Mike Kreidler, a Washington member of the Northwest Power Planning Council
since January 1995, began his new job this month as the regional director
for Region 10 of the U.S. Department of Health and Social Services.
Kreidler, a former state legislator and congressman, has been replaced
by Larry Cassidy of Vancouver, who attended his first Council meeting as
a voting member this week.
In looking back on his nearly three years as a Council member, Kreidler
counts as a major …