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Eugene Starr Papers, 1911-1988

6. Bonneville Power Administration. 1935-1988.

Series 6 is comprised of administrative records and project files collected by Starr during his more than three decades of service to the Bonneville Power Administration. One highlight is the collection of internal reports and correspondence related to the landmark Pacific Northwest/Pacific Southwest high voltage intertie.


33 boxes

Boxes 6.011 - 6.020 (Page: 11 - 20)



6.011.
Bonneville Power Administration - Itaipu Sete Quedas Transmission Study. 1942, 1962-1972.
11.1.
Itaipu - Sete Quedas Transmission Study - papers on high voltage transmission including "Report on the Pacific Intertie" (EC Starr) (2 copies). 1971.
11.2.
Itaipu - Sete Quedas Transmission Study - Papers related to long distance transmission & ac saturated reactors. 1942, 1962-1972.

6.012.
Bonneville Power Administration - Itaipu Sete Quedas Transmission Study. 1970-1974.
12.1.
Itaipu - Sete Quedas Transmission Study - cost data. 1970-1972.
12.2.
Itaipu - Sete Quedas Transmission Study - AC transmission model oscillograms of reactions after faults. 1972.
12.3.
Itaipu - Sete Quedas Transmission Study - correspondence. 1971-1974.

6.013.
Bonneville Power Administration - Itaipu Sete Quedas Transmission Study. 1972, undated.
13.1.
Itaipu - Sete Quedas Transmission Study - books and brochures on FURNAS, tourist brochures. undated.
13.2.
"Itaipu - Sete Quedas Transmission Study - Preliminary Report - Volume 1". 1972.
13.3.
"Itaipu - Sete Quedas Transmission Study - Preliminary Report - Volume 2". 1972.
13.4.
Itaipu System Information - Vol. 3 Part 6. undated.

6.014.
Bonneville Power Administration - Pacific Northwest-Southwest HVDC Intertie. 1971-1972, 1975, 1977.
14.1.
"Report on the Pacific Intertie" (EC Starr) for presentation at University of Wisconsin - 5 copies + photos, diagrams, and negatives. 1971.
14.2.
"Transient Performance of Pacific Intertie" (EC Starr) - 4 drafts, photos, oscillograms and negatives - prepared for CIGRE SC #14. 1972, 1975.
14.3.
"Recent Developments in HVDC Transmission" (Vithayathil) + draft of another paper on the Intertie. 1977.

6.015.
Bonneville Power Administration - Pacific Northwest-Southwest HVDC Intertie. 1971-1984.
15.1.
Notes for CIGRE Reports. 1971-1975.
15.2.
Operational Experience Reports for Celilo Terminal. 1973-1977.
15.3.
Operational Performance Reports of Pacific HVDC Intertie. 1974, 1977, 1979.
15.4.
Celilo - CIGRE reports. 1976-1983.
15.5.
Celilo summary of operation. 1975-1980, 1983-1984.

6.016.
Bonneville Power Administration - Pacific Northwest-Southwest HVDC Intertie. 1941-1943, 1951, 1968-1972, 1975.
16.1.
Coulee- Spokane Transmission. 1941-1942.
16.2.
Grand Coulee Bus Split - tracings. 1943.
16.3.
Backup Relaying at Coulee (meeting in Schultz's Office). 1951.
16.4.
"The USA Pacific Northwest-Southwest HVDC Intertie - A Progress Report" (Osborn). 1968.
16.5.
"Celilo - Northern Terminal Pacific HV-DC Intertie". 1969.
16.6.
Electrical West - article on Pacific Intertie. 1970.
16.7.
Valve Faults at Sylmar-Celilo terminal - reports and correspondence. 1970-1971.
16.8.
DC Intertie Restoration. 1972.
16.9.
"United States Department of the Interior Bonneville Power Administration - Budget Proposals for the Supply of D.C. Converter Equipment for Celilo Terminal HVDC Pacific Northwest-Southwest Intertie - Bipole 2" (English Electric Corporation). 1975.

6.017.
Bonneville Power Administration - Pacific Northwest-Southwest HVDC Intertie. 1967, 1970-1974, 1976, 1982-1983.
17.1.
Pacific Intertie Task Force - meeting minutes. January 1972 - November 1973.
17.2.
Pacific Intertie Systems Technical Studies Task Force - reports on meetings & reports on Intertie. 1967, 1970-1974.
17.3.
Celilo - research on Earth Electrode Performance. 1970, 1976.
17.4.
"Test Program to Measure the DC and Low Frequency Impedance of the Ground Return Mode of the Pacific DC Intertie - Preliminary Report" (Bracken). 1982.
17.5.
Intertie Options (Mittelstadt). 1983.
17.6.
"WSCC System Disturbance Report for the 500kV Pacific Intertie Separation on Wednesday, December 22, 1982" (WSCC Formal Review Committee). 1983.
17.7.
"Pacific Intertie 1,100 MW HVDC Expansion Project - Progress Report No. 2 - Project Design and WSCC System Performance Assessment". 1985.

6.018.
Bonneville Power Administration - Pacific Northwest-Southwest HVDC Intertie. 1978-1981, 1983-1984.
18.1.
"Report on Feasibility of Upgrading the Pacific D-C Intertie to ± 500 kV" - 3 copies. 1979.
18.2.
"Corona Phenomenon, Electric Field, and Ion Measurements at the Dalles HVDC Test Line to Determine Feasibility of Uprating the DC Intertie" (Chartier, Bracken, Stearns). 1979.
18.3.
BPA Technical Report - "The Investigation of the Loading Capability of Pacific DC Intertie - Celilo Equipment" (Branch of System Engineering). 1979.
18.4.
"Report on Feasibility of Upgrading the Pacific D-C Intertie to ± 500 kV" - 2 drafts. 1978-1979.
18.5.
"Draft Final Report - Pacific HVDC Intertie Voltage Upgrading Project - Technical Consultants Study" (Chas T. Main, Inc.). 1980.
18.6.
Celilo uprate info - diagrams and specifications. 1979-1981.
18.7.
HVDC Uprate to 3100 MW - binder w/ periodic reports. 1983-1984.

6.019.
Bonneville Power Administration - Pacific Northwest-Southwest HVDC Intertie. 1981.
19.1.
Final Report - "Pacific HVDC Intertie Voltage Upgrade Project - Technical Consultant Study" (Chas T. Main, Inc.). 1981.

6.020.
Bonneville Power Administration - Pacific Northwest-Southwest HVDC Intertie. 1965-1974.
20.1.
Pacific Intertie - reports, correspondence, etc. 1965-1969.
20.2.
Pacific Intertie - reports, correspondence, etc. 1970-1974.