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approximately enough to serve about a city the size of Portland. Annual conservation 

 acquisition peaked in 1983 at 66.7 megawatts and is now climbing again. 



We can point to other accomplishments as the result of regional power planning 

 under the Act, as well, including: 



• The Council developed model conservation standards for building codes and 

 utility programs in 1983, at the direction of the Act, and all of the 

 Northwest's utilities now promote efficiency through practical programs and 

 incentives such as Bonneville's Super Good Cents. 



• Federal, state and local governments, in cooperation with Bonneville and 

 utilities, have adopted new efficiency standards for new buildings and 

 appliances, standards that will save an estimated 800 megawatts if the 

 region's demand for electricity grows rapidly. 



• State governments have implemented energy-efficiency programs that have 

 saved some 200 megawatts of electricity. 



• The Northwest has been a leader in the country and the world in integrated, 

 least-cost planning. The Council, Bonneville, utilities and other regional 

 interests have worked together to develop common analytical tools to 

 improve information on energy use, forecasting and new resources. 



• Utility regulatory commissions in Idaho, Oregon and Washington now require 

 the investor-owned utilities they regulate to prepare resource plans similar in 

 general outline to the Council's power plan. In addition, a number of public 

 utilities have developed similar plans and participate in the development of 

 Bonneville's resource problem. 



• The Council's planning process provides a forum for resolution of disputes. 



The Council's current Northwest Conservation and Electric Power Plan, adopted 

 in 1991, calls on the region to acquire at least 1,500 megawatts of new energy 

 efficiency by the year 2000. Based on reports by the region's utilities, we are on our 

 way. In 1991, these utilities acquired an estimated 45 aimual megawatts, about double 

 the 1990 amount. It's important to note, however, that while this is a good start, the 

 region will have to greatly accelerate its conservation acquisition in the coming years if 

 we are to meet the target in the power plan. 



