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the residential exchange program*. The Bonneville budget for the fish and wildlife 

 program may be criticized on the margins, but the overall trend certainly reflects the 

 region's increasing commitment to protect and enhance fish and wildlife. The bar chart 

 attached to my testimony (Attachment 1) displays the extent of that commitment and 

 how it has dramatically increased over the last two years. 



I would like to clarify what the $300 million in annual investments includes. About 

 $57 million are for expenses to implement the Northwest Power Planning Council's Fish and 

 Wildlife Program. The $57 million in expense, when coupled with $25.5 million in capital 

 expenditures, equates to Bonneville's fiscal year 1993 fish and wildlife budget of $82.5 million. 

 Of the $300 million, about $149 million is for power purchases and foregone revenues for fish 

 enhancement of which almost $110 million are the result of actions taken under the 

 Endangered Species Act. About $44 million are identified for reimbursement of operations 

 and maintenance expenses incurred by other Federal agencies-the Corps of Engineers, the 

 Bureau of Reclamation and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service-for salmon recovery 

 operations such as hatcheries and barging fish. Another $55 million in fixed expenses are 

 identified for repayment of capital investments and interest for hatcheries, and fish ladders and 

 screens at the dams. These fixed expenses are based on total completed capital investments 

 through Fiscal Year (FY) 1992, of about $536 million for the Corps of Engineers, and about 

 $76 million for Bonneville, totaling $612 million in investments. 



We note that fi-om FY 1991 through FY 1993, costs for power purchases and foregone 

 revenues for fish mitigation increased dramaticallyT-fi-om about $50 million in 1991 to 



' The Residential Exchange program was established under the Pacific Northwest Electric Power 

 Planning and Conservation Act of 1980 to reduce the disparity in electric rates paid by residential 

 and small farm customers of the region's utilities by having Bonneville "exchange" its relatively low 

 cost power with Northwest utilities that have higher power. 



