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To: Bilow who wrote (50824)	5/7/2014 8:32:48 AM
From: Eric	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 86356

Yes the electricity is cheap but I wouldn't be so certain that it's hydropower. Your hydropower is sold as far south as northern Mexico while you import fossil fuel electricity made in Montana: Yup, certain "investor owned" utilities in particular here in the State of Washington do use power from Montana at times (Eastern Washington) but not my utility. Still 100% hydro for mine and a number of PUD's here who own their own dams on the Columbia River. My utility (which owns it's own dams) sells it's excess power generation out of state over BPA's powerlines to California. With more and more net generation here in the state we need more transmission capacity to California. Oregon is a much, much different situation. Eric P.S. I do know where my power comes from. Many of my ol classmates maintain the BPA system here in Washington, Oregon and down to California.