Testimony of U.S. Congressman Les AuCoin, given before the Subcommittee on Energy and Power of the Committee on Energy and Commerce on July 30, 1979. In his speech, Congressman AuCoin advocated for H.R. 3508, the Northwest Regional Power Bill, also known as the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act, and explained how the bill solved issues of "power allocation, supply, cost, conservation, and long-range planning" in the Pacific Northwest. Congressman AuCoin also expressed his concerns with the bill regarding the construction of nuclear power plants. An amended version of the bill eventually became law in 1980. The version of this document held by the Pacific University Archives is a photocopy, with a moderate photocopying error on the last page, page five. This is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives. AuCoin served in the Oregon House of Representatives (1971-1975) and in the United States House of Representatives from Oregon's 1st District (1975-1993).
