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In 1986, the Council and Bonneville adopted their respective policies for the 

 implementation of section 6(c) through a joint public process. On August 20, 

 1992, the Council adopted a proposed Process and Criteria to be used in section 

 6(c) reviews. In that document, the Council describes factors it proposed to use in 

 judging the consistency of a Bonneville major resource proposal with the Power 

 Plan. In March, 1993, the Council and Bonneville adopted amendments to their 

 respective policies to extend the scope of the policies to all measures identified in 

 section 6(c)(1) of the Northwest Power Act. These measures are proposals from 

 Bonneville (1) to acquire a major resource, (2) to implement a conservation 

 measure which will conserve an amount of electric power equivalent to that of a 

 major resource, (3) to pay or reimburse investigation and preconstruction expenses 

 of the sponsors of a major resource, or (4) to grant billing credits or services 

 involving a major resource. 



To date, the Council has participated in two section 6(c) reviews, and is currently 

 participating in a third. The first was review of Bonneville's 

 Conservation/Modernization program for aluminum smelters, and the second was 

 review of Bonneville's payment of investigation and preconstruction costs for 

 optioned resources under the Resource Contingency Program. The Council found 

 each proposal to be consistent with the Power Plan in effect at the time the 

 proposal was made. The review in process is of Bonneville's proposal to acquire 

 up to 240 average megawatts of output from Tenaska Washington II. The Council 

 is expected to make a determination on this proposal on July 28. 



The Council has also adopted a proactive role for implementation of the Plan. 

 These activities include supporting state advisory committee efforts to identify and 

 remove regulatory barriers to conservation acquisition, promoting successflil 



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