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Climate Challenge Participation Letter

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April 27, 1995

The Honorable Hazel O'Leary
Secretary
U.S. Department of Energy
1000 Independence Avenue, S.W.
Washington, DC 20585

Re: Climate Challenge Program Participation

Dear Madam Secretary:

Washington Electric Cooperative, Inc. CWEC) , a distribution system serving under 50,000 consumers, agrees to participate in the Climate Challenge Program. The following list identifies the actions that our cooperative has taken since 1991, or is planning to take by the year 2000 to reduce or prevent greenhouse gas emissions. The enclosed Worksheet and Worksheet Attachment provide more specific information on these actions.

    Demand Side Management Through Marketing: WEC is committed to implementing a comprehensive DSM program of measures over the long term if they prove cost effective over supply side power sources in our Integrated Resource Plan (1RP). Our 1atest IRP was completed in February 1992.

Washington Electric Cooperative, Inc. expects that the combination of these actions will reduce or prevent annual emissions of 649.515 tons of carbon dioxide in the year 2000. Furthermore, WEC will report annually, on a form provided by the Department of Energy/Energy Information Administration, on activities under the Climate Challenge Program.

Sincerely,

(Original signed by)
Scott Mallory
Resource Planner

Enc.

C: Joe Bongiovanni, WEC General Manager

NRECA ATTN: Kaye Buchanan
1800 Massachusetts Avenue N.W.
Washington, DC 20036

SERVING RURAL VERMONT IN THE COOPERATIVE WAY

REFERENCE

State Emission Factors Use these factors to convert MWh saved to pounds of CO2 avoided

State          lbs. C02/MWh                   State            lbs.CO2/MWh

Alabama               1369                    Missouri             1783
Alaska                  31                    Montana              1553
Arizona                798                    Nebraska             1288
Arkansas              1286                    Nevada               1875
California             756                    New Hampshire         852

Colorado              2001                    New Jersey            774
Connecticut            715                    New Mexico           1405
Delaware              1855                    New York             1036
District of Columbia  2649                    North Carolina       1350
Florida               1294                    North Dakota         2303

Georgia               1220                    Ohio                 1807
Hawaii                1514                    Oklahoma             1672
Idaho                  269                    Oregon                235
Illinois               866                    Pennsylvania         1286
Indiana               2171                    Rhode lsland         1091

Iowa                  1686                    South Carolina        688
Kansas                1703                    South Dakota          912
Kentucky              1930                    Tennessee            1335
Louisiana             1388                    Texas                1552
Maine                  966                    Utah                 1990

Maryland              1356                    Vermont               159
Massachusetts         1459                    Virginia             1107
Michigan              1576                    Washington            306
Minnesota             1626                    West Virginia        2005
Mississippi           1075                    Wisconsin            1343
                                              Wyoming              2194
    Source:General Guidelines, Voluntary Reporting of Greenhouse Gases under
    Section 1605(b) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992. Volume 1, Table C.I, United
    States Department of Energy, October 1994.



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