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all current congressional oversight should be preserved intact. 

 And there should be no reduction in BPA's financial capacities or 

 incentives to meet Regional Act objectives. 



6. Would changes in Bonneville's governing statutes be necessary 

 or desirzdsle if Bonneville is made into a government corporation? 

 RESPONSE: There are many changes in BPA's governing statutes 

 that we .regard as desirable; we would advance them aggressively 

 if others attempted to add special-interest agendas to a stand- 

 alone corporation bill. To cite just a few exeunples, we would 

 like to see clarification and strengthening of BPA's energy 

 efficiency and renewable energy obligations and increased 

 authority for both BPA and the Council to exact appropriate 

 penalties from customers who act inconsistently with regional 

 interests. If, however, a regional consensus can be achieved and 

 maintained on a stand-alone corporation bill, we will support an 

 agreement by all interested parties to pursue other legislative 

 agendas in other forums. 



7. Are there alternatives to government corporation status that 

 would achieve all or many of the same administrative efficiencies 

 sought by Bonneville? 



RESPONSE: We would hope that at least some of these efficiencies 

 can be secured immediately by Executive Order and other 

 administrative actions, perhaps as part of the Vice President's 

 initiative to streamline the federal government. 



8. Would Bonneville's relationships with Congress, the N.W. Power 

 Planning Council, other federal agencies, its customers or public 

 change with a change in its structure? 



RESPONSE: Everything hinges, obviously, on the bill effecting 

 the change (we have not yet seen any legislative language) . All 

 of these relationships could change in positive or negative ways. 

 Any bill that NRDC could support would have to retain 

 undiminished the roles of the public. Congress and the Regional 

 Council. As noted above, we would welcome elimination of current 

 duplication and unproductive costs that are part of BPA's 

 relationships with DOE and 0MB. 



