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Whoops

A nickname for the Washington Public Power Supply System, which in the 1970s raised billions of dollars through municipal bond offerings, the projects that never materialized. WPPSS defaulted on the payments to bondholders.

Whoops

An informal and derogatory term for the Washington Public Power Supply System. This company issued more than $2 billion in bonds in the 1970s to build nuclear power plants and defaulted on these obligations in 1983. It is now known as Energy Northwest.

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No references found			As a lawyer, he represented Northwest utilities in their effort to stop the Washington Public Power Supply System from continuing to fund nuclear plant construction. Nuclear power still not safe by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) The abandoned Washington Public Power Supply System nuclear powerplant complex (pronounced "Whoops"), now owned by Energy Northwest (a coalition of 20 public utilities), has become the home of the largest photovoltaic installation in the Pacific Northwest. From nukes to solar panels. (Solutions) by Earth Island Journal Energy Northwest, formerly known as the Washington Public Power Supply System, is primarily responsible for the operation of a 1,153-megawatt (mw) nuclear generating facility, referred to as Project No. Fitch IBCA Upgrades $5.89B Energy Northwest Bonds To `AA' by Business Wire			Wares Wariate Waribiki Genzon Kachi Hou Warm Card Warm Color Warm-Up Warrant Warrant Agreement Warrant Coverage Warrant Leverage Ratio Warrant Premium Warrantable Condo Warranted Growth Rate warranty warranty deed warranty of habitability Warranty of Merchantability Warren Buffett Warsaw Convention Warsaw Pact Warsaw Stock Exchange Wash Wash Sale Wash Trade Wash-Sale Rule Washington Public Power Supply System Washington, D.C. v. Greater Washington Board of Trade Washup waste Waste Circulation wasting asset Wasting Trust Watch List Watchdog Group Water Water and Sewer Bond Water Backup and Sump Overflow Water Bill Water Damage Insurance Water Exclusion Clause Water in the Tariff water line capacity Water Pollution Liability Water Quality Improvement Act of 1970 Water Quality Insurance Syndicate water rights water table Watercraft Endorsement Watercraft Nonowned Insurance Watered Stock Watermark			Washington Post Washington Post Washington Post Company Washington Post Writers Group Washington Post, The Washington Prairie Lutheran Church Washington Pre-College Test Washington Prescription Drug Program Washington Press Club Foundation Washington Primary Care Interest Inventory Washington Product Liability Act Washington Professional Educator Standards Board Washington Professional Systems Washington Professionals for the Study of Psychoanalysis Washington Program in National Issues Washington Project for the Arts Washington Prospectors Mining Association Washington Protection and Advocacy System Washington Psycho-Social Seizure Inventory Washington Psychotronic Film Society Washington Public Deposit Protection Commission Washington Public Employees Association Washington Public Fire Educators Washington Public Interest Research Group Washington Public Ports Authority Washington Public Power Supply System Washington Public Power Supply System :-) Washington Public Power System Washington Public Utility Districts Association Washington Pulp and Paper Foundation Washington Quaker Workcamps Washington Quarter Century Broadcasters' Club Washington Quarter Midget Association Washington Radio Hospital Fund Washington Radio Reports Washington Real Estate Investors Association Washington Real-Estate Investment Trust Washington Recovery Assistance Program for Pharmacy Washington Recreational River Runners Washington Redskins Washington Refuse & Recycling Association Washington Region Religious Campaign Against Torture Washington Regional Alcohol Program Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers Washington Regional Institute for Clinical and Translational Science Washington Regional Medical Center Washington Regional Transplant Consortium Washington Reining Horse Association Washington Report on Middle East Affairs Washington Research & Consulting Services

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