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would be among the most, if not Jji£ most, energy efficient in the nation, without 

 Bonneville's Super Good Cents programs. And I don't believe we would be primed to 

 accept the technological leaps in energy efficient appliances, equipment, and computers 

 that we are about to see as the result of Bonneville coordination. 



Bonneville should focus on this successful role as a regional catalyst. It should also look 

 to alternative service providers to design and run street-level programs that fit end-use 

 customer needs. 



As a catalyst, Bonneville must also call on every opportunity to pool efforts. Pooling 

 resources stretches dollars, increases program effectiveness, and improves service to 

 customers. In some cases, this may mean piggy-backing state and utility incentives. In other 

 cases, it may mean calling on others to run programs. In still other cases, it may mean 

 dovetailing efforts to reach conservation targets that cross utility service territory boundaries. 



Oregon is in a unique position to help Bonneville blend programs and services. We offer 

 two major statewide incentives for business energy conservation and renewable resource 

 development: the Small Scale Energy Loan Program and Business Energy Tax Credit 

 program. To date, these programs have helped save or produce electricity worth the aimual 

 output of a small coal-fired plant. 



We have successfully leveraged these loan and tax credit programs with utility and other 

 service provider programs, but need to go further. These programs pool resources, cut across 

 utility service territories, and provide tailor-made packages to benefit end-use customers. 



For example, Bonneville and my agency are partners with the Emerald People's Utility 

 District in Oregon's first Conservation Power Plant. This is a creative, comprehensive 

 conservation acquisition package. We beUeve there are far more opptortunities in Oregon 

 and the region to blend state, utility, and Bonneville incentives to achieve conservation. 



Our final element of the electricity efficiency strategy again takes on a marketing 

 approacL It encourages Bonneville to tailor programs and services not to meet the 

 needs of its customer utilities per se, but to meet the needs of ultimate end-use 

 customers: the millions of households and businesses who buy and use energy. These 

 are the ultimate customers for conservation services. 



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