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UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548
ENERGY AND MINERALS
DIVISION
B-114858 JULY 30, 1979
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The Honorable James H. Weaver
United States House of Representatives
Dear Mr. Weaver:
Pursuant to your letter of June 20, 1979--and sub-
sequent discussions with your staff--we briefly reviewed
the issue papers prepared by the Bonneville Power Admin-
istration (BPA) in support of the Pacific Northwest energy
legislation (S. 855, H.R. 3508). Our review focused on
determining whether the issue papers correctly present
and adequately respond to the recommendations expressed
in our August 1978 report to the Congress. 1/
Our comments relate mainly to the BPA's summary docu-
ment entitled Why a Congressional Solution is Needed for
the Pacific Northwest's Electrical Energy Problems. Their
8-page summary describes our recommendations to the Congress
in one-third of a page and concludes that the proposed leg-
islation meets all of GAO's recommendations save one--the
gradual implementation of replacement cost pricing. The
brief treatment does not convince us that the points of con-
tention have been thoroughly analyzed and properly resolved.
BONNEVILLE' S DESCRIPTION
OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS
BPA's characterization of our recommendations and how
the proposed power bill deals with them is quoted below:
The General Accounting Office in August 1978
issued a report highlighting all of the above
[issues facing the region] and suggesting:
l/4'Region at the Crossroads--The Pacific Northwest Searches
for New Sources of Electric Energy, EMD-78-76, Aug.
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