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IN THE NEWS
June 2001
JUNE 30
 Kaiser to consider restart in face of BPA rates
BPA Failure to Respond to Proposal to Help Reduce Power Rates,
Kaiser to Evaluate New Rates, with Preference to Restart Smelter Capacity
BPA rate hike smaller than feared
Spokesman Review
BPA rates to rise 46%; City Light users will pay 15% more
Seattle Pi
JUNE 29
BPA announces new wholesale power rate
JUNE 28
Everybody wins but the workers
Spokesman Review
BC Hydro could power Intalco
The Bellingham Herald
Intalco offering severance, early retirement options
The Bellingham Herald
JUNE 26
BPA, Golden Northwest agree to delay power deliveries, pursue wind energy
Bonneville Power deals to buy back energy
Spokesman Review
Idled Kaiser casts dark cloud on Spokane economy
Spokesman Review
JUNE 25
Ex-power workers allege price scheme
Tacoma Tribune
OUR VIEWS:
Power pinch shuts down industry The
Olympian
JUNE 23
Power pact countdown hits midnight
Spokesman Review
Addy plant closing
Spokesman Review
JUNE 22
Kaiser
Mead Manager orders removal of American Flag The Local Planet
Alcoa to close Washington magnesium smelter
JUNE 19
Northwest Aluminum Industry Slumbers
Kaiser sells off part of Aussie refinery
Spokesman Review
JUNE 18
Kaiser Aluminum Signs Agreement to Sell Portion of Interest in Alumina Refinery
BPA to aluminum industry: Be patient
Spokesman Review
JUNE 15
BPA sees more deals to stabilize NW power prices
Alcoa
Workers
express relief, frustration
Wenatchee World
Alcoa,
PUD: Plan rescues plant
Wenatchee World
JUNE 14
Kaiser
Mead Settles $408,000 Pollution Fines with Dept. of Ecology
Alcoa
Wenatchee Works agrees to curtail production Wenatchee World
Alcoa to suspend Wenatchee operations
Spokesman Review
JUNE 12
Shipping out garbage could cut rates and save Kaiser, professors say
Spokesman Review
JUNE 8
Northwest
(will)power shortage Seattle Times
JUNE 7
BPA plans 75 percent rate hike
Spokesman Review
BPA rate increases may be only 75%, not 250%
Seattle PI
Congress' efforts to cap power prices fail
Tacoma Tribune
BPA expects minimal pain from new rate
The Oregonian
Utilities, aluminum state case
Tri-City Herald
JUNE 6
More utilities, industries must reduce power purchases
BPA
Aluminum debate gets messy
Tri-City Herald
BPA rate increase may be less than expected
Seattle PI
JUNE 5
Kaiser faces uncertain future as rate hike looms
Spokesman Review
Alcoa To Cut Brazil Production By 25 Percent
JUNE 1
BPA: Now it's up to Alcoa:
Wenatchee World
Call for changes in BPA pricing
Tacoma Tribune
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