Oregon governor blames Trump for proposed $250 million Bonneville rate increase - The Daily Chronicle

Oregon governor blames Trump for proposed $250 million Bonneville rate increase - The Daily Chronicle

Gov. Tina Kotek on Friday pushed back at critics who are blaming the state of Oregon’s litigation to promote salmon recovery in the Columbia River Basin for a proposed $250 million rate increase that the Bonneville Power Administration announced earlier this week. In a letter to a coalition of public power advocates and industry groups, Kotek said they should instead direct their ire toward the Trump administration and its decision last year to …