Alcoa secures 17-year power deal for Wenatchee smelter

Dec 06, 2007 | 11:22 AM | Matthew Lerner

Alcoa Inc., Pittsburgh, has secured a 17-year power agreement for its Wenatchee, Wash., aluminum smelter that will allow the company to expand production.

The new agreement takes effect Nov. 11, 2011, when the current contract expires, and runs through October 2028. It grants Alcoa about 25 percent of the hydropower produced from the Rocky Point and Rock Island dams.....





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