Members of the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs voted last week
by a large margin to pursue joint-ownership of the Pelton-Round Butte
hydroelectric project now owned solely by Portland General Electric.
Tribal members voted 753 to 127 in a referendum vote to spend as much
as
$90 million to gradually buy a percentage of two dams and to share
in
the hydroelectric project operations. The arrangement settles a
long-standing dispute between PGE and the Warm Springs Tribes …
