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1. An estimate of the savings per year from FY 1994 to FY 

 1998 if the "mothballing" of WNP 1 and 3 was terminated. 



2. An estimate of the revenues that would result if WNP 1 

 and 3 fuel was sold following the termination of 

 mothballing. 



3. Please provide an estimate of the payment the BPA will 

 make to WPPSS for the operating costs of WNP-2 in FY 1994. 

 How do WNP-2 operating costs compare to the nuclear industry 

 average? Does BPA have a mechanism for auditing WNP-2 

 operating expenses? Has BPA ever refused to pay any WNP-2 

 expenses? If so, please state the amount of payment refused 

 and the rationale or doing so. 



4. It is my understanding that WPPSS currently pays its 

 board members $500 per day of service. Does BPA reimburse 

 WPPSS for these expenses? If so, please provide an estimate 

 of the total funding BPA has provided WPPSS since 1980 for 

 this purpose. 



5. Please provide an estimate of WPPSS administrative 

 expenses that will be reimbursed by BPA in FY 1994. 



6. A list of the number of FTE positions at WPPSS, including 

 contractor, temporary and seasonal employees by fiscal year 

 from FY 1980 to FY 1994 and proposed FTE for FY 1994. Has 

 the number of WPPSS staff declined as WPPSS responsibilities 

 have declined? How does the number of WPPSS staff who are 

 responsible for the operations of WNP-2 compare to the 

 nuclear industry average? 



7. Please provide WNP-2 operations and maintenance (O&M) 

 expenditures per year from FY 1985 to the present and 

 estimated O&M expenditures for FY 1994. What percentage of 

 those O&M expenditures have been reimbursed by BPA under the 

 net billing agreement from FY 1985 to the present? How do 

 WNP-2 O&M expenditures compare to the nuclear Industry 

 average? 



8. Portland General Electric recently concluded that it was 

 more cost-effective to permanently shutdown the Trojan 

 reactor than to continue to operate it. Has BPA conducted 

 any analysis of the long-tezm cost-effectiveness of 

 continuing to operate the WNP-2 reactor? If so, what are 

 the results of this analysis? 



