Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - WNP-1/4 da WNP-2 (yanzu Columbia Generating Station) bai kamata a rikita shi da aikin Skagit / Hanford da aka gabatar ba. Skagit / Hanford wata shawara ce da ƙungiyar masu amfani da wutar lantarki ta Puget Sound Power &amp; Light (40% share) suka gabatar kuma Portland General Electric (30%), Pacific Light and Power (20%) da Washington Water Power (10%) suka haɗu don gina wani shuka mai raka'a biyu a arewacin Seattle a cikin Kwarin Skagit. Wurin Skagit ya kasance kai tsaye sama da babban girgizar kasa. Bayan hatsarin Three Mile Island
a shekarar 1979, masu jefa kuri'a na gundumar Skagit sun tilasta wa kungiyar hadin gwiwar da za ta koma wurin da aka tsara na Skagit zuwa shafin Hanford. Skagit / Hanford ba su ci gaba ba bayan matakan farko na aikin injiniya kafin a rushe shuka. Rahoton Battelle Northwest na 1978 ya bayyana cewa shafin Hanford zai iya tallafawa masu aikin nukiliya ashirin ko fiye.