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He is not obligated to offer contracts to the DSIs that look like 

 the current agreements; the status quo is not mandated in either 

 the Act or the existing contracts. 



3. Examine the costs and benefits to Bonneville of selling 

 the DSIs firm power only in summer and interruptible 

 power in winter. This alternative is a variation from 

 the one described above, but in this alternative, the 

 decision to sell firm or interruptible power would be 

 made on the time of year. 



In a sense, this alternative adds an aspect of "seasonality" to 

 the concept of quartiles: it shifts the DSI load so that it 

 better matches the flow of the Columbia River system and the 

 needs of both Bonneville and its preference customers. 



4. Assess the consequences of putting top (first) quartile 

 service out to bid. 



This option assumes that the new contracts will offer some sort 

 of interruptible service similar to existing, top quartile DSI 

 service. 



Instead of assuming that the DSIs are the only entity that can or 

 would use power on this type of restrictive basis, we request 

 that Bonneville examine the consequences of putting interruptible 

 power out to bid. In other words, we request that Bonneville 

 evaluate the legal , financial and operational consequences of 

 letting public and investor-owned utilities and the DSIs bid for 

 the right to buy this power on a long-term contract. 



5. Evaluate the fiscal and operational impacts of giving 

 Bonneville new restriction rights on DSI firm power 

 load. 



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