(PORTLAND, OR) -- Executive Director of PPC, Scott Corwin,
made the following comments regarding the letter sent April 14, 2015 by the
members of Congress from the states of Washington, Oregon, Montana and Idaho
calling for action by the Obama Administration on the Columbia River Treaty.
“We commend the Northwest Congressional delegation
for making a strong and unified statement that the Administration should act on
renegotiating this Treaty, and should lay out the specific steps and timeline
for doing so.”
“It has been 16 months since citizens in the region, with
the Bonneville Power Administration and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, agreed on
a path forward. It is time for the Administration to get moving.”
“Until the outdated aspects of the Treaty are corrected,
consumers in the Northwest will continue to send a hugely imbalanced amount of
our clean hydropower north to Canada. It’s time to start the real
negotiations to fix this.”
“This letter shows that our representatives in Congress understand the importance of this Treaty to Northwest citizens and are working to make sure the Administration takes action.”
“This letter shows that our representatives in Congress understand the importance of this Treaty to Northwest citizens and are working to make sure the Administration takes action.”
