BPA offers reward in power line case.

Byline: The Register-Guard

MAPLETON - Vandals again have struck a Bonneville Power Administration The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) is a U.S. self-financed federal agency which transmits and sells wholesale electricity in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and western Montana. The BPA is part of the U.S. Department of Energy, and is headquartered in Portland, Oregon. power line, and the agency is offering up to $25,000 for information leading to the arrest of the culprits.

The BPA BPA British Paediatric Association. discovered the vandalism The intentional and malicious destruction of or damage to the property of another.

The intentional destruction of property is popularly referred to as vandalism. It includes behavior such as breaking windows, slashing tires, spray painting a wall with graffiti, and on its Lane-Wendson high-voltage transmission line about three miles west of Mapleton and just south of Highway 126. Three structures were damaged, and 25 insulators were shot out. No customers lost power.

The vandalism was discovered at 11 a.m. May 14. Line crews were dispatched to the site within three hours. The repairs cost about $10,000.

The county has been a hot spot of vandalism. More than $40,000 in similar damage was reported last year by the BPA and smaller power suppliers in the area. The damage last year also sparked a potentially dangerous fire in the Westfir area, briefly halted generation at a powerhouse A fourth-generation language from Cognos that was introduced in the late 1970s for midrange computers. It supports both character-oriented, terminal-based applications as well as Windows clients. Applications developed under PowerHouse can be imported into Cognos' Axiant client/server environment. near Oakridge and caused several small power outages This is a list of famous wide-scale power outages. 1965

The Northeast Blackout of 1965 on November 9, 1965.

1977

The infamous New York City Blackout of July 13-14, 1977, resulted in looting and rioting.

that interfered with local business and industry.

The BPA is working with the Lane County sheriff's office and the FBI to solve the crimes. To report information or tips, call the Crime Witness Hotline at (800) 437-2744.

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