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While the technique has changed since BPA laid the first San Juan cable in 1951, the underlying concept has remained the same--to bring reliable electric energy to the people of the pacific Northwest at the lowest possible rates.
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...to design, construct, and maintain,....
Image caption: Coils for water-cooling of mercury-arc valves at Celilo Converter Station. |
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Image caption: Designed by Janet Livesay Continuity by Charles F. Luce, Jr. Photo Consultant: Wes Taft
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
Prologue Chapter 1 — Evolution of the Nation's Electric Power Systems Avery, Mary W. Washington —A History of the Evergreen State. Seattle: U. of Washington Press, 1965. Bessey, Roy F. Pacific Northwest Regional... |
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Woods, Rufus. "The 23-years' Battle for Grand Coulee Dam." The Wenatchee Daily World, 1944.
Chapter 3 — Bonneville Project Act—A "Provisional" Bureau is Born.
Bauer, Malcolm. "The Columbia Gorge—Scenery vs. Industry." The Oregonian (Nov....
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Neuberger, Richard L. "The Case for Intertie." Frontier (October 1951).
Norwood, Douglas. Administrative Challenge and Response: The Role of the Bonneville Power Administration in the West Coast Intertie Decision. Senior thesis. Reed College....
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INDEX
Airplanes, 46 Albeni Falls Dam, 54 Alumax Pacific Corporation, 99 Aluminum industry, Pacific Northwest, 57 plant disposal, 52 production, 47, 51 role of government, 51-52 Aluminum Company of America, 39, 46 photo, 40... |
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DEPA See Defense Electric Power Administration The Dalles Dam, 54
The Dalles, Oregon, 16
photo, 60
Defense Electric Power Administration, 58 Defense Production Act of 1950, 58
Detroit Dam (photo), 56
Dexter Dam, 56 Diefenbaker, John, 66...
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John Day Dam, 54, 78
financing, 59
Johnson, Lyndon Baines, 69, 70
Joint Congressional Committee on Atomic Energy, 72
Joint Power Planning Council, 84, 85
Kaiser Aluminum Company, 66
Kaiser shipyards, 48
Keeler, Doris Rae, (photo),...
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Pennsylvania, transmission network, 6
Pierce, Walter, 32
Pinchot, Gifford, 7 Plutonium, 47, 73
Plutonium production reactor, 72
Pope, James J., 29
Port Angeles, Washington, 6 Portland, Oregon, 16, 33
harbor, (photo), 47
photo, 9...
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Vanport Flood (photo), 55 Vincent Substation, 79
Wanapum Dam, 61
War Production Board, 45, 47, 52
Order L-94, 48
Washington, Nat, 12
Washington Emergency Relief Commission, 15 Washington Initiative No. 1, 37
Washington Public Power...
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U. S. Army Corps of Engineers North Pacific Division
Pumped-Storage
in the
Pacific Northwest,
an Inventory
January 1976
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AUTHORITY
By resolution adopted on July 27, 1962, the Senate Committee on Public Works requested the Corps of Engineers to review the Columbia River and Tributaries to determine if any additions or changes should be made in the system. In 1975...
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PUMPED-STORAGE INVENTORY OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
An inventory of sites located in Washington,
Oregon, Idaho, western Montana, and within the
Columbia River Basin of the United States.
Prepared as an Element of the Columbia River
and...
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
This report was prepared by the staff of the Power Section of the North Pacific Division, Corps of Engineers. The information contained herein was developed over a nine-year period by many different individuals, and to acknowledge...
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SUMMARY
Pumped-storage, as a source of supplemental peaking capacity holds great promise in the Pacific Northwest. As indicated by this report, 530 sites exist in the region; each with a capability of furnishing at least 1,000 megawatts of...
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CONTENTS
Page INTRODUCTION 1
Authority 2
Purpose and Scope 3
Types of Pumped-Storage Projects 3
Daily Cycle Plants 3
Weekly Cycle Plants 4
Daily/Weekly Cycle Plants 4
Seasonal Plants 4
Pumped-Storage and the Area 7...
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CONTENTS (CONT.)
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EVALUATION OF RESULTS--SEASONAL PUMPED-STORAGE 48
Summary of Site Inventory 48
Operation--Criteria 48
Feasibility of Seasonal Pumped-Storage 48
Other Project Uses 50
Discussion of Physical Effects 52...
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LIST OF TABLES
Table No. Page
1. Thermal Generation Plant Schedule 25
(Hydro-Thermal Program)
2. Comparison of Pumped-Storage Annual Capacity Costs 39
with Alternatives
3. Seasonal Pumped-Storage Sites in Pacific Northwest...
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9. Reservoir Capacity vs Head for a 1,000-mw Pumped-Storage Plan 22
10. Typical Cross-Section of Earthfill Dam 27
11. Types of Pump-Generating Units 29
12. Typical Pumped-Storage Waterway System for a Surface
Type Powerhouse...
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Image caption: Potential pumped-storage site on Nehalem River, Oregon Coastal Subregion. Example of a site located close to Portland load center: Buster Creek (592) view looking south.
Image details: UPPER RESERVOIR PENSTOCK LOWER... |
