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Seattle City Light Regional Power Management Records, 1943-1982

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Seattle City Light
Title
Seattle City Light Regional Power Management Records
Dates
1943-1982 (inclusive)
Quantity
7.4 cubic feet, (8 boxes)
Collection Number
1206-13
Summary
Records relating to power management and regional power associations.
Repository
Seattle Municipal Archives
Seattle Municipal Archives
Office of the City Clerk
City of Seattle
PO Box 94728
98124-4728
Seattle, WA
Telephone: 2062337807
Fax: 2063869025
archives@seattle.gov
Access Restrictions

Records are open to the public.

Languages
English
Sponsor
Funding for processing this record series was provided through a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
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Historical Note

City Light provides electricity and electrical and conservation services to its public and private customers. It is the largest public utility in the Pacific Northwest. Public responsibility for electrical energy dates to 1890 with creation of the Department of Lighting and Water Works. In 1902, Seattle voters passed a bond issue to develop hydroelectric power on the Cedar River under the administration of the Water Department. Electricity from this development began to serve Seattle in 1905. A City Charter amendment in 1910 created the Lighting Department. Under the leadership of Superintendent James D. Ross, the department developed the Skagit River hydroelectric project which began supplying power in 1924. Both public and private power was supplied to Seattle until 1951 when the City purchased the private electrical power supply operations, making the Lighting Department the sole supplier. The Boundary Project in northeastern Washington began operations in 1967 and supplied over half of City Light's power generation. By the early 21st century, approximately ten percent of City Light's income came from the sale of surplus energy to customers in the Northwest and Southwest with the remainder of City Light's financial support coming from customer revenue. The current name of the agency was adopted in 1978 when the Department was reorganized.

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Content Description

Correspondence, contracts, financial records and related material of the power management branch relating to power purchases, interchanges and regional power planning. Included are minutes, correspondence, studies and reports of regional power associations, including the Northwest Power Pool, Northwest Public Power Association, Pacific Northwest Governors’ Power Policy Committee, Pacific Northwest Utilities Conference Committee and the Federal Power Commission Task Force on Downstream Benefits Provided by Headwater Improvements on the Columbia. Topics include an independent review of WPPSS nuclear power projects 4 and 5, wholesale electric rates, and the “Model Electric Power and Conservation Plan for the Pacific Northwest” by the Natural Resources Defense Council. Additional records concerning regional power associations are found in Regional Power Planning Records, series 1200-15.

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

[Item and date], Seattle City Light Regional Power Management Records , Record Series 1206-13. Box [number], Folder [number]. Seattle Municipal Archives.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Arranged into two series: Power Interchanges and Power Associations.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

  • Power Interchanges, 1948-1976

  • Power Associations, 1943-1982

    • Description: American Public Power Association (APPA)
      Dates: 1963-1967
      Container: Box/Folder 1/29
    • Description: American Public Power Association (APPA) - John Day Project
      Dates: 1963-1967
      Container: Box/Folder 1/30
    • Description: American Public Power Association (APPA) - Rate Committee
      Dates: 1958-1962
      Container: Box/Folder 1/31
    • Description: American Public Power Association (APPA) - Rate Committee
      Dates: 1954-1957
      Container: Box/Folder 1/32
    • Description: American Public Power Association (APPA) - Rate Committee - Programs
      Dates: 1958-1959
      Container: Box/Folder 2/1
    • Description: North American Power Systems Interconnection Committee
      Dates: 1963-1967
      Container: Box/Folder 2/2
    • Description: North American Power Systems Interconnection Committee - Northwest Power Pool (NWPP)
      Dates: 1964-1967
      Container: Box/Folder 2/3
    • Description: North American Power Systems Interconnection Committee - Northwest Power Pool (NWPP) -Operating Committee
      Dates: 1966
      Container: Box/Folder 2/4
    • Description: North American Power Systems Interconnection Committee - Northwest Power Pool (NWPP) -Western operations Subcommittee
      Dates: 1965
      Container: Box/Folder 2/5
    • Description: North American Power Systems Interconnection Committee - Northwest Power Pool (NWPP) -Western Operations Subcommittee
      Dates: 1966-1967
      Container: Box/Folder 2/6
    • Description: North American Power Systems Interconnection Committee - Northwest Power Pool (NWPP) -Load and Generation Shedding
      Dates: 1967
      Container: Box/Folder 2/7
    • Description: Northwest Power Pool (NWPP) Coordinating Committee - Area Control Error
      Dates: 1967
      Container: Box/Folder 2/8
    • Description: Northwest Power Pool (NWPP) Coordinating Committee - Communication Engineers Meetings - Minutes
      Dates: 1964
      Container: Box/Folder 2/9
    • Description: Northwest Power Pool (NWPP) Coordinating Committee - Content Curve and System Energy Content Curves
      Dates: 1965-1964
      Container: Box/Folder 2/10
    • Description: Northwest Power Pool (NWPP) Coordinating Committee - Coordinated Operating
      Dates: 1947
      Container: Box/Folder 2/11
    • Description: Northwest Power Pool (NWPP) Coordinating Committee - Weekly Report of Coordinated Operating
      Dates: 1963-1964
      Container: Box/Folder 2/12
    • Description: Northwest Power Pool (NWPP) Coordinating Committee - Weekly Report of Coordinated Operating
      Dates: 1963-1964
      Container: Box/Folder 2/13
    • Description: Northwest Power Pool (NWPP) Coordinating Committee - Weekly Report of Coordinated Operating
      Dates: 1967
      Container: Box/Folder 2/14
    • Description: Northwest Power Pool (NWPP) - General Information and Correspondence
      Dates: 1943-1967
      Container: Box/Folder 2/15
    • Description: Northwest Power Pool (NWPP) - Hydro Generation - Probabilities and Potential Energy Levels
      Dates: 1959-1964
      Container: Box/Folder 2/16
    • Description: Northwest Power Pool (NWPP) - Hydro Unit Governor Adjustments
      Dates: 1964-1965
      Container: Box/Folder 2/17
    • Description: Northwest Power Pool (NWPP) - Load Dropping During Pool Emergencies
      Dates: 1956-1961
      Container: Box/Folder 2/18
    • Description: Northwest Power Pool (NWPP) - Load Dropping and Load Shedding
      Dates: 1963-1967
      Container: Box/Folder 2/19
    • Description: Northwest Power Pool (NWPP) - Maintenance Engineers
      Dates: 1964-1967
      Container: Box/Folder 2/20
    • Description: Northwest Power Pool (NWPP) - Maintenance Program
      Dates: 1955-1965
      Container: Box/Folder 2/21
    • Description: Northwest Power Pool (NWPP) - Maintenance Program
      Dates: 1965-1967
      Container: Box/Folder 2/22
    • Description: Northwest Power Pool (NWPP) Coordinating Committee - Membership
      Dates: 1964
      Container: Box/Folder 2/23
    • Description: Northwest Power Pool (NWPP) Coordinating Committee - Notice of Power and Reactive Flow and Voltage Level Tests
      Dates: 1965-1966
      Container: Box/Folder 2/24
    • Description: Northwest Power Pool (NWPP) Coordinating Committee - Pacific Northwest Coordination Agreement
      Dates: 1965-1966
      Container: Box/Folder 2/25
    • Description: Northwest Power Pool (NWPP) Coordinating Committee - Pacific Northwest Coordination Agreement - Operating Data
      Dates: 1965-1967
      Container: Box/Folder 2/26
    • Description: Northwest Power Pool (NWPP) Coordinating Committee - Pacific Northwest Coordination Agreement - Summary of Operating Data
      Dates: 1965-1967
      Container: Box/Folder 2/27
    • Description: Pacific Northwest Coordination Agreement - Meetings
      Dates: 1964-1967
      Container: Box/Folder 2/28
    • Description: Northwest Power Pool (NWPP) Power 1970 Level of Development
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 2/29
    • Description: Northwest Power Pool (NWPP) Symposium by Operating Committee
      Dates: 1948
      Container: Box/Folder 3/1
    • Description: Northwest Power Pool (NWPP) Relay Engineers' Meetings Minutes
      Dates: 1964-1967
      Container: Box/Folder 3/2
    • Description: Northwest Power Pool (NWPP) Relay Engineers and communications engineers Meetings
      Dates: 1964-1967
      Container: Box/Folder 3/3
    • Description: Northwest Power Pool (NWPP) Coordinating Group
      Dates: 1964-1967
      Container: Box/Folder 3/4
    • Description: Northwest Power Pool (NWPP) Coordinating Group Misc Reports
      Dates: 1964
      Container: Box/Folder 3/5
    • Description: Northwest Power Pool (NWPP) Western Group Reports to Defense Power Administration, Power Load and Capabilities
      Dates: 1951-1957
      Container: Box/Folder 3/6
    • Description: Northwest Power Pool (NWPP) Spinning Reserve Subcommittee
      Dates: 1967
      Container: Box/Folder 3/7
    • Description: Northwest Power Pool (NWPP) Summary of Inadvertent Interchange Energy
      Dates: 1964-1967
      Container: Box/Folder 3/8
    • Description: Northwest Power Pool (NWPP) Western Interconnection Information
      Dates: 1964-1968
      Container: Box/Folder 3/9
    • Description: Northwest Power Pool (NWPP) Western Operations Committee, East-West Tie Closure Task Force
      Dates: 1967
      Container: Box/Folder 3/10
    • Description: Northwest Power Pool (NWPP) Western Operations Committee, Organization and Assignments of Oregon - California Task Force
      Dates: 1966-1967
      Container: Box/Folder 3/11
    • Description: Northwest Power Pool (NWPP) Western Operations Committee, Western Systems Coordinating Council
      Dates: 1967
      Container: Box/Folder 3/12
    • Description: Northwest Power Pool Carrier Current Channel Data
      Dates: 1956-1963
      Container: Box/Folder 3/13
    • Description: Northwest Power Pool Operating Program
      Dates: 1954-1955
      Container: Box/Folder 3/14
    • Description: Northwest Power Pool Operating Program
      Dates: 1956-1958
      Container: Box/Folder 3/15
    • Description: Northwest Power Pool Operating Program
      Dates: 1959
      Container: Box/Folder 3/16
    • Description: Northwest Power Pool Operating Program
      Dates: 1960-1961
      Container: Box/Folder 3/17
    • Description: Northwest Power Pool - Average and Peak Megawatts
      Dates: 1959-1960
      Container: Box/Folder 3/18
    • Description: Northwest Power Pool - Average and Peak Megawatts
      Dates: 1961-1962
      Container: Box/Folder 3/19
    • Description: Northwest Power Pool - Average and Peak Megawatts
      Dates: 1962-1963
      Container: Box/Folder 3/20
    • Description: Northwest Power Pool - Average and Peak Megawatts
      Dates: 1964-1965
      Container: Box/Folder 3/21
    • Description: Northwest Power Pool - Average and Peak Megawatts
      Dates: 1965-1966
      Container: Box/Folder 3/22
    • Description: Northwest Power Pool Operating Program
      Dates: 1964-1965
      Container: Box/Folder 3/23
    • Description: Northwest Power Pool Operating Program and Fuel Requirements
      Dates: 1965-1966
      Container: Box/Folder 3/24
    • Description: Northwest Power Pool Operations Review
      Dates: 1954-1957
      Container: Box/Folder 3/25
    • Description: Northwest Power Pool Operations Review
      Dates: 1959-1960
      Container: Box/Folder 3/26
    • Description: Northwest Power Pool Coordinating Group - Tests of Power and Reactive Flows and Voltage Level
      Dates: 1955-1956
      Container: Box/Folder 3/27
    • Description: Northwest Power Pool Coordinating Group - Tests of Power and Reactive Flows and Voltage Level
      Dates: 1957
      Container: Box/Folder 3/38
    • Description: Northwest Power Pool Coordinating Group - Tests of Power and Reactive Flows and Voltage Level
      Dates: 1958-1960
      Container: Box/Folder 4/1
    • Description: Northwest Power Pool Coordinating Group - Tests of Power and Reactive Flows and Voltage Level
      Dates: 1966-1967
      Container: Box/Folder 4/2
    • Description: Northwest Power Pool Coordinating Group - Maps of Service Areas
      Dates: 1959
      Container: Box/Folder 4/3
    • Description: Northwest Power Pool Coordinating Group - Coordinated Operation, Principles and Procedures
      Dates: 1956-1960
      Container: Box/Folder 4/4
    • Description: Northwest Power Pool Coordinating Group - Proposed Western Utility Teletype Circuit
      Dates: 1966
      Container: Box/Folder 4/5
    • Description: Northwest Public Power Association
      Dates: 1960-1963
      Container: Box/Folder 4/6
    • Description: Northwest Public Power Association Power Supply Committee, Resource Task Force
      Dates: 1966
      Container: Box/Folder 4/7
    • Description: Northwest Public Power Association - Wholesale Rate Committee
      Dates: 1955-1956
      Container: Box/Folder 4/8
    • Description: Northwest Public Power Association - Wholesale Rate Committee
      Dates: 1957
      Container: Box/Folder 4/9
    • Description: Northwest Public Power Association - Wholesale Rate Committee
      Dates: 1958
      Container: Box/Folder 4/10
    • Description: Northwest Public Power Association - Wholesale Rate Committee
      Dates: 1959-1960
      Container: Box/Folder 4/11
    • Description: Northwest Public Power Association - Wholesale Rate Committee
      Dates: 1961-1967
      Container: Box/Folder 4/12
    • Description: Northwest Utilities Coordination Negotiations
      Dates: 1961-1965
      Container: Box/Folder 4/13
    • Description: Pacific Northwest Governors' Power Policy Committee, Engineering Committee
      Dates: 1953-1958
      Container: Box/Folder 4/14
    • Description: Pacific Northwest Governors' Power Policy Committee, Engineering Committee
      Dates: 1954
      Container: Box/Folder 4/15
    • Description: Pacific Northwest Governors' Power Policy Committee, Engineering Committee
      Dates: 1954
      Container: Box/Folder 4/16
    • Description: Pacific Northwest Governors' Power Policy Committee, Engineering Committee
      Dates: 1954
      Container: Box/Folder 4/17
    • Description: Pacific Northwest Governors' Power Policy Committee, Engineering Committee
      Dates: 1954
      Container: Box/Folder 4/18
    • Description: Pacific Northwest Governors' Power Policy Committee, Engineering Committee
      Dates: 1955
      Container: Box/Folder 5/1
    • Description: Pacific Northwest Governors' Power Policy Committee, Engineering Committee
      Dates: 1955
      Container: Box/Folder 5/2
    • Description: Pacific Northwest Governors' Power Policy Committee, Engineering Committee
      Dates: 1955
      Container: Box/Folder 5/3
    • Description: Pacific Northwest Governors' Power Policy Committee, Engineering Committee
      Dates: 1956
      Container: Box/Folder 5/4
    • Description: Pacific Northwest Governors' Power Policy Committee, Engineering Committee
      Dates: 1956
      Container: Box/Folder 5/5
    • Description: Pacific Northwest Governors' Power Policy Committee, Engineering Committee
      Dates: 1957
      Container: Box/Folder 5/6
    • Description: Pacific Northwest Governors' Power Policy Committee, Engineering Committee
      Dates: 1957
      Container: Box/Folder 5/7
    • Description: Pacific Northwest Utilities Conference Committee WPSS 4 and 5 Review
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 5/8
    • Description: Pacific Northwest Utilities Conference Committee WPSS 4 and 5 Review Draft Final Reports
      Dates: 1982
      Container: Box/Folder 5/9
    • Description: Pacific Northwest Utilities Conference Committee WPSS 4 and 5 Review
      Dates: 1981
      Container: Box/Folder 5/10
    • Description: Pacific Northwest Utilities Conference Committee WPSS 4 and 5 Review Progress Report
      Dates: 1982
      Container: Box/Folder 5/11
    • Description: Pacific Northwest Utilities Conference Committee WPSS 4 and 5 Review Executive Summaries
      Dates: -
      Container: Box/Folder 5/12
    • Description: Pacific Northwest Utilities Conference Committee WPSS 4 and 5 Review
      Dates: 1982
      Container: Box/Folder 5/13
    • Description: Pacific Northwest Utilities Conference Committee WPSS 4 and 5 Review, Price Waterhouse Review
      Dates: 1982
      Container: Box/Folder 5/14
    • Description: Pacific Northwest Utilities Conference Committee WPSS 4 and 5 Review, Draft Final Report Module V
      Dates: 1981
      Container: Box/Folder 5/15
    • Description: Pacific Northwest Utilities Conference Committee WPSS 4 and 5 Review
      Dates: 1982
      Container: Box/Folder 5/16
    • Description: Pacific Northwest Utilities Conference Committee WPSS 4 and 5 Review, Interim Report, Module V
      Dates: 1981
      Container: Box/Folder 5/17
    • Description: Pacific Northwest Utilities Conference Committee WPSS 4 and 5 Review, Interim Report of Supply Alternatives and Cost
      Dates: 1981
      Container: Box/Folder 5/18
    • Description: Pacific Northwest Utilities Conference Committee WPSS 4 and 5 Review, Report Module IV
      Dates: 1981
      Container: Box/Folder 5/19
    • Description: Pacific Northwest Utilities Conference Committee WPSS 4 and 5 Review, Module II
      Dates: 1981
      Container: Box/Folder 5/20
    • Description: Pacific Northwest Utilities Conference Committee - Near Term Cost Effectiveness
      Dates: 1981-1982
      Container: Box/Folder 6/1
    • Description: Pacific Northwest Utilities Conference Committee - Near Term Cost Effectiveness Subcommittee
      Dates: 1981
      Container: Box/Folder 6/2
    • Description: Pacific Northwest Utilities Conference Committee - Near-Term Cost Effectiveness Methodology Subcommittee
      Dates: 1981
      Container: Box/Folder 6/3
    • Description: Pacific Northwest Utilities Conference Committee - Cost Effectiveness Report
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 6/4
    • Description: Pacific Northwest Utilities Conference Committee, Study - Forecasted Supply Function Relationships
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 6/5
    • Description: Pacific Northwest Utilities Conference Committee, Study - Forecasted Supply Function Relationships
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 6/6
    • Description: Pacific Northwest Utilities Conference Committee (PNUCC) - BPA Rates and Resources
      Dates: 1981-1982
      Container: Box/Folder 6/7
    • Description: PNUCC - Natural Resources Defense Council Model Electric Power and Conservation Plan for the Pacific Northwest
      Dates: 1982
      Container: Box/Folder 6/8
    • Description: PNUCC - Natural Resources Defense Council Model Electric Power and Conservation Plan for the Pacific Northwest
      Dates: 1982
      Container: Box/Folder 6/9
    • Description: PNUCC - Natural Resources Defense Council Model Electric Power and Conservation Plan for the Pacific Northwest
      Dates: 1982
      Container: Box/Folder 6/10
    • Description: PNUCC - Natural Resources Defense Council Model Electric Power and Conservation Plan for the Pacific Northwest - Comments
      Dates: 1982
      Container: Box/Folder 6/11
    • Description: Regional Power Planning Program
      Dates: 1977
      Container: Box/Folder 6/12
    • Description: Regional Power Planning Program
      Dates: 1977
      Container: Box/Folder 6/13
    • Description: Regional Power Planning Program
      Dates: 1977
      Container: Box/Folder 6/14
    • Description: Regional Power Planning Program
      Dates: 1977
      Container: Box/Folder 6/15
    • Description: Regional Power Planning Program
      Dates: 1977
      Container: Box/Folder 6/16
    • Description: Regional Power Planning Program
      Dates: 1977
      Container: Box/Folder 6/17
    • Description: Regional Power Planning Program
      Dates: 1977
      Container: Box/Folder 6/18
    • Description: Regional Power Planning Program
      Dates: 1977
      Container: Box/Folder 6/19
    • Description: Regional Power Planning Program
      Dates: 1977
      Container: Box/Folder 7/1
    • Description: Regional Power Planning Program
      Dates: 1977
      Container: Box/Folder 7/2
    • Description: Regional Power Planning Program
      Dates: 1977
      Container: Box/Folder 7/3
    • Description: Regional Power Management Program
      Dates: 1978
      Container: Box/Folder 7/4
    • Description: Regional Power Management Program
      Dates: 1978
      Container: Box/Folder 7/5
    • Description: Regional Power Management Program
      Dates: 1978
      Container: Box/Folder 7/6
    • Description: Regional Power Management Program
      Dates: 1978
      Container: Box/Folder 7/7
    • Description: Regional Power Planning Program
      Dates: 1978
      Container: Box/Folder 7/8
    • Description: Regional Power Planning Program
      Dates: 1978
      Container: Box/Folder 7/9
    • Description: Regional Power Management Program
      Dates: 1978
      Container: Box/Folder 7/10
    • Description: Regional Power Management Program
      Dates: 1978
      Container: Box/Folder 7/11
    • Description: FPC Task Force On Downstream Benefits Provided By Headwater Improvement of Certain Columbia Basin Licensed Projects and FPC Projects
      Dates: 1956-1957
      Container: Box/Folder 7/12
    • Description: FPC Task Force On Downstream Benefits Provided By Headwater Improvement of Certain Columbia Basin Licensed Projects and FPC Projects
      Dates: 1955-1956
      Container: Box/Folder 7/13
    • Description: FPC Task Force On Downstream Benefits Provided By Headwater Improvement of Certain Columbia Basin Licensed Projects and FPC Projects
      Dates: 1954
      Container: Box/Folder 7/14
    • Description: FPC Task Force On Downstream Benefits Provided By Headwater Improvement of Certain Columbia Basin Licensed Projects and FPC Projects
      Dates: 1953-1954
      Container: Box/Folder 7/15
    • Description: FPC Task Force On Downstream Benefits Provided By Headwater Improvement of Certain Columbia Basin Licensed Projects and FPC Projects
      Dates: 1952-1953
      Container: Box/Folder 7/16
    • Description: FPC Task Force On Downstream Benefits Provided By Headwater Improvement of Certain Columbia Basin Licensed Projects and FPC Projects
      Dates: 1954-1960
      Container: Box/Folder 7/17
    • Description: FPC Task Force On Downstream Benefits Provided By Headwater Improvement of Certain Columbia Basin Licensed Projects and FPC Projects
      Dates: 1957-1959
      Container: Box/Folder 8/1
    • Description: FPC Task Force On Downstream Benefits Provided By Headwater Improvements - Natural Flow Studies at Hydroelectric Projects
      Dates: 1955
      Container: Box/Folder 8/2
    • Description: FPC Task Force On Downstream Benefits Provided By Headwater Improvements - Legislation
      Dates: 1959
      Container: Box/Folder 8/3
    • Description: FPC Task Force On Downstream Benefits Provided By Headwater Improvements - Legislation
      Dates: 1957-1959
      Container: Box/Folder 8/4
    • Description: FPC Task Force On Downstream Benefits Provided By Headwater Improvements - Legislation
      Dates: 1960-1961
      Container: Box/Folder 8/5
    • Description: Columbia River Basin Headwater Benefit Determination, FPC
      Dates: 1965
      Container: Box/Folder 8/6
    • Description: Washington Public Power Supply Syster - Nez Perce Project
      Dates: 1960-1962
      Container: Box/Folder 8/7

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Subject Terms

  • Electric Utilities--Northwest, Pacific
  • Interconnected electric utility systems
  • Nuclear energy--Washington (State)
  • Water-power--Washington (State)

Corporate Names

  • Seattle City Light
  • Natural Resources Defense Council
  • Northwest Power Pool
  • Northwest Power Pool. Coordinating Group
  • Northwest Public Power Association
  • Pacific Northwest Governors’ Power Policy Committee
  • Pacific Northwest Utilities Conference Committee
  • Seattle (Wash.). Lighting Dept.

Geographical Names

  • Seattle (Wash.)
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