Warner put experience to use in second, final career When one career closed in Lincoln City, Oregon, for Jerry Warner, another one opened. The skills he applied to the job there as Pacific Power district manager for 11 years – during a 25-year company career – put him in good stead for a second managerial job.

He retired in December from 22 years as manager of Indian Shores Homeowners Association manager, a gated community of 85 homes on Devil’s Lake. Warner retired also as a member and president of the organization’s board, but not before he supplied it with a replacement board member and a new manager.

When his predecessors tendered their resignations in 1990, Warner was a board member, a three-year resident of Indian Shores and had just retired from Pacific Power with no firm plans for the months ahead.

“I offered to take the job until they found somebody to replace them,” he said. “The board never did find anyone.” Warner enjoyed his second career as much as his first. “I just think it’s someone else’s turn, maybe someone younger,” Warner said. continued

In this issuen Summit discusses energy n wattsmart is sign of business n Perschon retires his railroadn Solar gains groundn CEOs focus on price, value n Crews assist after stormn Blue Sky awards $3.4 millionn Ashton rehab is complete

Volume 12 Issue 1 n March 2013 A newsletter keeping Pacif iCorp retirees informed

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Portland retirees donate time, goods, cashPortland-area retirees made a difference in their community in 2012. At their holiday gathering, retirees contributed $934 and four full bags of new toys to the Portland Fire Bureau’s Toy and Joy Makers.

At the March, June and September meetings, the retirees donated $763 and 441 pounds of food to the Northeast Emergency Food Program sponsored by Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon.

Throughout the year, they also participated in 19 American Red Cross blood drives that collected 1,046 units of blood. Retirees who volunteered at the blood drives were: Dolores Chenoweth, Ken Crabtree, Cornell Eyford, Anne Eyford, Winnie Greene, Lois Johnson, Eric Jordahl, Doris Marra, Kris Patarapanich, Bob Peterson, Clark Smith and Donna Smith.

Jerry Warner and a gated community on Devil’s Lake were a perfect match. He was retired as Pacific Power manager in Lincoln City, Ore., when the homeowners association needed a new manager. Now he’s retired from all careers except a totally volunteer one – managing the local retiree organization.

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He credits the experience he gained during his Pacific Power years – developing people skills and accumulating knowledge about local government – for the easy transition from power company manager to homeowners association manager. One difference was the second career was part-time. “At least the pay certainly was,” he said with a laugh.

Just as he was the “face” of Pacific Power to the Lincoln City area, Warner served as the subdivision’s “face” to members and the public. That included dealing with residents who violated Indian Shores’ covenants by hosting noisy parties or parking in places that could block emergency responders.

“My company experience helped me to make decent judgments at this job, and to sit down at the table and discuss issues with people,” he said. In his more than two decades on the job, Warner had to call in the police only twice.

“You end up being a catchall for whatever problems exist,” Warner said. And, just as dealing with maintaining and repairing Pacific Power’s infrastructure had been his responsibility, the same was true for the subdivision’s infrastructure. One of his final achievements on the job was replacing Indian Shores’ 30 boat slips on Devil’s Lake.

Oregon Coast weather affected both of Warner’s careers. “You’re dealing with a lot of heavy rains and wind here,” he said. “The moisture loosens the trees’ roots and the wind knocks them down.”

Since Indian Shores has an abundance of tall spruce and hemlocks, Warner dealt with many felled by storms. Although most specialized work and heavy-lifting work was contracted out and supervised by Warner, he was hands-on in the removal of many trees two winters ago.

Now Warner looks forward to watching someone else manage the subdivision while he spends more time kayaking on Devil’s Lake and on the waters of the high Cascade Mountains. He and partner of 22 years Barbara Crandall – “some people have a ‘spouse,’ and I have a ‘spice,’” he said – decided against leaving the area when Warner retired from his first career. There’s no change in that decision.

Besides, Warner still has a job in Lincoln County, albeit a volunteer one. He’s president of the Pacific Power retiree organization there. “I probably can’t retire from that until I croak.” n

BenefitsYou may reach the employee benefits group email at benefits.services@pacificorp.com

Or call toll free 1-800-455-6363 between 7:30 a.m. and 4 p.m., Pacific Time (except between noon and 1 p.m.)

Energy tops Utah summitRocky Mountain Power served as a title sponsor of the Utah Governor’s Energy Development Summit January 10-11 in Salt Lake City. The summit drew nearly 1,200 attendees from Utah and neighboring states to discuss energy efficiency, renewable energy and to highlight Utah Gov. Gary Herbert’s 10-Year Strategic Energy Plan.

This annual event is a valuable energy forum for the Intermountain West. It offers an opportunity to discuss key issues and the role of energy on Utah’s economy by examining projected energy growth over the next decade, balancing fossil fuel use and renewable resources, and looking at emerging technology to keep Utah at the forefront of energy development.

Rocky Mountain Power mascot, Slim the Lineman, stopped by the summit and is pictured here with vendor partners John Christiansen (left) from Cascade Energy and Joe Larsen from Nexant, Inc.

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wattsmart is a sign of good businessThe smiling outlet logo of the wattsmart energy efficiency program is cropping up on signs in windows across six Western states. They are displayed proudly by businesses that are saving energy, cutting their energy bills and reducing the need for new generating resources.

The wattsmart program, trademarked by Pacific Power and Rocky Mountain Power, offers tips and incentives for business and residential customers to become more energy efficient – more “wattsmart.”

“For businesses to qualify for a sign, they must be making efforts toward energy efficiency and adopting energy-efficient practices,” said Carol Hunter, demand-side management vice president. “It’s even

better if they have participated in one of our incentive programs.”

Scores of businesses are benefitting from the programs that comprise wattsmart.

One of those businesses is the Bicycle Barn in Walla Walla, Washington, which now saves 14,420 kilowatt-hours and $1,100 in energy costs a year after receiving $2,640 in Pacific Power energy efficiency incentives. The lighting upgrades also brighten the store’s bicycles on display.

Another is Church & Dwight Co. in Green River, Wyoming, best known by the product it produces – Arm & Hammer Baking Soda. With Rocky Mountain Power technical expertise and $57,000 in incentives, it saves about 1.9 million kilowatt-hours and $60,000 in energy cost savings annually.

“In these tough economic times, the wattsmart ‘Open’ signs are a real positive for our business customers,” Hunter explained. “The signs say they’re open for business and that their doing business energy efficiently.

“Posting the wattsmart signs in those windows gets the word out to their customers, Rocky Mountain Power and Pacific Power residential customers and other businesses,” Hunter said. “It tells them wattsmart has something for them too.” n

Two Pacific Power golf events are on tap this spring and summer.

The Toppenish Golf Tournament is slated for May 18-19 at Mount Adams Country Club. Employees, retirees and family members are invited to register by May 7 for the Toppenish, Washington event.

A $95 entry fee buys you both days of tournament play, practice range balls and dinner Saturday, continental breakfast Sunday, plus discounts on cart rental during the tournament

and a Friday round of golf. Extra Saturday dinners are $4-$16, depending on food preferences.

For a registration form, contact George Geffe at 509-961-8634 or george.geffe@pacificorp.com.

The Pacific Power retiree golf tournament is in the planning stages for July in the Portland metropolitan area. If you’ve participated before, keep an eye on your mailbox for a flyer. Otherwise, call Jack Grove at 503-518-3010.

Golf tourneys set for the Nor thwest

Church & Dwight in Green River, Wyo., makers of Arm & Hammer® Baking Soda, updated their compressed air systems to earn more than $57,000 in cash incentives from Rocky Mountain Power. From left: Church & Dwight’s John Price and Jim Dynes, and Rocky Mountain Power’s Craig Nelson and Chris Kanoff.

Greg Knowles (right) owner of the Bicycle Barn in Walla Walla, Wash., and Bill Clemens, Pacific Power’s regional community manager with the energy-efficient lighting the Bicycle Barn installed to save energy and to make the bikes look great too.

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Perschon retires model train collection after 30 years Herk Perschon’s love of model trains dates back to when he was 9 years old, when he received one as a gift from his sister. His collection blossomed throughout his childhood when he received more engines, cars and other paraphernalia.

Other interests filled his adulthood, including a 39-year career ending as a substation and commercial underground supervisor with Rocky Mountain Power’s predecessor company, Utah Power. Until he retired 30 years ago, he had little to do with trains, except the ones he gave his sons when they were young.

Now, at age 85, Perschon is looking for a specific family to give a special engine and two cars. It’s a 1931 American Flyer set he bought at a model train swap at the Utah State Fairgrounds in 2006. He restored them and added them to his enormous collection at the time. Now he’s liquidating his

collection and Perschon wants to return these pieces to their original home.

“He’s probably 83 years old now and his father, who worked for Utah Power, gave them to him in 1932,” Perschon said. “The father had bought them at the Utah Power store in Magna, where they sold appliances and model trains at the time.”

Perschon took his search to the Salt Lake City news media in November in hope of locating the man – or his family – but no one has responded yet.

Meantime, his collection is thinning out. He’ll continue to look for the original owner of the American Flyer set and sell the remainder. Perschon already gave his five children and four grandchildren first choice on his train sets. In fact, it was one of his children who had suggested he resume the train hobby after retirement. Perschon

Herk Perschon, 85, is retiring the model railroad he began building in 1983. Children, grandchildren and buyers are taking them home. But he’s saving the 1931 American Flyer for the family from which he bought it in 2006. Photo reprinted with permission from the Deseret News and photographer Laura Seitz.

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Solar projects let the sunshine inAbout 300 photovoltaic projects totaling 6.5 megawatts were accepted from customers February 8 in the expanded Utah Solar Incentive Program. The 5-year program is designed to encourage new solar energy projects in the state with incentives totaling $50 million to support as much as 60 megawatts.

Through a lottery, the 2013 projects were chosen from 1,380 applications. Incentives of 80 cents to $1.25 per watt of installed photovoltaic capacity are available for solar development to a maximum of 500 kilowatts for residential, 3,000 kW for nonresidential and 3,000 kW for large nonresidential customers. The costs will be recovered through a surcharge on customer bills.

In Oregon, PacifiCorp’s 2-megawatt Black Cap Solar Project began producing renewable energy October 1. It’s the company’s largest solar investment to date and Oregon’s largest commercial-scale solar project.

The project has nearly 9,000 photovoltaic panels equipped with a motorized tracking system that tilts the arrays automatically throughout the day to follow the sun and optimize solar generation.

Black Cap’s developer was Oregon-based Obsidian Finance Group, and The Energy Trust of Oregon helped fund the project. PacifiCorp Energy owns the project rights and the land under the facility, but leases the equipment.

PacifiCorp selected the project on 20 acres near Lakeview, Oregon, after a robust competitive solicitation for solar resource proposals initiated in 2011.

had previously used his 30-by-45-foot workshop in Bountiful, Utah, to build boats in the 1950s and then campers. By the time he retired, he was building cabinets.

“Then I got too danged old for that. So, when my son reminded me how much I’d once enjoyed trains, I went to the barbershop a quarter of a mile from my house, where they sold toy trains, and brought one home.

“My workshop will go back to being a workshop when the trains are gone,” Perschon said. “Anytime I’ve wanted to build something for 30 years, I’ve had to go out in the cold.” That doesn’t mean he’ll abandon all interest in trains. Son Chris is Rocky Mountain Power wires manager in Cedar City, Utah, and Perschon has trekked there to help finish the basement. The next step will be to fill it with the son’s trains, still in boxes from after his transfer from Salt Lake City.

“I made sure I bought a bigger house with an unfinished basement so Dad and I could build a railroad empire to run my trains,” said the younger Perschon. He’s the only offspring who, as he said, “caught the bug from Dad. I envision forested mountains with a logging operation, a small town with a single paved road going down the middle of the commercial district and homes set off onto the side streets.

“And, of course it will have a power company and a substation.” n

‘‘My son reminded

me how much

I’d once enjoyed

trains.– Herk Perschon’’

Black Cap Solar Project near Lakeview, Ore., is the company’s largest solar investment to date.

As the year begins, KeepConnected asked Pat Reiten, Pacific Power CEO, and Richard Walje, Rocky Mountain Power CEO, what customers can expect from the companies as we work to meet current and future electricity needs.

Will prices be going up?

Walje: While an increase in price is never welcome news, increases in the next few years will be more moderate. We and our customers experienced large increases for several years as we kept up with pre-recession growth and climbing costs to provide electricity and responded to the realities of environmental regulation. We know these increases have been challenging for our customers to absorb.

In response to their concerns, we’ve reviewed the scope and design of our planned projects and determined some new generation and transmission projects can wait. We also reviewed our budgets and all expenses, even down to unit costs. We’re operating more efficiently now than ever before, making sure every dollar we spend aligns with what our customers need and what they can afford.

That said, there are still significant costs associated with air quality controls and other expenses to produce and deliver power. Also, because of maintenance required to keep service reliability high, future price increases will be unavoidable. However, they will be moderate and more predictable than they’ve been. As always, any increase must first be reviewed and approved by state utility regulators before it can take effect.

What are some examples of how you’re operating more efficiently and how will it affect service to customers?

Reiten: By benchmarking costs and service reliability data against information from industry groups and our sister utilities, we’ve identified best practices and are implementing those across the company. For example, we’ve sharpened our focus

on maintaining our power plants to better utilize those assets and keep costs down.

We’ve consolidated departments, streamlined the way we read electric meters and made it easier for customers to pay bills online, saving significant paper and postage costs.

Our top priority is – as always – delivering safe and reliable electric service. We’re continuing to invest in vegetation management to help avoid tree-caused power outages. We’ve also improved our employee safety performance – making sure employees return home safely to their families every day.

We’re making strategic investments to the electrical system to ensure customers and communities continue to prosper. New businesses still choose to locate in our service area to take advantage of our lower rates and proven track record of excellent service.

Richard Walje, Rocky Mountain Power president and CEO

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Pat Reiten, Pacific Power president and CEO

Has the less-than-healthy economy impacted how customers use power?

Reiten: Over the past five years, growth overall has slowed, and we have adjusted our plans to match this fact. But electricity continues to drive our economy and is indispensable in all our lives. No matter what the economic environment, we make decisions that are in the best long-term interests of our customers because it’s good business.

What can customers do to keep bills down?

Walje: Our wattsmart energy efficiency programs, incentives and tips have proved to be convenient and effective ways for residential and business customers to save money. We’re often asked why we encourage our customers to use less of our product. It’s because participation in these programs benefits everyone – it is less expensive to conserve electricity than it is to generate it. Our efforts in energy efficiency and efficient business practices have resulted in electricity prices that are among the lowest in the country. And that’s important to our customers, helping them to compete and prosper. n

Eighteen Rocky Mountain Power operations employees flew to the rescue, literally, of some of the 10 million Eastern U.S. customers whose power was knocked out in October by Superstorm Sandy. They spent 15 consecutive, 16-hour days restoring service.

With transportation and logistics arranged by Pacific Power – for them plus employees of three other Northwest utilities – they repaired miles of FirstEnergy lines in northeast New Jersey. For a few days, they even fought a blizzard that hindered their efforts and added to the damage caused by the preceding hurricane.

EEI praised the mutual assistance that included 67,000 people from 80 utilities as an unprecedented restoration effort.

But the best perks came from grateful FirstEnergy customers. “We’re used to receiving appreciation from customers who are glad to have their power back on,” said Dee Schumers, Ogden, Utah, line working foreman. “But when they’ve been out for up to two weeks, there’s actually quite a celebration.”

Crews join Superstorm Sandy ‘unprecedented restoration effor t’

Rocky Mountain Power linemen worked through a blizzard to restore service after Hurricane Sandy.

Recent retirees

Arnold W. Adams, engineering/operations project manager, Lewis River Hydroelectric Project, retired Feb. 1 after 28 years of service.Karl D. Anderberg, regulatory specialist, Portland, retired Jan. 1 after 27 years of service. Robert P. Arambel, plant managing director, Jim Bridger Plant, retired Feb. 1 after 36 years of service.Ryan S. Arata, journeyman meterman, Midvale, Utah, retired Feb. 1 after 37 years of service.John B. Archer, area relay technician, Hurricane, Utah, retired Feb. 1 after 45 years of service.Donald I. Bishop, journeyman plant electrician, Naughton Plant, retired Jan. 1 after 33 years of service.Charles F. Carlon, cost estimating engineer, Portland, retired Feb. 1 after 7 years of service.John C. Carrell, distribution manager, Albany, Ore., retired Jan. 1 after 7 years of service.Craig Chesnut, meter foreman, American Fork, Utah, retired Dec. 1 after 41 years of service.Kumeroa Chournos, generation clerk, Naughton Plant, retired Feb. 1 after 29 years of service.David R. Coe, lead distribution manager, Albany, Ore., retired March 1 after 34 years of service.Larry O. Cotton, local agent, Cedar City, Utah, retired Feb. 1 after 40 years of service.Constance A. Crain, customer service associate, Portland, retired Jan. 1 after 10 years of service.Vinscent R. Crawford, corporate account manager, Yakima, Wash., retired Jan. 1 after 35 years of service.Warren K. Davis, journeyman lineman, Yakima, Wash., retired Dec. 1 after 23 years of service.Kurt F. Eckelberg, plant materialman, Dave Johnston Plant, retired Nov. 1 after 30 years of service.John C. Elkin, planning and development engineer, Bridger Coal Co., retired Jan. 1 after 22 years of service.Valentino P. Fabela, journeyman lineman, Yakima, Wash., retired March 1 after 38 years of service.Ben R. Fernandez, hauler/operator, Bridger Coal Co., retired Feb. 1 after 36 years of service.

Edwin R. Fox, utility specialist, Albany, Ore., retired Jan. 1 after 22 years of service.Dana P. Furgason, journeyman substation wireman, Rock Springs, Wyo., retired March 1 after 32 years of service.Jeanette M. Gerber, service coordinator, Salt Lake City, retired Feb. 1 after 36 years of service. Dennis L. Gilbert, line patrolman, Yreka, Calif., retired Feb. 1 after 39 years of service.James Bradley Gooch, graphic designer, Portland, retired March 1 after 25 years of service.Daniela M. Greenberg, general accountant, Portland, retired Dec. 1 after 8 years of service.Sherwood P. Hake, district meterman, Pendleton, Ore., retired Feb. 1 after 11 years of service.Robert G. Helle, financial planning specialist, Portland, retired Jan. 1 after 37 years of service.Clyde B. Hendrickson, business systems analyst, Salt Lake City, retired Feb. 1 after 38 years of service.Homer B. Herd, general foreman, Salt Lake City, retired Feb. 1 after 41 years of service.Kenneth E. Holtan, general accountant, Portland, retired Jan. 1 after 14 years of service.Robert D. Hone, journeyman lineman, Santaquin/Nebo, Utah, retired Feb. 1 after 32 years of service.Scott Hopkinson, journeyman estimator, Salt Lake City, retired Jan. 1 after 34 years of service.B. Alex Howard, desktop specialist, Portland, retired Feb. 1 after 33 years of service.Marilyn Hull, systems analysis & development analyst, Portland, retired Feb. 1 after 24 years of service.Carol M. Iverson, engineer, Jim Bridger Plant, retired Feb. 1 after 30 years of service.Robert D. Janzen, field inspector, Bend, Ore., retired Dec. 1 after 36 years of service.Nels R. Jensen, heavy equipment mechanic, Jim Bridger Plant, retired March 1 after 21 years of service.Kevin R. Jewkes, monitor operator, Deer Creek Mine, retired Jan. 1 after 27 years of service.Daniel R. Johannsen, engineer, Portland, retired March 1 after 34 years of service.

Craig Johnson, regulatory specialist, Salt Lake City, retired Nov. 1 after 28 years of service.Virginia L. Langenmayr, customer service associate, Portland, retired Jan. 1 after 15 years of service.Mark D. Lavis, field services manager, Grants Pass, Ore., retired Jan. 1 after 24 years of service.Ronnie L. Lowder, division controller, Portland, retired Feb. 1 after 36 years of service.James B. Maddox, journeyman lineman troubleshooter, Pinedale, Wyo., retired Feb. 1 after 29 years of service.Edward W. Marek, program manager, Salt Lake City, retired Feb. 1 after 10 years of service.Carole A. Meyer, project coordinator, Portland, retired March 1 after 17 years of service.Donna K. Morris, accounting coordinator, Portland, retired Jan. 1 after 16 years of service.Thomas R. Needham, risk analyst, Portland, retired Jan. 1 after 11 years of service.James C. Neil, area relay technician, Cedar City, Utah, retired Feb. 1 after 33 years of service.Gordon M. Patterson, dragline groundperson, Bridger Coal Co., retired Nov. 1 after 25 years of service.Glenn M. Phillips, distribution manager, Shelley, Idaho, retired Jan. 1 after 35 years of service.Gary H. Points, plant operations/maintenance planner, Naughton Plant, retired Feb. 1 after 28 years of service.Richard K. Robinson, customer service associate, Portland, retired Jan. 1 after 16 years of service.Douglas J. Rohner, project sponsor, Salt Lake City, retired Feb. 1 after 43 years of service.Keenan A. Roylance, assistant tax director, Portland, retired Nov. 1 after 29 years of service.John M. Ryan, regulatory projects manager, Portland, retired Jan. 1 after 30 years of service.T. Patrick Sanchez, environmental analyst, Chehalis Plant, retired Feb. 1 after 11 years of service. KeepConnected n March 2013 8

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Retiree organizations

OregonCentral Coast Next meeting: April 25; contact Jerry Warner, 541-994-8336, P.O. Box 512, Lincoln City, OR 97367, bcrandall@earthlink.net

Central Oregon Meetings: quarterly; contact Dee Zimmerlee, 541-480-7614, 10880 S.W. Reif Rd., Powell Butte, OR 97753, dzimmerlee@aol.com

Coos County Meetings: second Tuesday of the month, except June and July; sightseeing tours or guest speakers combined with lunch meetings in various locations; contact Muriel Brainard, 541-267-2396

Medford Meetings: third Thursday of the month, September–June, at 11 a.m. at the Eagles Lodge in Medford; contact Grant Cochran, grant193475@gmail.com

Portland Contact Dolores Chenoweth, dolores117@frontier.com

Roseburg Meetings: second Monday of the month at Elmer’s, September–May; contact Bud Stinson, 541-672-0643

Willamette Valley Meetings: three times per year; spring, late summer picnic, and December holiday function; notification through mailings; contact Paul Birkeland, 541-974-1393, stumpranch55@aol.com

UtahCentral Utah Contacts: Gene Lessar, 435-637-6925, John Marchino, 435-637-2210, or Jackie Oman, 435-637-3331

Northern Utah/Ogden Contacts: Sam Hori, 801-731-4097, horisn@msn.com, Gar Hunter, 801-731-4027, Dale Rollo, 801-782-4018

Salt Lake City Contacts Lynn Peterson, 801-582-0901, lynnlinda1@msn.com, Richard Larrabee, 801-253-4910, rlarrabee09@msn.com

WashingtonSunnyside/Yakima Meetings: third Tuesday of the month, lunch at 12:30 or 1 p.m., location varies; contact Raynette Shannon, 509-882-3198, cookshan@bentonrea.com

WyomingCasper/Glenrock/Douglas Meetings: third Thursday of the month, May–October, for lunch at 11:30 a.m.; location rotates between Casper and Glenrock; contact Bonita Hunt, 307-436-2785

Want to catch up with other retirees in your area or meet retirees in another area you plan to visit? Check out the list below of active retiree organizations.

If you have a local group of PacifiCorp retirees that isn’t listed here, send contact information and any regular meeting schedule information to KeepConnected at PacifiCorp, 825 N.E. Multnomah St., Suite 800, Portland, OR 97232 or email CCCom2@pacificorp.com.

Trudy A. Sasser, service coordinator, Hood River, Ore., retired March 1 after 21 years of service.Clark W. Satre, community relations manager, Yakima, Wash., retired Jan. 1 after 41 years of service.Robert B. Smead, product manager, Shelley, Idaho, retired Nov. 1 after 34 years of service.Douglas F. Sorensen, journeyman plant electrician, Hunter Plant, retired March 1 after 35 years of service.Joyce Sorensen, recruiter, Salt Lake City, retired Jan. 1 after 28 years of service.

Michael L. Spivey, desktop support technician, Salt Lake City, retired Feb. 1 after 38 years of service.Eugene W. Stevenson, logistics worker, Yakima, Wash., retired Dec. 1 after 36 years of service.Thomas W. Stout, journeyman lineman, Layton, Utah, retired Jan. 1 after 34 years of service.Fredric L. Swope, connector/disconnector, Warrenton, Ore., retired Jan. 1 after 33 years of service.

James H. Terrells, logistics worker, Walla Walla, Wash., retired Oct. 1 after 37 years of service.Stephen J. Tilford, logistics specialist, Roseburg, Ore., retired March 1 after 32 years of service. Douglas J. Trappett, journeyman substation troubleshooter, Salt Lake City, retired Feb. 1 after 43 years of service.Edward I. Zieber II, journeyman estimator, Layton/Davis, Utah, retired Jan. 1 after 35 years of service.

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Kenneth J. Aagaard, 78, died Dec. 28. He lived in Midvale, Utah. Aagaard joined the company in 1984 and retired in 1998.

Mary C. Applebee, 82, died Nov. 28. She lived in Gresham, Ore. Applebee joined the company in 1954 and retired in 1990.

Ray W. Bergmann, 91, died Sept. 28. He lived in Lacey, Wash. Bergmann joined the company in 1946 and retired in 1985 as a construction engineer.

Walter Brant III, 81, died Oct. 22. He lived in Moxee, Wash. Brant joined the company in 1971 and retired in 1993 as a district line foreman.

Rex E. Greenland, 69, died Oct 7. He lived in Salt Lake City. Greenland joined the company in 1962 and retired in 1998.

Norman G. Hall, 81, died Nov. 20. He lived in South Jordan, Utah. Hall joined the company in 1950 and retired in 1987.

Perry H. Nordmark, 85, died Nov. 14. He lived in Seaside, Ore. Nordmark joined the company in 1946 and retired in 1983 as a district line foreman.

Royce J. Olsen, 86, died Dec. 30. He lived in Orangeville, Utah. Olsen joined the company in 1954 and retired in 1985 as a local agent.

Lynn A. Peterson, 91, died Jan. 6. He lived in Yreka, Calif. Peterson joined the company in 1951 and retired in 1981 as a district meterman.

Spencer N. Preece, 77, died Sept. 28. He lived in Ogden, Utah. Preece joined the company in 1972 and retired in 1990 as an operations shift supervisor.

W. Stanley S. Richardson, 94, died Dec. 9. He lived in North Logan, Utah. Richardson joined the company in 1946 and retired in 1981 as a journeyman lineman.

Sharon L. Rose, 65, died Dec. 19. She lived in Oregon City, Ore. Rose joined the company in 1981 and retired in 1998 from the communications department.

Albert J. Simonich, 92, died Nov. 26. He lived in Sandy, Utah. Simonich joined the company in 1946 and retired in 1983 as a journeyman lineman.

Ernest W. Snyder, 70, died Jan. 1. He lived in Klamath Falls, Ore. Snyder joined the company in 1974 and retired in 1998 as a journeyman lineman.

Lieuann M. Starr, 67, died Nov. 22. She lived in Portland. Starr joined the company in 1997 and retired in 2011 as a customer service associate.

Mary C. Stirk, 91, died Nov. 9. She lived in Midvale, Utah. Stirk joined the company in 1963 and retired in 1983 as a secretary and legal assistant. Rodney M. Sudweeks, 87, died Nov. 5. He lived in Taylorsville, Utah. Sudweeks joined the company in 1956 and retired in 1987 as a supervisor.Jenean T. Sweat, 75, died Nov. 8. She lived in Park City, Utah. Sweat joined the company in 1979 and retired in 1996 as a customer specialist.Gary P. Tesch, 74, died Nov. 19. He lived in Ogden, Utah. Tesch joined the company in 1962 and retired in 1998 as a line working foreman.Robert D. Wardrip, 83, died Dec. 12. He lived in Walla Walla, Wash. Wardrip joined the company in 1957 and retired in 1990 as an estimator.Harry M. Williams, 68, died June 22. He lived in Corvallis, Ore. Williams joined the company in 1972 and retired in 2003 as an engineer.Stacey W. Wright, 84, died Nov. 12. He lived in Sun City, Ariz. Wright joined the company in 1957 and retired in 1990.Harold J. Wyler, 88, died Jan. 1. He lived in Milwaukie, Ore. Wyler joined the company in 1946 and retired in 1986 as an estimator.

Obituaries

Metal thefts still on expensive, unsafe upswingPacific Power and Rocky Mountain Power continue to experience increasing metal thefts. In 2011 alone, 138 incidents resulted in $305,000 in operational costs to cover replacement of stolen items, repairs to damaged equipment and to put additional security measures in place.

More than $40,000 worth of wire has been stolen in Washington’s Yakima Valley in the past two years, making it one of the hardest-hit areas in the company’s service territory. In October,

police arrested a suspect accused of stealing from dozens of sections of power line across the Yakima Valley. The suspect admitted to almost 100 thefts and cooperated with police by providing a list of more than 50 locations.

Last summer, a suspect was apprehended in Salt Lake City, thanks to ongoing efforts by the physical security group and operations. And, in late 2011, the company’s collaboration with law enforcement and businesses that buy metal also paid off. A buyer in

Santaquin, Utah, noticed several pieces of metal in a 700-pound purchase bore PacifiCorp’s name, called the company and provided police with a photocopy of the driver’s license of the seller.

Please report anyone you notice climbing poles or carrying coiled wire when there are no Pacific Power or Rocky Mountain Power vehicles nearby. Metal thefts are not only financially costly to the company and customers, but threaten the safety of employees, customers and the public.

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Company completes Ashton, continues Condit work

After two years of labor and five years of planning, the project to rehabilitate 95 years of deterioration in the Ashton hydroelectric project was completed late last year. Essentially, a new dam was built just upstream in accordance with modern construction methods and part of the original dam remained as support.

Located on Henry’s Fork of the Snake River in Idaho, the new dam is expected to last at least as long as the old one, if not longer.

The project was hindered by the need to draw down the reservoir to permit construction.The pre-existing conduit built through the old dam had been designed for low-level releases; however, floods and structural problems in 1990 led to plugging it permanently. So a permanent bypass tunnel was built around the dam.

The reservoir opened to local recreation enthusiasts in early January. Fishermen were among the many stakeholders the company collaborated with on the project.

On the White Salmon River in Washington, demolition crews removed sections of Condit dam from the water last autumn. Although not as dramatic as the October 2011 dynamite blast breach, the work to dismantle the dam saw crews remove about 35,000 cubic yards of concrete.

The job was completed before the majority of fall Chinook salmon returned to the river to find restored historic spawning and rearing grounds. In fact, migrating steelhead and Chinook were spotted last autumn upstream of the dam – the first sighting in nearly a century.

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Blue Sky funds local renewable energy projects Thirty-three renewable energy projects are closer to reality across the West, thanks to participants in the company’s Blue SkySM renewable energy program.

With a small addition to their electric bills each month, those Pacific Power and Rocky Mountain Power customers support commercial-scale renewable energy, plus provide funding to help advance small, locally-owned, community-based projects.

This year’s $3.4 million in grants range from a few thousand dollars to more significant investments, depending on the scale of the proposed projects and each applicant’s ability to leverage other funding.

Since 2006, the company has awarded more than $11 million to help defray the costs of installing 156 projects ranging in size from 1 to 500 kilowatts. Located at schools, public buildings and sometimes owned by nonprofit organizations, those installations represent more than 4,875 kilowatts of solar, wind, low-impact hydro, geothermal and biogas capability.

The rehabilitated Ashton Hydroelectric Project on Henry’s Fork of the Snake River in Idaho.

The White Salmon River runs free through the former Condit dam site.

The First Unitarian Church of Salt Lake City has installed 124 solar panels atop the roof of their newly renovated church with the help of Blue Sky. The solar system will offset about 50 percent of the building’s needs.

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PacifiCorp helps write the book on avian protection The Avian Power Line Interaction Committee’s new manual, “Reducing Avian Collisions with Power Lines,” was released recently with help from PacifiCorp.

Sherry Liguori, avian manager, is a primary author. She also chairs the 24-year-old partnership – composed of 50-plus utilities, wildlife resource agencies, conservation groups, manufacturers and others – that collaborates to protect bird species that would otherwise be at risk from

power lines and associated facilities.

That same form of teamwork takes place internally at PacifiCorp, according to Liguori. “It’s embedded throughout the company. Hundreds of employees in groups from across all six states have a piece in making the company’s avian protection efforts successful.”

The two main drivers for utilities to protect birds from being harmed by their facilities

are regulation and reliability, she said.

“Not only do the birds benefit, but so do our customers, because reductions in collisions result in reduced outages.”