Show Jim 5ft si iTiW'Tt nTrr nifftn I ne herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday April 28 1996 Page 7 New regulations may bring lower electricity rates to Utah Idaho PORTLAND Ore (AP) — Northwest residents may see their electric bills go down after the federal government adopted new rules this week encouraging more competition in the power industry Much like the deregulation of telephone services the changes w ill mean that more companies will be marketing power said Roy Hemmingway Gov John Kitzhaber’s energy advisor The increased competition also should save a little help Northwest consumers on monthly electric bills he said The new regulations adopted WednesRegulatory day bv the Federal Energy electric utiliCommission require public to lines transmission ties to open their information about share and competitors Hemmingway said transmission lines managed by carriers like the Bonneville Power Administration now amount to exclusive electric highways “They can't say any more that just their trucks can go on them” he said available transmission capacity The commission predicts it swill save consumers nationally S38 billion to S54 billion a year The competition should help hold down electric rates but any savings passed along to consumers may depend on who is providing the service “1 think as this develops costs will go down" said PacifiCorp assistant vice president Greg Duvall The utility holding company has 13 Portland-base- d million customers in Oregon ton California Idaho Washing- Montana Wyoming and Utah “This is what happens when you move from a monopoly environment to a competitive environment" he said But a spokeswoman for the largest electricity provider in the Portland area PS Portland General Electric said customers shouldn't necessarily expect lower ratesPGE already has been negotiating for cheaper power said spokeswoman Roxanne Bailey The Northwest already has some of the lowest power rates in the country she added “I think one of the biggest challenges is ensuring the changes get down to the consumer level” said BPA spokeswoman Dulcy Mahar Army hero: ‘It’s never too late’ for honor ST MARIES Idaho (AP) — Of seven black World War II heroes recommended to receive the Medal of Honor the only one who is still alive says he long ago got over his anger at being “It's been late but ifs never too late to say it was a job well Vernon I Baker said Saturday But he wished the rest could have been honored in their lifetimes “I'm so very very sorry that they’re not here” Baker a first lieutenant led an Army platoon on “Hill X” in Italy on April 3 1943 as they destroyed six machine gun nests two observer posts and four dugouts while the Germans rained bullets down on them Seven of Baker’s 23 men survived and 26 Germans died “He then covered the evacuation of wounded personnel in his company” says the account on done” 4X QUALITY IMS FELT BLACK his Distinguished Service Cross “By occupying an exposed posi--1 tion drawing enemy fire on the following night Baker volun- tarily led a battalion advance through enemy minefields and fire” Baker said it was just a reflex action and a result of what he BUCKSKIN - MIST GREY learned in officers’ school His heroism earned him the second-highehonor but the highest the Medal of Honor was not given to any of the 12 million blacks who served in World War II “At that time during the Second World War the black soldiers CORDOVAN GUN METAL military’s n I st weren’t considered combat material” Baker said “And it was die power structure at that time had the feeling that we weren’t worthy and that we were in fact that we weren’t even human beings” Baker a Wyoming native who non-entiti- es Wiramlfer moved from California to St Maries to enjoy the hunting and fishing doesn’t dwell on past mistreatment “I used to get real angry about it about the fact that we weren’t Americonsidered as can citizens just like everybody else that we were relegated to the status of servants and that’s it “But now I think the new generation of the American people and the power structure now realize we're all in the same boat and if we all swing an oar we can accomplish much much more than we did before “I feel that they’re finally recognizing a soldier is a soldier regardless of the color of his skin” he said “It’s a very good moment for me” Clothing first-cla- FOR THE KIDS Oinking puts in the pokey NEW ARRIVALS ex-husba- nd Tl HARRISBURG Pa (AP) — A man who oinked at his and played “Old MacDonald Had a Farm” when he saw her walking past his house was serving a y prison sentence Friday for harassment Rachel Nicklc who lives several houses away from her ex Robert Barzyk said he made pig ex-wi- fe i BUCKEROO STYLE tan or black M ff IB 95 FOR MEN ts ss 4’ DISTRESSED LACE UP FOR LADIES LOOKS GREAT WITH JEANS FOR 30-da- LADIES PRICE TOD LOW TO and elephant noises for nine years each time she walked by his house to a school bus stop Dauphin County Common Pleas Judge Lawrence F Clark Jr ordered Barzyk to begin serving his sentence on Wednesday But on Friday his lawyer got a higher court to agree that Barzyk should be granted SlOOO bail during his (j ' appeals Cadfe Vafllty "Cache Valley's Western Wear Specialists 1585 N Main 753-457- 3 11 Logan OPEN: Mon thru Sat 9 to 6 3H rr f n" VABM “He’ll be out Monday morning” said his attorney Gary Lysaght In September Barzyk began supplementire the animal sounds by playing “Old MacDonald” on acassetre player Deputy District Attorney Diana Woodside said Lysaght didn't deny the behavior but Mid his client was playing the tapes for his two daughters '?j |