[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 169 (Thursday, August 31, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45405-45406]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-21649]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Bonneville Power Administration


Notice of Availability of Record of Decision for the Business 
Plan

AGENCY: Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), Department of Energy 
(DOE).

ACTION: Notice of availability of Record of Decision (ROD).

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SUMMARY: The BPA has chosen to respond to the challenges of the dynamic 
electric utility industry by changing its business direction. As 
proposed in the Business Plan Final Environmental Impact Statement (BP 
EIS, DOE/EIS-0183), BPA has decided to pursue the basic business 
direction outlined in the Market-Driven alternative, including certain 
response strategies to adapt quickly to the evolving marketplace. BPA 
will accordingly take actions to transform itself into a highly 
efficient Federal enterprise that achieves its mission by being more 
competitive in the wholesale electric utility market. BPA will be a 
more active participant in the competitive market for power, 
transmission, and energy services, and will use its success in those 
markets to ensure the financial strength necessary to better produce 
the public benefits that BPA affords to the region.
    The decision to select the Market-Driven alternative provides basic 
policy direction for BPA to decide a number of major issues related to 
products and services, rate designs, energy resources, and 
transmission. Before taking action on these issues, however, BPA will 
review the BP EIS to ensure that the impacts of the subsequent actions 
are adequately analyzed within the range of alternatives. Decisions on 
these specific issues will be the subject of subsequent RODs tiered to 
this BP EIS ROD.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD and the EIS may be obtained by calling 
BPA's toll-free document request line: 1-800-622-4520. Copies may also 
be obtained from BPA's Public Involvement Office, P.O. Box 12999, 
Portland, Oregon, 97212.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Charles Alton, Manager for Policy 
and Strategic Planning--ECP, Bonneville Power Adminstration, P.O. Box 
3621, Portland, Oregon, 97208-3621, phone number (503) 230-4628, fax 
number (503) 230-5699.
    Public Availability: This ROD will be distributed to all interested 
and affected persons and agencies.

    Issued in Portland, Oregon, on August 24, 1995.
Randall W. Hardy,
Administrator and Chief Executive Officer.
[FR Doc. 95-21649 Filed 8-30-95; 8:45 am]
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