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RESPONSES TO CONGRESSMAN DEFAZIO'S QUESTIONS 

 BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION (BPA) TASK FORCE 



OUESTIONS FROM CONGRESSMAN DEFAZIO 



Question 1: 



What are BPA's strengths and weaknesses in the resource acquisition field? In 

 particular, is the BPA conservation program acquiring all cost-effective efficiency and 

 renewable resources? Is BPA on track to acquire the amount of energy efficiency and 

 renewable resources that the Northwest Power Planning Council has targeted for 

 acquisition by the year 2000? Will near-term budget cuts prevent the region horn 

 achieving these goals? 



Answer 1: 



BPA occupies a unique position in the Northwest giving it tremendous strengths which 



include: 



• Control over the disposition of power from the Federal generating system, which 



dwarfs all other generating systems in the Northwest. 



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