.l'.e '--'~"':'_ ........-.
<br />power, and at what pnce. I ~ '.. v:......
<br />According to the Envircnl:\ental De!e...se Fur.d. ~;'=-:.:;'::.:,. . .-.: _ )" ;;.:_
<br />Hoover customers are currently charged 3. half--cent .. :.,;...:.:.' -: ,";':'."; ;:~'__:-.;"~'-
<br />a kilowatt hour, rough.ly one.ten:h the price of elee.' . " _ . _: '-{.~.;';'...
<br />triCity from new coal.fired plants in the region. ,~'- ....._..:....:.:~:..:..
<br />Under the proposed concessionary renewal ter:ns. '_""".
<br />the F~eral Government .....ould lose an estimated .. ..... . ~ >...~:.,
<br />SO billion in revenues over the next decade. J ..', ' .......
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<br />have little orno incentive to conserve tens of billiol"s ,:,,;-".~.';.
<br />of kilo.....atts of scarce eJectnclty. I .' .~ ...... .:::~:,::.::.:;;~.~~~;.
<br />These arguments were rejected by an Ad:nirJs..
<br />tration cUrrying favor WIU\ Westem ....oters. And
<br />they had no ettect on the Senate. which passed U:.e
<br />renewal bill last August by voice Vale. That leJves It
<br />to t.'le House to represent the i.1teresLS of tr.e rest ot
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<br />Who ov;ns :."le Hoo....er Dam. and tJ'o.e electr:.city
<br />it produces?
<br />In theory. the ar.swer is t."Ie AmenC3.!'l peDil1e
<br />who bwlt t.i.e great dam on l..'le Colorado Rive: a
<br />halt.century ago. 1:1 j:lr3ctice, ho.....ever. the answer
<br />is only SO.':'le of tl':e people, a few r.1.illion lUCky resi.
<br />dents of Arizor:a, Callf:mtia a.."i.d ;o.."evada who are
<br />perr.:.i:ted to buy the power tor a fraction of its
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<br />Unless the House has the courage t."lis week to
<br />put national interests ahead ot reg:onal, the give-
<br />away '...,11 continue lor 30 more years.
<br />When Boulder Dam (later renamed to hor.or
<br />Herben Hoover) was completed i:t 1937. t."le Fede:-al
<br />Gove:-=:r.1.ent SIgned a long.term contract to sell t.~e
<br />hydroelectriCIty for prices near cost to pUblic and
<br />pnvJ.t~ power authonties in Lie regIon. That con.
<br />tra::: c~sn't expIre u.1tilln7. But Senator LaX3lt or
<br />Nevada and Re;:lresenutlve Moms Udall at An.
<br />.. Ulr:J. the ct3ir.:tan ot l..":.e House Interior Com:rjt.
<br />tee, saw li:e Presidential election year as a.1 Ideal
<br />lif:':e t:l rJm throu~h a ao.yeJr renewal.
<br />"l~ t."lere's one k1nd ot energy we ne-e<l," J.rgl."es
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