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RCED-95-257R 1 (1995-09-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaobackyv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: United States G}AO General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division B-265654 September 19, 1995 The Honorable Ron Wyden Ranking Minority Member, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Committee on Commerce House of Representatives The Honorable Elizabeth Furse House of Representatives This letter responds to your request that we review the Bonneville Power Administration's (BPA) potential to increase its practice of selling and exchanging power outside the Pacific Northwest. BPA has authority to exchange power with utilities outside the region, which means that it sends power to utilities that need it in return for power received by BPA when it may need additional electricity to meet demand. BPA can also sell power outside the Pacific Northwest if the power is surplus to the region's needs. The need to seek increases in sales or exchanges has come about because of planned or existing changes in power generation on the Columbia River and its major tributaries, including the Snake River. The Columbia and Snake rivers are the focus of efforts to aid the recovery of endangered or threatened salmon species. Changes caused by these salmon recovery efforts can lead to releasing more water through Columbia River dams in the spring and early summer as a means of helping young salmon migrate downstream. This may leave BPA with added hydroelectric power at a time of year when it already has more power than its regional customers consume. As agreed with your offices, we focused our efforts on (1) describing BPA's current use of exchanges or sales of surplus power outside the region and (2) identifying major constraints to increasing such exchanges or sales. GAO/RCED-95-257R, Bonneville Power Administration's Power Sales and Exchanges

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