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Mr. Shields. You may find a model in Western Area Power Ad- 

 ministration for accomplishing exactly that. 



Mr. DeFazio. You mean the stuff I wrote in there? 



Mr. Shields. Yes, congratulations. 



Mr. DeFazio. I have to tell you, I heard an awful lot of argu- 

 ments I heard earlier today last year. 



Mr. Shields. Right. Well I would encourage you to go back and 

 look at your 



Mr. DeFazio. So you think I did good, huh? OK, well I have still 

 got copies of that. Grood staff work. 



Mr. Kittredge. Mr. Chairman, I do not think the mandate for 

 least-cost planning — as an elected official, I think I am as conscious 

 as Don is about the prerogatives of the local utilities, and at least 

 what we are suggesting at SUB is that the review of the least-cost 

 plan for compliance or non-compliance is not a note from on high 

 from the Council of what can or cannot be done. What it does say 

 is that, if you make the decision to go without the plan, then you 

 are in a situation where you have the responsibility for your deci- 

 sions. And I think that is 



Mr. DeFazio. That is an interesting model. I think there are a 

 number of interesting things to look at here, some that can be mar- 

 ket-driven — there are different ways to approach it. 



This has been very helpful to me. Does anyone feel they had 

 something they wanted to say they did not get to say? 



[No response.] 



Mr. DeFazio. If not, I am going to thank you for your participa- 

 tion, thank everybody. I think this was a tremendously helpful 

 hearing, and the task force is now adjourned. 



[Whereupon, at 2:45 p.m., the task force was adjourned.] 



