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Government coqioration status should allow Bonneville to act more like a business 

 in an increasingly competitive market. This new authority would primarily affect 

 Bonneville's organizational, budgetary and financial structure, personnel system, 

 contracting, procurement, property, litigation, and claims settlement. 



Question 7: Are there alternatives to government corporation status that would achieve all or 

 many of the same administrative efficiencies sought by Bonneville? 



Answer 7: Bonneville is seeking to become more efficient internally, and, with the 



Department of Energy's support, is asking various Federal agencies to remove 

 barriers to more efficient operation as part of the National Performance Review. 

 These efforts will continue whether or not Bonneville becomes a government 

 corporation. Some of the barriers can be removed administratively. Bonneville 

 and its customers, however, cannot plan their activities on a long-term basis if such 

 barriers are only changed administratively. What is removed today may be 

 reinstated tomorrow. Most of the barriers are complex systems, involving 

 organization, budget and financial systems, personnel, contracting, procurement, 

 property, litigation, and claims settlement. Some of the most serious barriers to 

 more efficient operation can only be removed by statute because they are imposed 

 by statute. 



Question 8: Would Bonneville's relationships with Congress, the NW. Power Planning Council, 

 other Federal agencies, its customers or the public change with a change in its 

 structure? 



Answer 8: As Bonneville envisions government corporation status, Bonneville relationships 

 would not change vis-a-vis the Congress, the Regional Council, customers and the 



