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r^T? Q Congressional Research Service • The Library of Congress • Washington, D.C. -,0540 



April 15, 1993 



TO: House Natural Resources Committee 



The Honorable George Miller, Chairman 

 Attn: Dan Adamson 



FROM: Amy Abel (x7-7239) ^ 



Analyst in Energy Policy 

 Environment ^d Natural Resources Policy Division 



SUBJECT: Bonneville Power Administration Task Force Briefing Book 



As you requested, CRS has prepared a two-volume briefing book on the 

 Bonneville Power Administration (BPA). This document contains the legal 

 authorities and selected court cases involving BPA and the Northwest Power 

 Planning Council. Summaries and some complete journal articles, CRS material, 

 law review articles, and agency material are provided as background for salmon, 

 water management, and power issues. When only a summary or abstract is 

 included in the briefing book, we are providing the Committee with a copy of the 

 entire document. 



Additionally, we are providing copies of a legislative history of the Pacific 

 Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act. Material for this 

 doounent was compiled by Amy Abel (electricity), Betsy Cody (water 

 management), and Eugene Buck (salmon), of the Environment and Natural 

 Resources Division, and Robert Poling Gegal issues) of the American Law 

 Division. 



Volume One 



Volume 1 of the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) Task Force 

 Briefing Book includes sections on BPA's legal authorities, court cases involving 

 BPA and electric power issues. In addition to an indexed copy of the Pacific 

 Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act (PX.. 96-501), the first 

 section contains relevant annotated code. A selection of ei^teen court cases 

 provides an overview of legal issuea. 



The remaining sections in Volume 1 contain material on electric power 

 issues. The section titled Pacific Northweat Electric Power and Conaervation 



