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September 25, 1993 



STATEMENT 



OF 



PUGET SOUND POWER & LIGHT COMPANY 



I . INTRODUCTION 



This Statement is submitted on behalf of Puget Sound 

 Power & Light Company ("Puget") , an investor-owned electric 

 utility which serves about 800,000 customers within a 4,500 

 square mile service area in eight counties in Western 

 Washington and one county in Central Washington. Puget 

 appreciates the opportunity to provide comments on the 

 challenges and opportunities facing BPA. 



II. BPA RESPONDS TO CHALLENGES 



The circumstances facing BPA are changing dramatically — 

 the deregulation of power supply, transmission access, the 

 disappearance of the regional electricity surplus of the 

 1980s, increased fish and wildlife mitigation and enhancement 

 efforts, closure of the Trojan Nuclear Project, federal fiscal 

 constraints and adverse hydroelectric generating conditions in 

 the region. 



In response to the challenges posed, BPA under the 

 leadership of Administrator Randy Hardy is undertaking an 

 extraordinary effort to reinvent itself — to become more 

 customer-focused, cost conscious and flexible. BPA is 

 attempting to change its internal culture and make its 



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