Non-Federal Participation Federal Marketing and Joint Ventures : Administrator`s Record of Decision.

Technical Report · Fri Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1994

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/10156821· OSTI ID:10156821

By this Record of Decision, the Bonneville Power Administrtion (BPA) adopts the Federal Marketing and Joint Ventures alternative to guide future BPA contract negotiations involving use of the Pacific Northwest-Pacific Southwest AC Intertie (Intertie). To implement this concept, BPa intends to negotiate an array of flexible, market-oriented contracts, expanded Intertie access for non-BPA parties, efficient use of Federal Columbia River resources, and facilitation of efficient, coordinated west coast development of generating resources. Federal Marketing and Joint Ventures meets need and serves purposes to a better degree than No Action. BPA considers Federal Marketing and Joint Ventures to be the environmentally preferable alternative in that it encourages long-term coordination of west coast generating resource development and operation. This provides the greatest opportunity to decrease generation of more environmentally harmful plants which would otherwise have greater effects on air, land, and water, and to avoid construction of new generation plants.

• Research Organization: USDOE Bonneville Power Administration, Portland, OR (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• OSTI ID: 10156821
• Report Number(s): DOE/BP-2352; DOE/EIS-0145; ON: DE94013093; NC: NONE
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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