72nd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2003 Regular Session
 
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                           A-Engrossed
 
                   Senate Joint Resolution 12
                 Ordered by the Senate August 25
           Including Senate Amendments dated August 25
 
Sponsored by Senator METSGER
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure.
 
    { - Proposes amendment to Oregon Constitution to limit
initiative amendments to Constitution to those that relate to
structure and organization of government, limitation of
government powers or election of government officials. - }
    { - Refers proposed amendment to people for their approval or
rejection at next regular general election. - }
   { +  Expresses desire of Legislative Assembly that if City of
Portland acquires Portland General Electric and successor utility
qualifies as preference customer of Bonneville Power
Administration, that successor utility will make effort to avoid
significant cost shifts to existing preference customers of
Bonneville Power Administration and that successor utility
consider rate impact of preference power purchase on other
preference customers. + }
 
                        JOINT RESOLUTION
  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,
Be It Resolved by the Legislative Assembly of the State of
  Oregon:
  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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