Several hundred people attended our Monday night meeting, a number of them shell-shocked Idahoans who have just discovered Idaho Power plans to route 150-ft towers over their property. Everyone was brought up to date on the latest happenings, and on the Project Order issued by the ODOE.
Some important points from our meeting:
1) We need to write letters to Matt Muldoon of the OPUC asking him to schedule a meeting in Ontario. The OPUC issues the final permit to IPCo on the need for more energy capacity. His address:
Matthew J. Muldoon, Oregon PUC
550 Capitol St NE Suite 215
Salem, OR 97301-2551
Matt.Muldoon@state.or.us
http://www.puc.state.or.us/
2) Our Treasurer, Grant Kitamura, thanked the donation of time by Butler and Looney legal office, Nichols Accounting, and the Intermountain Community Bank for the free checking account. Donations are still being collected (checks made out to Stop Idaho Power)
Grant Kitamura
P.O. Box 9
Ontario, OR 97914
3) Idaho Power is planning "Stakeholder" meetings around the area for more public input. Be watching for notices and mailings and attend meetings in your area.
4) Jean Findley, a retired BLM range botanist, would be happy to set up and facilitate a meeting between IPCo and the BLM in determining a route that would be acceptable to a maximum number of communities, counties and agencies.
5) Jim Johnson of the Oregon Department of Agriculture, an agency with important input into the EFSC process, plans to visit in March. We had a signup sheet for people he can stop and visit.
6) Our next meeting will be Monday, March 9 probably in Nyssa or at the Boulevard Grange.
