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September 25, 1993 



SUMMARY OF STATEMENT 



OF 



PUGET SOUND POWER & LIGHT COMPANY 



BPA is facing dramatically changing circumstances and in 

 response is undertaking an extraordinary effort to reinvent 

 itself. BPA Administrator Randy Hardy and his management team 

 are doing a superb job under difficult circumstances. 



BPA should promote teamwork in the Northwest and should 

 not seek to be a "competitor." BPA should seek to be 

 efficient and cost-effective but must never seek to use its 

 authority or discretion to advance its interest as a utility 

 at the expense of the interest of another utility. In order 

 to be efficient and cost-effective, BPA must have a clearly 

 defined and appropriate role that focuses on those activities 

 for which it is best suited. 



Tiered BPA firm power rates is a promising and 

 challenging prospect and can encourage conservation and 

 prudent resource development and utilization decisions. BPA 

 services should be made available on an unbundled basis at 

 cost-based rates, without cross-subsidization of one customer 

 class by the other. 



