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- Established the Northwest Power Planning Council, a 

 regional energy and fish and wildlife planning agency. The 

 Council has two members from the States of Oregon, 

 Washington, Montana and Idaho. The Act requires that BPA 

 resource acquisition and fish and wildlife activities be 

 "consistent" with the recommendations of the Council. 



- Required BPA and the Council to give priority to energy 

 conservation resources when acquiring new energy resources. 



- Modified the "preference" clause, which requires to make 

 firm power resources available to publicly-owned utilities 

 prior to sales to any investor-owned utilities, to require 

 BPA to be responsible for meeting all future requirements of 

 its preference customers. 



- Further modified preference through the "residential 

 exchange" program which provides the benefits of firm 

 federal power resources available to residential and farm 

 customers of investor-owned utilities. 



- Directed the Council to establish a program to protect and 

 enhance the fisheries resources of the Columbia River basin. 

 BPA provides funding for this program through its rates. 



- Authorized $1.25 billion in borrowing authority for 

 conservation and renewable resources. 



P.L. 98-50 Energy and Water Development Appropriations for 1983 



Authorized an additional $1.25 billion in BPA borrowing 

 authority. 



