Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: WNP-1/4 na WNP-2 (ugbu a Columbia Generating Station) ekwesịghị inwe mgbagwoju anya na ụlọ ọrụ Skagit / Hanford a chọrọ. Skagit / Hanford bụ atụmatụ nke otu ụlọ ọrụ nke Puget Sound Power &amp; Light (40% òkè) duziri ma sonyeere Portland General Electric (30%), Pacific Light and Power (20%) na Washington Water Power (10%) iji wuo ụlọ ọrụ abụọ dị n'ebe ugwu Seattle na Skagit Valley. Ebe Skagit dị dị kpọmkwem n'elu nnukwu ọdịda ala ọma jijiji. Mgbe ndị
Ihe mberede nke Three Mile Island n'afọ 1979, ndị Skagit County voters manyere ndị otu ahụ ịkwaga ụlọ ọrụ Skagit ahụ a tụrụ aro ka ọ gaa na saịtị Hanford. Skagit / Hanford emebeghị ọganihu karịa usoro nhazi injinịa mbụ tupu e kpochapụ ụlọ ọrụ ahụ. Akụkọ Battelle Northwest nke 1978 kwuru na saịtị Hanford nwere ike ịkwado ụlọ ọrụ nuklia iri abụọ ma ọ bụ karịa.