[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 54 (Friday, May 6, 1994)]
[House]
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[Congressional Record: May 6, 1994]
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                     TRIBUTE TO WILLIAM K. DRUMMOND

  Mr. HATFIELD. Mr. President, I rise today to extend my best wishes to 
a gentleman who has been a leader in the Northwest energy field. For 
the past 6 years, Mr. William K. Drummond has served as the manager of 
the Public Power Council. PPC is a regional association representing 
the consumer-owned utility customers of the Bonneville Power 
Administration.
  As my colleagues know, Bonneville, which serves as the economic 
engine of the Northwest, has particular significance for consumer-owned 
utilities. Under Federal law, these municipal utilities, rural electric 
cooperatives, and public utility districts receive a first-right, or 
preference, to purchase the power marketed by Bonneville from the 
Federal dams on the Columbia and Snake Rivers.
  During Bill's tenure as manager, Bonneville and the region have 
undergone numerous changes: moving from a period of resource surplus to 
one of deficit, needing to take drastic steps to restore wild salmon 
stocks listed under the Endangered Species Act, repeatedly defeating 
administration initiatives to alter existing repayment practices, and 
responding to an increasingly competitive electric utility industry. 
Bill has led PPC--and the Northwest--throughout these challenges.
  Under his leadership, PPC has played a central role in guiding public 
power and the region toward workable and progressive solutions. I have 
found my personal experience with Bill to be highly rewarding, and I 
know my colleagues from the region share the opinion.
  Mr. President, Bill Drummond will be leaving the PPC shortly to 
accept the position of general manager at the Western Montana 
Generation & Transmission Cooperative. While we will miss Bill's 
service at the helm of PPC, I am consoled by the knowledge that he will 
remain an important player in Northwest public power circles.
  I ask my colleagues to join me in wishing Bill, his wife, Elizabeth, 
and his two sons all the best.

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