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Article: Richland, Wash., Debates Merits of Proposed Electricity Contract.
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- April 3, 2001
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By Nathan Isaacs, Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Apr. 3--The $200 million-plus question the Richland City Council has to answer is whether it's feeling lucky.
That's basically what an independent energy consultant told the council Monday as it discussed a pending electricity contract.
Richland is facing a shifting deadline to make a deal to join the Benton, Franklin and Grays Harbor public utility districts in contracting for 140 megawatts over 20 years from a 249-megawatt natural gas-fired power plant being built at the Fredrickson site, near Puyallup.
The contract would cost about $60 million ...