72nd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2003 Regular Session
 
SA to SJR 12
 
LC 2223/SJR 12-2
 
                      SENATE AMENDMENTS TO
                   SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 12
 
                      By COMMITTEE ON RULES
 
                            August 25
 
  On page 1 of the printed joint resolution, after line 1,
insert:
  ' Whereas the Enron Corporation is in bankruptcy proceedings
supervised by the federal bankruptcy court; and
  ' Whereas Enron owns Portland General Electric, the largest
investor-owned utility in Oregon; and
  ' Whereas the City of Portland has expressed an interest in
acquiring Portland General Electric; and
  ' Whereas many consumer-owned utilities have preference
customer status for purposes of acquiring power from the
Bonneville Power Administration; and
  ' Whereas other consumer-owned utilities could be adversely
affected if Portland General Electric were to become a
consumer-owned utility and also acquire preference customer
status for purposes of acquiring power from the Bonneville Power
Administration; now, therefore,'.
  Delete lines 3 through 30 and delete pages 2 and 3 and insert:
  ' That we, the members of the Seventy-second Legislative
Assembly, urge that, if the City of Portland acquires Portland
General Electric and the successor utility thereafter established
qualifies as a preference customer of the Bonneville Power
Administration, the governing body of the successor utility make
every effort to avoid significant cost shifts to existing
preference customers in Oregon that may result from the successor
utility's purchasing preference power from the Bonneville Power
Administration, and we further urge that the governing body of
the successor utility consider the rate impact of any preference
power purchase on other preference customers in Oregon.'.
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