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TESTIMONY OF 

 DENNIS DICKMAN, GENERAL MANAGER OF THE CALAVERAS PUBLIC POWER 

 AGENCY AND DOMINIC N. SALLUCE, AGENCY COORDINATOR OF THE TUOLUMNE 



PUBLIC POWER AGENCY 



BEFORE THE 



SUBCOMMITTEE ON WATER AND POWER RESOURCES, 



HOUSE COMMITTEE ON RESOURCES 



HONORABLE JOHN T. DOOLITTLE, CHAIRMAN 



ON H.R. 1906, 



TO AMEND THE CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT IMPROVEMENT ACT 



AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 



JULY 20, 1995 



This testimony is jointly offered by Dennis Dickman, General 

 Manager of the Calaveras Public Power Agency (CPPA) , and Dominic N. 

 Salluce, Agency Coordinator of the Tuolumne Public Power Agency 

 (TPPA) . 



CPPA and TPPA are located in California and are "first 

 preference" electrical power customers of the Federal Central 

 Valley Project (CVP) , and our interest in H.R. 1906 relates to that 

 preference power entitlement. We are concerned that our preference 

 power entitlement, which was intended by Congress as a quid pro quo 

 for the physical and economic impacts of the New Melones Project of 

 the CVP on Calaveras and Tuolumne Counties, will be adversely 

 affected by CVP operational changes presumably implemented under 

 authority of the provisions of the Central Valley Project 

 Improvement Act of 1992 mandating certain environmental purposes 

 and benefits. 



The Flood Control Act of 1962 (Pub. L. 87-874) authorized 

 development of the New Melones dam and power plant, and provided 

 that first preference to power be given to public agencies located 



