Article: Oregon Gov. Kulongoski, PacifiCorp, Parties, Announce Settlement to Decommission Powerdale Hydroelectric Project in Hood River, Ore.

SALEM, Ore., June 6 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Today, Oregon Gov. Theodore R. Kulongoski cheered a cooperative agreement among state and federal resource agencies, PacifiCorp, the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon, American Rivers and the Hood River Watershed Group, whereby the Powerdale Hydroelectric Project will be decommissioned and portions of it removed beginning in 2010.

The Powerdale Hydroelectric Project is located in Hood River, Ore. on the Hood River. The six-megawatt project is owned by PacifiCorp and can serve the needs of about 3,000 typical residential customers. Powerdale's federal operating license expired in 2000, and rather than accepting a new ...

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