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Hearing Held: October 28, 1993 1 



Member statements: 



Hon. Peter A. DeFazio 1 



Hon. Robert F. (Bob) Smith 20 



Witness statements: 

 Panel consisting of: 



Hon. William H. White, Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of En- 

 ergy 3 



Ted Bottiger, chairman, Northwest Power Planning Council 8 



Hon. Mike I&eidler, a Representative in Congress from the State of 



Washington 20 



Panel consisting of: 



William K. Drummond, manager, PubUc Power Council 32 



Ralph Cavanagh, attorney, Natural Resources Defense Council 39 



James R. Sherrill, manager. Parkland Light & Water Co., on behalf 



of Western Public Agencies Group 51 



Lorraine Bodi, Co-director, Northwest Regional Office, American Riv- 

 ers, Inc 57 



Stephen F. Johnson, executive director, Washington PubUc UtUity 



Districts Association 68 



Jim Ramseyer, general manager, Blachly-Lane Cooperative Electric 

 Association, on behalf of Pacific Northwest Generating Cooperative 78 



Sara Patton, director, Northwest Conservation Act Coalition 85 



Randall W. Hardy, Administrator, Bonneville Power Administration, U.S. 



Department of Energy 100 



Additional material provided for the hearing record from: 

 Chairman DeFazio: 



1. Prepared statement of Elizabeth Furse, a Representative in Con- 

 gress from the State of Oregon 39 



2. Prepared statement of Max Baucus, a Senator in Congress from 



the State of Montana 125 



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