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Bonneville is in the midst of several internal and external efiforts to reoi]ganize and 

 refocus its operations. 



• Bonneville is in the middle of a fimction-by-fimcti<mreTiew of all its 

 departments in the hope of achieving further efBciencies. 



• Bonneville is currently drafting a marketing plan which examines the 

 possibilities of onbandling its services to customers and offering tiered rates. 

 That marketing plan will become part of a new business plan for the agency by 

 next spring. 



• You have eisked Bonneville to examine the possibility of transferring its fish 

 and wildlife implementation to another agency. 



• The administrator continues to investigate the possibilities of his West 

 Coast \^sion as a mutually beneficial power grid from Canada to Mexico. 



In addition, Bonneville is involved in many other activities uiiich cotild affect 

 its relationships with its customers and the rest of the region: 



• New power sales contracts 



• Acquiring generating resources 



• New coordination agreements 



• New transmission policies 



In the midst of all these directives and the uncertainty they engender, we are 

 here today to discuss three finemcial and organizational issues which could 

 dramatically change the way Bonneville operates. It appears that major changes in 



