From 1961 to 1968, I was with the Department of the Interior in Washington, D.C. From 1978 to 1984, I was director of the Office of Power Marketing Coordination in the U.S. Department of Energy. And from 1984 to 1988, I was manager of the Public Power Council in Vancouver.
“Volume II” traces the struggle for upstream storage on the Columbia, the implementation of the treaty with Canada, the Hydrothermal Program, the 1974 Transmission Act, the transfer to the Department of Energy, the Power Planning Act of 1980, Fish and Wildlife, attempts to change the system, the BPA Debt Financing Act, the failure of deregulation, and restructuring and reorganizing proposals.
The book has been of interest to the Bonneville Power Administration and Clark Public Utilities, among other organizations.
Another path to publishing
Tamera Smith Allred, Salmon Creek
Often, goals take on a life of their own.
My 2012 goal to get a book published turned into a website instead.
I am a mental health counselor. But another of my passions is writing.
My writing had taken a back seat. I still picked up the pen in snatches of time and scratched out a rough draft of an inspirational book for women called, “Creating a Life You Love, A Woman’s Guide to Peace, Joy, Empowerment and Love in Every Day.”