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April 27. 1993 



The Honorable Peter DeFazio 

 House of Representatives 

 1233 Longworth House Office Building 

 Washington, D.C. 20515 



Dear Congressman DeFazio: 



The Public Power Council (PPC) and its member utilities take this opportunity 

 to respond to your questions of the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA). 



PPC intends to provide additional information on these questions and other 

 matters the Task Force will review. We believe that your airing of these issues will 

 help to contribute to their resolution. 



We would like to emphasize these key points for this first Task Force hearing: 



■ BPA is in a financial crisis and it needs to cut its costs; 



■ BPA's customers, the ones who pay those costs and are among the 

 beneficiaries from BPA's programs, have identified areas where costs 

 can be cut without undermining BPA's mission or responsibilities; and 



■ BPA's customers want to work with BPA to accomplish these efficiency 

 improvements. 



Thank you for the opportunity to provide these responses. If you need any 

 additional information, please call me. 



Sincerely 



William K. Drummond 

 Manager 



