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Hearing held: April 28, 1993 1 



Member statements: 



Hon. Peter A. DeFazio, a Representative in Congress from the State 



of Oregon 1 



Hon. Philip R. Sharp, a Representative in Congress from the State of 



Indiana • 3 



Hon. Robert F. Smith, a Representative in Congress from the State 



of Oregon • 3 



Hon. Karen Shepherd, a Representative in Congress from the State of 



Utah • 5 



Hon. Larry LaRocco, a Representative in Congress from the State of 



Idaho • 5 



Hon. Mike Kreidler, a Representative in Congress from the State of 



Washington 34 



Hon. Pat Williams, a Representative in Congress from the State of Mon- 

 tana 34 



Witness statements: 



Randall W. Hardy, Administrator, Bonneville Power Administration, De- 

 partment of Energy, Portland, OR 6 



Graphics referred to in Administrator Hardy's testimony: 



BPA's initial rate proposal 7 



Northwest seasonal precipitation to date 8 



Changes in BPA's financial condition since the initial rate proposal ... 9 



Bonneville financial reserves fiscal year 1993 10 



Bonneville annual expenses 11 



Bonneville programs 12 



Bonneville Federal workforce 13 



Policy options regarding Treasury payment assurance 14 



APPENDIX 



April 28, 1993 



Additional material submitted for the hearing record from: 



Bonneville Power Administration, Department of Energy, Portland, OR: 

 Questions and Answers Supplement to the Statement of Randall W. 

 Hardy, April 28, 1993 69 



Hon. Larry LaRocco: Questions submitted by Congressman LaRocco to 

 Administrator Hardy dated April 28, 1993, and the accompanying re- 

 sponses dated August 13, August 17, and September 2, 1993 131 



Hon. Mike Kreidler: Questions submitted by Congressman Kreidler to 

 Administrator Hardy dated April 28, 1993, and the accompanying re- 

 sponse dated August 2, 1993 176 



Hon. Peter DeFazio, Chairman, BPA Task Force: 



1. Questions submitted by Chairman DeFazio to Administrator 



Hardy dated May 25, 1993, and the accompanying response 

 dated July 22, 1993 188 



2. Letter from the Public Power Council [PPC] to Chairman DeFazio 



dated April 27, 1993, with accompanjdng responses to Chairman 



DeFazio s questions of the Bonneville Power Administration 204 



Hon. Pat WiUiams: Letter from Congressman Williams to George 

 Eskridge, Montana district manager, Missoula, MT, dated April 28, 



1993 214 



Hon. George Miller, chairman. Committee on Natural Resources: 



1. Letter from Chairman Miller to Hon. Charles A. Bowsher, Comp- 

 troller General of the United States, General Accounting Office, 

 dated February 16, 1993 216 



(III) 



