Subject: Proposed legislative changes affecting BPA
From: legal <[email-masked]>
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Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 17:00:47 -0700 (PDT)

FYI:  The draft Electric Supply and Transmission Act ("the Barton bill") being debated in the U.S. Congress proposes to make the following changes to BPA:

?	The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) transmission system is brought under FERC jurisdiction and authorized to participate in an RTO.  BPA may engage in retail sales only to certain existing customers.