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NORTHWEST POWER PLANNING COUNCIL 



851 S.W. SIXTH AVENUE, SUITE 1100 

 PORTLAND, OREGON 97204-1337 



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Testimony of the Northwest Power Planning Council 



before the 



Bonneville Power Administration Task Force 



Committee on Natwal Resources 



United States House of Representatives 



R TED BOTTICER 



VICE CHAIRMAN 



WasbiDitloo 



Portland, Oregon 

 July 12, 1993 



My name is Stan Grace, and I am Chairman of the Northwest Power Planning 

 Council. With me today is Angus Duncan, an Oregon member of the Council. 



I want to begin by thanking you, Chauman DeFazio, and members of the tasic 

 force, for undertaking this important examination of the Bormeville Power 

 Administration and for inviting the Council to testify today. 



The Council appreciates this opportunity to present our views on the strengths 

 and weaknesses of Bormeville' s resource acquisition program and whether or not the 

 program has complied with the mandates of the Pacific Northwest Electric Power 

 Planning and Conservation Act. This inquiry is extremely timely given the region's 

 critical need for new resources and the financial stresses Bormeville faces as a result of 

 the seven-year drought and depressed aluminum prices. 



This is a report to the committee on progress and problems in Boimeville's effort 

 to comply with the Act and the Council's 1991 Northwest Conservation and Electric 

 Power Plan. In general, we believe Bonneville and most other parties in the region are 

 committed to carrying out the mandates of the Act and the Council's 1991 Power Plan. 

 Bonneville has taken several notable initiatives in this regard, undertaking wind and 

 geothermal demonstration projects, agreeing to pursue wholesale tiered rates, and 

 committing to acquire its full share of the Council's regional conservation goal. 



