Thursday, October 15, 2009

Where is the Integrity of the Mapping Process?

The following email was sent to members of the Project Advisory Team who attended the mapping sessions October 1st. We are wondering why the follow-up to a request to include a larger mapping area is limited to Harney and Grant Counties in Oregon, when the repeated request was made to include Ada and Gem Counties in Idaho as well.

The situation is so reliably one-sided that the decision-making appears to be pre-emptive and irrefutable. The only conclusion anyone can draw is that the much-ballyhooed mapping process is completely lacking in integrity.

SIP's Route 4 follows the original all-Idaho advisory committee's approval of Idaho Power's Treasure Valley Electrical Loop to the east of Boise:


The first mapping session for the South Project Advisory Team was held on October 1. Thank you to those who were able to attend. Your participation is greatly appreciated.
All routes that were developed at the Central, North and South mapping sessions are currently being analyzed. A summary of each meeting is being prepared and will be distributed to Project Advisory Team members within the next few weeks.

During the mapping sessions, Project Advisory Team members in eastern Oregon and western Idaho asked Idaho Power to evaluate possible routes in Grant and Harney counties. Idaho Power will hold two open house format public meetings in October to inform the communities in Grant and Harney counties about the Boardman to Hemingway Transmission Line Project.

These meetings will be held:

October 21 4 - 7 p.m.
John Day, OR
Senior Citizens Community Center
142 NE Dayton St.
John Day, OR 97845

October 22 4 - 7 p.m.
Burns, OR
Harney County Community Center
484 North Broadway Ave.
Burns, OR 97720

We anticipate our fourth set of Project Advisory Team meetings will be held in early December. We will continue to keep you informed and notify you of the details of these meetings within the next few weeks.

Thank you for your continued involvement in the Community Advisory Process.

We ask again: Where are the dates for meetings in Ada and Gem Counties?