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Northwest region power plan focuses on conservation

The region will need more electricity if it is to avoid another energy crisis, and it will be cheaper to squeeze the extra juice from conservation than it will be to build new power plants.

That’s the message from the Northwest Power and Conservation Council, a five-state collaborative body created by Congress in 1980 to provide long-range regional power planning.

Starting Monday, the council meets for four days in Portland, Ore., where members are expected to approve the fifth Northwest Power Plan, a document analyzing regional power supplies and providing guidance for the next two decades.

By MICHAEL JAMISON
Of the Missoulian

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