According to California PUC Document No. 3855-E the contract that provided very low power rates to the US Bureau of Reclamation and the irrigators to which it provides water was executed 1/31/56 and expired on 4/16/06. As the contract was about to expire, PacifiCorp told Reclamation and the federal irrigators that it would not renew it. The irrigators then asked the PUCs to reinstate the low power rate. Water Watch and others did support PacifiCorp's position during those hearings. But that is a far cry from McCarthy's claim that Water Watch and allies were able to "overturn" the subsidy. As McCarthy should know, the irrigators attempt to get the PUCs to reinstate the contract was alway a long shot; PUCs rarely if ever fail to support the position of a power generation company. The claim was false and Mr. McCarthy's attempt to justify it highlights the attempted self-promotion and reflects even more unfavorably on Water Watch.