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ter-D'epIndent Recommendations 



The issues affecting BPA and its customers are interrelated, some more than others. 

 Resource acquisition, tiered wholesale rates, and the residential exchange are closely 

 related. Tiered rates may be acceptable if the residential exchange were either eliminated 

 or tied to the second tier, and not to the priority firm rate as the Regional Act requires. 

 And, BPA's resource acquisition costs should be place in tier two and not in the priority 

 firm rate. A tiered wholesale rate scheme would also require BPA to be more flexible in 

 offering load shaping and scheduling services to utilities who choose to develop their own 

 resources instead of buying fi'om tier two. 



BPA and the multiple federal and state agencies it works with need to coordinate their 

 efforts, agree on priorities, and determine their actions in concert with each other. We are 

 at a point in our history when the Northwest needs to come together and revitalize our 

 region. 



Thank you for this opportunity to share our views. 



Columbia River PUD, St Helens, Oregoo 

 Commenls to the DeFazio Task Force 

 07/02/93, 03!36 PM 

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