Fans of corporate spin will no doubt find the following passage amusing in the face of the paragraph we’ve placed below it:

PacifiCorp Energy President Rob Lasich says the settlement shows that sincere negotiations can produce positive results for fish as well as PacifiCorp’s customers.

The Portland-based utility agreed to negotiations after the conservation group Oregon Wild filed notice it would sue under the Endangered Species Act…

OK, we get it; PacifiCorp won’t engage in "sincere negotiations" until it’s forced to by the threat of a lawsuit. Still, it’s a good result for Oregon Wild and Klamath fisheries (a little good news, eh?).