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BPA Proposes 10-year Contract with
Alcoa's Intalco Aluminum Smelter Near Bellingham

by Associated Press
The Republic, October 10, 2012

(Philip A. Dwyer) Worker Kevin Daniels works on a recently started aluminum smelter pot on potline B at the Alcoa Intalco aluminum smelter west of Ferndale, Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 15, 2011. Intalco has also hired 60 more people. BELLINGHAM, Wash. -- The Bonneville Power Administration has proposed a 10-year power sales agreement with Alcoa's Intalco smelter in Ferndale.

The Portland-based federal power marketing agency is taking public comment on the proposal through Nov. 7. The contract would replace a contract that expires at the end of the year.

The BPA says the deal should help maintain the 625 jobs at the smelter six miles north of Bellingham. The agency says it's able to offer a 10-yeara extension because the long-term forecast price for Northwest electricity has been driven down by low natural gas prices.

Intalco produces about 300,000 tons of aluminum a year.


Associated Press
BPA Proposes 10-year Contract with Alcoa's Intalco Aluminum Smelter Near Bellingham
The Republic, October 10, 2012

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