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Members of the bipartisan Congressional Northwest Energy Coalition sent a letter today to President Clinton applauding the Administration for addressing the energy crisis in California, and urging him to consider the Northwest in discussions and plans to restore stability to the energy market in the West.

http://www.house.gov/defazio/011601EGRelease.shtml

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The Honorable William J. Clinton
President
White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20500

Dear President Clinton:

We applaud you, Secretary Richardson, and Secretary Summers for your leadership to resolve escalating energy prices in California. As Congressional leaders from the Pacific Northwest we urge you to broaden your efforts to address market volatility throughout the Western United States.

As you know, the Pacific Northwest has relied on seasonal power exchanges with California. Typically, the Northwest provides much needed power to California in the hot summer months while importing California power in the cooler winter months. Obviously, higher energy costs in California are impacting our economies also.

As your negotiations progress, we hope to be actively engaged and work together to solve an energy crisis affecting the entire West Coast. Thank you again for your leadership on this issue.

Sincerely,

(Signatures of Democrats and Republicans alike on web site)

http://www.house.gov/defazio/011601EGLetter.shtml