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adjustment and no-growth adjustment model). What is the 

 earliest possible date that BPA can implement tiered rates? 

 Has BPA initiated an EIS on tiered rates? 



Capital Investment 



1. The amount of the BPA capital investment budget per year 

 from FY 1980 to FY 1993 and proposed budget for FY 1994 with 

 a breakdown of expenditures by function per year. 



2. It is my understanding that BPA is currently considering 

 a number of proposals for customer capital financing of 

 conservation activities. Please describe each of these 

 proposals, ir\cluding the amount and terms and conditions of 

 such financing, and the amount of energy that would be 

 saved. Does BPA plan to utilize these proposals to reduce 

 its dependence on Treasury borrowing? 



3. Which capital financing methods have the least impact on 

 electric rates over the short term? Over the long tern? 



4. Please provide projections of net borrowing authority 

 use from FY 94 to FY 2000. When will your current borrowing 

 authority for transmission and conservation be fully 

 utilized? 



5. Please provide the bill and report language that 

 authorized the three separate increments of borrowing 

 authority totalling $3.75 billion. Also provide any BPA 

 doc\iments that clarify what type of capital Investments each 

 Increment of borrowing authority can be used for. 



Pish and Wildlife 



1. BPA staff have stated that fish and wildlife spending 

 amounts to about $300 million per year. Please provide an 

 accounting by year for expenditures and estimates of 

 foregone revenue for fish and wildlife measures since 1978. 

 For each year, provide costs of the net effects of the water 

 budget and the additional flow augmentation provided by the 

 Northwest Powar Planning Council phase two amendments; 

 repayment for bypass Improvements, reimbursements to other 

 federal agencies and their purpose, and the fish and 

 wildlife program expenses. 



2. What percentage of the FY 1992, 1993 and proposed FY 1994 

 budget are /were devoted to the Implementation of Council 

 program measures and what amount are/were spent for other 

 purposes? Please provide a list of all non-program measures 



