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more precisely how the projects will be operated in the futxire. The System Operating 

 Strategy will define how the trade-offs between all the uses will be handled by defining 

 the operation of each project within a relatively narrow band. The question that 

 remaii\s is how decisions are made within that band. \ ^ 



Within the guideline of the authorizing legislation and the physical capabilities of the 

 fourteen dams, there are three levels of decisionmaking, ranging from very broad policy 

 decisions to very specific, immediate kinds of decisions. 



Figure 1 - LEVELS OF DECISIONMAKING 



Authorizing 

 Legislation 



The Forum will potentially address all three levels of decisionmaking identified in 

 Rgure 1. The Forum could: 



1) Be the mechanism for making revisions to the System Operating Strategy; 



2) Be the vehicle for developing the Aimual Operating Plan; and 



3) Provide a mechanism by which the parties can review actual operations, or 

 request changes in the annual operating plan in response to mid-year conditions. 



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