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TABLE 53. Regional Distribution of Gains from Federal Power 

 Sold to Federal Agencies 



Distribution Model A Distribution Model B 



Regions (Per cent) ($ thousand) (Per cent) ($ thousand) 



New England 7.05 6.1 7.54 6.5 



Middle Atlantic 24.35 21.0 26.69 23.0 



South Atlantic 9.96 8.6 10.36 8.9 



East South Central . . 3.42 2.9 3.41 2.9 



East North Central . . 25.53 22.0 23.48 20.2 



West North Central .. . 7.86 6.8 7.11 6.1 



West South Central . . . 6.40 5.5 6.57 5.7 



Mountain 2.89 2.5 2.66 2.3 



Pacific Coast 12.49 10.8 12.20 10.0 



Total " 99.95 86.2 ' 100.02 » 85.6 



' Discrepancies in totals caused l)y rounding. 



GAINS FROM SALES TO ELECTRO-PROCESS INDUSTRIES 



Finally, and perhaps most complicated, is the case of gains from 

 sales of part of the federal power to the electro-process industries. 

 Although only thirteen firms in all were involved during the fiscal 

 year ending June 1954, these firms accounted for over 47 per cent 

 of all BPA sales. During the next fiscal year, BPA sales to these 

 firms accounted for a little over 22 per cent of the year's increment; 

 but their proportion of the total dropped to about 44 per cent. 

 For some time in the future, as in the past, these electro-process 

 industries will participate in the gains incident on federal develop- 

 ment of hydroelectric sites in the Pacific Northwest.^ With so large 

 a proportion of the total of federal sales going to the electro-process 



* There has been some change in policy in making available large blocks of 

 hydroelectricity from federal power development to the electro-process industries. 

 Power for these industries is less likely to be forthcoming from federal develop- 

 ment in the immediate future than it has in the not too distant past. Despite 

 this fact, contracts with electro-process firms have been negotiated for long 

 terms; hence they will continue to participate in the associated gains, at least 

 until the expiration of their current contracts. Because of the enormous 

 quantity of energy taken by these industries, we feel justified in treating the 

 distribution of gains from their purchases of federal power, despite the uncer- 

 tainty that they will gain from additional increments to BPA's supply. 



