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EMD-80-85 1 (1980-07-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabast0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE Il 2 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 ENERGY AND MINEALS DIVISION JULY 8, 1980 B- 199 167 The Honorable Charles W. Duncan, Jr. IJU The Secretary of Energy 0 112728 Dear Mr. Duncan: Subject: Federal Power Marketing Agencies Could 'Do More in toC Conservation and Renewable Resource AreasJ(EMD-80-85) During the past 2 years, we have issued reports which looked at the future role and contributions of the Federal power marketing agencies for assisting in carrying out national energy initiatives. I/ Specifically, /'C_ we outlined areas in conservation and renewable resources that the 4D__ne- %) ville PowerAdmi.nistrAt.n (BPA) and the Western Area Power Administra-- tion (WAPA) should be involved in, and recommended a legislative re- chartering in order to assure these areas would be pursued. We envi- sioned these agencies becoming major contributors to demonstrating national energy priorities and paving the way for new areas in elec- tricity management. We saw them as supportive of the Tennessee Valley Authority's (TVA's) role as a yardstick for the electricity area and TVA's innovations in electricity management. As you are aware, legislation 2/ is far along in assigning BPA additional authority in conservation and renewable resources. As shown in a recent report issued to Congressman Jim Weaver, the Pacific North- west has considerable potential for conservation savings and develop- ment of renewable resources. 3/ In fact, the figures in our report may be somewhat conservative. A May 19, 1980, address by the Administrator, BPA, showed the potential for renewable resources and cost-effective conservation by 1990 in the Northwest to be 3,300 megawatts--several hundred megawatts above our figures. We see BPA as a major force in seeing this regional potential is achieved. 1/Region at the Crossroads--The Pacific Northwest Searches for New Sources of Electric Energy, EMD-78-76, Aug. 10, 1978; Electric Energy Options for the Pacific Southwest, EMD-79-73, Oct. 16, 1979. 2/The Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act. 3/Hypothetical Transfer of Construction Funds from Nuclear Powerplants to Electricity Conservation and Renewable Energies, EMD-80-71, Apr. 4, 1980. x , -(005213) / 1 ,

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