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major resources, the workability of the act's resource acquisition 

 process, including whether resources would be acquired in a manner 

 consistent with the Council's plan, would not be certain. We also 

 concluded that both the Council and BPA had instituted programs to 

 inform the public of, and elicit their views on, plans and 

 activities related to regional power planning. 



In 1991, we reviewed the potential savings in electricity from 

 utility energy efficiency programs, as well as the progress made by 

 states, utilities, and federal power agencies to encourage more 

 efficient electricity use. We found that BPA was promoting the 

 conservation of electricity by (1) providing financial and 

 technical assistance to consumers of electricity, (2) encouraging 

 states and local jurisdictions within its service areas to develop 

 energy-efficient building codes, and (3) transferring energy- 

 efficient technologies. We noted that, with an explicit 

 legislative mandate and authority to charge more for its power 

 unless customer utilities implemented demand-side management (DSM) 

 programs, BPA was a recognized DSM program authority. 



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