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With the passage of the Northwest Power Act. the Water Budget (3.45 MAF) 

 was included as part of the annual planning process thereby changing BPA 

 baseline rule curves These rule curves are the baseline used to estimate costs 

 (or benefits) such as foregone revenues. Flow Augmentation (3 MAF) is handled 

 operationally, therefore it is outside of the coordination planning process and is 

 provided as water above the operating rule curves. 



