I received this answer from Scottish Power today on my announcement that I withdrew myself as a customer of Scottish Power: (original email at the bottom) Dear Ludd Thank you for your recent email regarding our subsidiary PacifiCorp's Klamath River Hydroelectric Project. I am well placed to be able to respond to the issues raised in your letter since it is the case that ScottishPower and PacifiCorp have a full appreciation for the issues raised by the Native American Indian Tribal leaders and a long-standing respect for, and interest in, Tribal social, economic and cultural issues. Klamath River Basin History and Background I am certain you can appreciate that the Klamath River Basin, including PacifiCorp's hydro project, is enormously complex, with a myriad of impacts and interests, including those of the Tribes, federal and state government regulators, irrigators, recreational users, fisheries, environmentalists and others, whose interests are affected not only by the Klamath River's management, but also by changes in climate, weather, and other conditions impacting the vast and diverse ecology of the Klamath Basin. Federal agency intervention and decision making in response to these conditions also impacts PacifiCorp in its efforts to economically provide electric power to its customers. Our role and interest in the Klamath River creates an opportunity to demonstrate our corporate commitment to sound resource management, responsible environmental practices and sustainability. As you may know, the Klamath River originates in south central Oregon and flows into northern California. PacifiCorp owns and operates a five-dam hydroelectric Project on the upper Klamath River at a distance of over 190 miles from the river's confluence with the Pacific Ocean. The project is licensed by the federal government and has been part of the fabric of the local community for nearly a century. As part of project construction, PacifiCorp's predecessor worked with governmental agencies to establish and operate fish hatcheries in lieu of fish passage - a common approach at the time. These hatcheries continue to produce millions of salmon and steelhead each year that provide for tribal, commercial and recreational harvest. PacifiCorp, along with Basin tribes, state and federal fisheries agencies, commercial fisherman, and environmental groups, are very focused upon the health and prosperity of Klamath River fish. A drought in 2001 brought national attention to the Klamath basin as farmers protested irrigation shutdowns that were ordered by federal agencies to protect Klamath River sucker fish, a listed endangered species. The Klamath again was in the national spotlight in September 2002 following a massive fish kill in the lower 40 miles of the Klamath River that resulted in over 33,000 dead salmon. This fish kill appears to have been caused by an outbreak of parasites in the river, which some have attributed to poor federal river management. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Process Since 2000, PacifiCorp has been engaged with over a hundred interested parties including state and federal resource agencies, local, national and international environmental groups, basin farmers and Indian tribes as part of the process to renew the federal operating license for the project. As part of the FERC relicensing, the federal government will conduct a comprehensive environmental review process of PacifiCorp's hydroelectric facilities and the environmental resources in the region. That environmental review will include an in-depth analysis of the fish populations and the best opportunities to restore and support their fisheries. As you might imagine, that process will enlist significant stakeholder and public participation. It would be inappropriate for PacifiCorp or any Klamath Basin stakeholder to presuppose the review's findings, which could include additional fish passage measures, actual dam removal or a host of additional environmental restoration initiatives. I am confident you will appreciate the fact that even within the scientific community there is real debate over the most viable solution to this important problem - driven in large part by the seemingly intractable issue of water quality in the Klamath Basin. There appear to be no easy solutions to the long-standing tensions between the various interest groups associated with the Klamath River system. Ongoing Commitment to the Community and the Environment PacifiCorp and Scottish Power have a very strong environmental record. The company has received numerous awards for environmental stewardship, and has successfully relicenced five other hydroelectric projects within the past five years. PacifiCorp is approaching the Klamath with the utmost seriousness and hopefulness. It is the very balancing of these many and divergent interests and responsibilities that make the Klamath Basin a public policy issue of such magnitude and complexity. PacifiCorp remains committed to productive discussions with all interested parties, including the Tribes and relevant regulatory bodies. I welcome your interest in these matters, and hop this answers your initial query. In the meantime, if you would like to discuss this issue in more detail, please do not hesitate to contact gordon.mcgregor@scottishpower.com. Yours sincerely GROUP ENVIRONMENT -----Original Message----- From: .... [mailto:....] Sent: 22 June 2004 20:23 To: COR Shareholder Services; COR Investor Relations; ADSholderServices@pacificorp.com Cc: usinvestor.relations@pacificorp.com; environment@scottishpower.com Subject: Scottish Power customer Boycot Damn those Dams! ************************************************************************ This e-mail is intended solely for the person or organisation to which it is addressed. It may contain privileged and confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, you are prohibited from copying, disclosing or distributing this e-mail or its contents (as it may be unlawful for you to do so) or taking any action in reliance on it. If you receive this e-mail by mistake, please delete it then advise the sender immediately by reply e-mail to Environment@scottishpower.plc.uk. Without prejudice to the above prohibition on unauthorised copying and disclosure of this e-mail or its contents, it is your responsibility to ensure that any onward transmission, opening or use of this message and any attachments will not adversely affect your or the onward recipients' systems or data. Please carry out such virus and other such checks as you consider appropriate. An e-mail reply to this address may be subject to monitoring for operational reasons or lawful business practices. This e-mail is issued by a Scottish Power Group Company. In sending this e-mail the sender cannot be deemed to have specified authority and the contents of the e-mail will have no contractual effect unless (in either case) it is otherwise agreed between that Scottish Power Group company and the recipient. The ScottishPower Group companies include, among others: Scottish Power plc, company number SC193794; Scottish Power UK Holdings Limited, company number SC232909; Scottish Power UK plc, company number SC117120; ScottishPower Generation Limited, company number SC189124; ScottishPower Energy Retail Limited, company number SC190287; ScottishPower Energy Management Limited, company number SC215843; ScottishPower Energy Management (Agency) Limited, company number SC222524; SP Dataserve Limited, company number SC215842. All of which companies are registered in Scotland and have their registered offices at 1 Atlantic Quay, Glasgow G2 8SP, UK. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Today I learned about the plans of Scottish Power to slowly destroy ancient cultures of the Hoopa, Yurok, Karuk, and Klamath Tribes who live and die with the salmon. You lost your first customer on this issue today and I will make sure lots of others will follow! You think we can't do it? Remember Balfour Beatty?? Unless you reassure us that you stop the project and continue with investing in different less harmfull renewable energy ofcourse!! More info: http://www.scotland.indymedia.org I am looking forward to a public reply on these matters! Ludd