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As background, the MAP program includes a feature in which BPA pays the 

 mamiftcturcrs for each qualifying home The region's investor owned utilities 

 (lOUs) reimburse BPA on a doUar-for-doUar basis for each home sited in their 

 service territory. Because BPA is reimbursed for these cosU there is a natural 

 lag between BPA expenditures, creatii% a situation where BPA cosU always 

 appear greater at any one time than they actually are. 



BPA paid about $8 million dollars to manu&cturers in FY 1992, and S22 

 million in FY 1993. as of >^ril 1, 1993. We have received reimbursements 

 from the lOUs of $5.2 million, with another $7 million in process. 



Administrative costs for FY 1992 and 1993 were $1.1 million annually, 

 including support to the states to help with the program. This is less than 4 

 percent of the total program expenditures in these two fiscal years. 



Even in utility service territories that also receive gas service, the rural 

 sections of the utility (where the MAP homes are likely to be sited) do not 

 usually have accessible gas service. Based on a BPA survey of gas and 

 electric utilities, we estimate that for the region as a whole, 20 percent of 

 the MAP homes will be sited in areas where gas would be available. 



How much dectric water heating and space heating load does BPA currently 

 serve? How much of this load is in areas currently served by natural gas? 

 What is the relative efiSdency of burning natural gas in a turbine to produce 

 dectridty which is used for water and space heating vs. bunung gas on site for 

 this purpose? 



BPA currently serves about 1,600 aMW of electric space and water heating 

 load. About half of the homes using electric space and water heat are in areas 



