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help us decide our need for new resources, and will determine the scope of 

 the next billing credit review. 



Conservation resource development is needed to continue the path to 

 energy efiRciency in the region. Public power utilities now have plans for 

 developing all the cost-effective conservation in their service territories. 

 These plans, with BPA support during the transition period of the next 2 

 years, provide both the utilities and BPA with a flexible future that includes 

 high dependence on energy efiBciency. The capability of the utilities to 

 develop conservation will allow some of them to develop conservation 

 independently of BPA or in addition to the support received from BPA. 



BPA's system will be stronger with the successful completion of the current 

 acquisition programs (as opposed to stopping now and damaging both the 

 conservation infrastructure as well as the way the Northwest region is 

 perceived in the power development industry). Expanding the acquisitions 

 beyond current plans needs to wait for a more thorough assessment of the 

 future. 



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