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products and services more available and usable by its 

 customers. 



For example, BPA is undertaking an unprecedented 

 Function-by-Function Review, in which BPA is working with the 

 assistance of an advisory group of customers and key interest 

 leaders to evaluate, on an agency-wide basis, BPA ' s current 

 operations. This Function-by-Function Review should enhance 

 BPA's ability to track its expenditures and help to ensure 

 that BPA's resources are efficiently and effectively employed. 



Puget cannot stress too strongly that Administrator Hardy 

 and his management team are doing a superb job under difficult 

 circumstances. BPA is already planning an immediate reduction 

 in administrative costs. The Administrator has taken this 

 decisive action in response to BPA's near-term financial 

 requirements. However, at the same time, he has wisely made 

 clear that BPA's long-term goals will not be compromised. 



The long-term challenge is to define BPA's role in light 

 of the changing circumstances facing BPA, the region and the 

 utility industry and to ensure that BPA is structured so as to 

 facilitate the cost effective performance of that role even as 

 the leadership of BPA changes over time. 



III. FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES AND OBJECTIVES 

 A. BPA Should Promote Teamwork in the Northwest 



The starting place for defining BPA's role should be the 

 values of the Northwest community which all the utilities in 

 the region serve. Admittedly, there may be a conflict between 



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