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Toward A Unified Reasonable Use Approach To Water Drainage In Washington, Gregory C. Sisk
Toward A Unified Reasonable Use Approach To Water Drainage In Washington, Gregory C. Sisk
Washington Law Review
Competition for scarce water resources has been the predominant concern in Washington water law, but this Comment focuses on the opposite problem—the disposal of unwanted water. Water drainage has great significance as a problem which permeates land development. Almost any development of land is likely to alter the flow of water draining from the land to the possible harm of neighboring property. While many aspects of drainage are now regulated through institutional bodies created by the state legislature and municipalities, this Comment addresses the problems that arise between neighboring landowners when one alters the drainage of water to the consequent …
Darkness To Dawn? Generating And Conserving Electricity In The Pacific Northwest: A Primer On The Northwest Power Act, Roger D. Mellem
Darkness To Dawn? Generating And Conserving Electricity In The Pacific Northwest: A Primer On The Northwest Power Act, Roger D. Mellem
Washington Law Review
The Pacific Northwest's energy future is being shaped today by two institutions. The first is the Pacific Northwest Electric Power and Conservation Planning Council ("Planning Council") which was created by the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act ("Northwest Power Act"). The other institution is the Bonneville Power Administration, ("BPA"), created forty-six years ago by Congress. Together the Planning Council and BPA are making crucial electrical energy decisions affecting the region's economy and environment. This article is intended to familiarize the reader with the structure of the region's electrical energy supply and demand as that structure has been altered …
The Northwest's Hydroelectric Heritage: Prologue To The Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning And Conservation Act, Michael C. Blumm
The Northwest's Hydroelectric Heritage: Prologue To The Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning And Conservation Act, Michael C. Blumm
Washington Law Review
Today's electric power system has six principal characteristics. First, unlike systems in most other regions of the country, the Pacific Northwest's system is primarily grounded on water power, although during the past decade most new generating facilities have been coal or nuclear power plants. Second, the costs of electricity have escalated rapidly in recent years, a direct result of the new higher cost thermal plants, some of which have been stillborn. Third, although the Pacific Northwest utility industry is remarkably diverse, the more than one hundred public and private utilities that serve the region are interconnected physically by a transmission …
The Path Along The Ridge: Regional Planning In The Face Of Uncertainty, Kai N. Lee
The Path Along The Ridge: Regional Planning In The Face Of Uncertainty, Kai N. Lee
Washington Law Review
The Northwest Power Act responds to the changing circumstances of electric power in the Pacific Northwest by defining policy directions and creating new institutional arrangements for regional power planning. The Northwest Power Planning Council (Council) is the agent of the region in meeting the challenges of planning under the Act. This paper discusses the conceptual framework of regional power planning—a task that confronts a degree of uncertainty and risk without historical precedent.
Nonfirm Energy And Bpa's Industrial Customers, Eric Redman
Nonfirm Energy And Bpa's Industrial Customers, Eric Redman
Washington Law Review
There are several reasons why the Bonneville Powr Administration uses combination service rather than firm power service to meet the DSI top quartile demand: (1) if properly designed, combination service can provide adequate power quality for this portion of the DSI demand; (2) environmental impacts and costs to non-DSI consumers would be greater if firm resources, planned and installed for other loads, were increased by the amount of the DSI top quartile; and (3) although combination service imposes costs on the DSIs in the form of periodic interruptions, it saves money for all BPA customers by permitting BPA to take …