CITY OF SPRINGFIELD v. WASH. PUB. POWER SUPPLY SYS.

Civ. No. 82-1387-RE.

564 F.Supp. 86 (1983)

The CITY OF SPRINGFIELD, a municipal corporation, acting By and Through the SPRINGFIELD UTILITY BOARD, Plaintiff, v. WASHINGTON PUBLIC POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM, a Washington municipal corporation; City of Eugene, Bonneville Power Administration, an agency of the United States Government; Peter Johnson, Administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Oregon.

March 15, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter R. Mersereau, Rankin, McMurry, VavRosky & Doherty, James H. Clarke, Edwin A. Harnden, Spears, Lubersky, Campbell, Bledsoe, Anderson & Young, Charles H. Turner, U.S. Atty., Jack G. Collins, Thomas C. Lee, Asst. U.S. Attys., Portland, Or., Paul A. Gaukler, Civ. Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., Douglas M. Ragen, John F. Neupert, William H. Walters, Miller, Nash, Yerke, Wiener & Hager, Portland, Or., Gordon, Thomas, Honeywell, Malanca, Peterson & O'Hern, Tacoma, Wash., Thomas S. Moore, Stephen S. Walters, Stoel, Rives, Boley, Fraser & Wyse, William F. Martson, Tonkon, Torp, Galen, Booth & Marmaduke, James T. Waldron, Schwabe, Williamson, Wyatt, Moore & Roberts, Portland, Or., Robert L. Ackerman, Springfield, Or., Frank Hilton, Jr., Schwab & Hilton, Robert M. Kerr, William G. Sheridan, Jr., Tooze, Kerr, Marshall & Shenker, Donald J. Lukes, Brophy & Lukes, Portland, Or., John D. Lowery, Gordon Wilcox, Riddell, Williams, Bullitt & Walkinshaw, Seattle, Wash., liaison counsel appointed by the Court.


OPINION

REDDEN, District Judge:

This is a declaratory judgment action brought by the city of Springfield, Oregon, against the Washington Public Power Supply System (WPPSS), the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), and over a hundred utilities and cities in Oregon, Washington, Wyoming, Idaho, Montana and Nevada. This litigation stems from contracts, commonly known as "net billing agreements," entered into by BPA, WPPSS, and the named utilities, including...

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