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“Strong financial performance makes everything we do in service of our customers possible.”


— Jim Lobdell, chief finance officer, treasurer, and senior vice president, Finance


CURRENT GENERATION INVESTMENTS Creating a reliable power supply A strong power supply helps stabilize and optimize power costs. In 2013, we made progress on the development of three new generation facilities that were determined to be the least-cost and lowest risk to customers.


PROJECT


Carty Generating Station


GENERATION TYPE Natural gas (baseload facility)


Port Westward Unit 2 Natural gas facility we can bring online quickly to fill energy gaps when demand increases rapidly or wind generation fluctuates


Tucannon River Wind Farm


Wind power facility in Washington to complement our existing Oregon wind farm, providing more diversity to capture clean energy


220 MW Early 2015


MEGAWATT CAPACITY


440 MW


COMPLETION TARGET


Mid 2016


2013


2014


2015


2016


CARTY GENERATING STATION CAPITAL EXPENSE: $450 MILLION


267 MW


Late 2014 or early 2015


2013


2014


2015


PORT WESTWARD UNIT 2 CAPITAL EXPENSE: $300 MILLION


2013


2014


2015


TUCANNON RIVER WIND FARM CAPITAL EXPENSE: $500 MILLION


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$135M $95M $395M $10M $155M $115M $130M $165M $15M $35M


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