Portland General Electric

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland_General_Electric
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Pacific_Group
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http://www.rense.com/general20/nip.htm
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonneville_Power_Administration
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http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/949983/
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http://www.seattlepi.com/business/article/Latest-tapes-reveal-Enron-workers-chortling-over-1152548.php
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Cantwell said the Bonneville Power Administration, which markets electricity at cost from 31 federally owned dams in the Northwest, got orders from the Energy Department in August 2000, mid-December 2000 and January 2001 to provide more than $200 million worth of power to California, which was suffering critical electricity shortages.

The salmon were killed when the BPA put 100 percent of the flowing water through the turbines, in order to generate extra power from the flow. Normally, some portion of the flow is passed through spillways to provide a safe route for the fish.

Cantwell couldn't clarify how long the bypasses lasted on Aug. 3 and Aug. 4, 2000. But the Seattle Post-Intelligencer at that time quoted a BPA spokesman as saying that for every four to six hours salmon went through the turbines, 2 percent of the young among them would be killed.

http://www.so/dahead.com/entertainment/water-was-shut-off-to-california-farms-because-of-endangered-delta-smelt-fish-that-need-this-fresh-w/question-555319/
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http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/epepper/may_threats_to_the_endangered.html
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H.R. 1251, introduced by Rep. Costa (D-CA), would reduce Delta smelt and salmon populations by reducing water supplies and causing increased entrainment of fish into water pumps.

In order to keep everyone up to date, I will be writing a blog on bills introduced each month that attempt to derail the Endangered Species Act.  This blog will also include updates on bills introduced in previous months.  Joining the list of Endangered Species Act attacks in May are the following: