Notice of Availability of Record of Decision for Direct Service Industrial Customer Power Sales Contract

Zusammenfassung

BPA has negotiated new power sales contracts with its Direct Service Industry (DSI) customers and has decided to execute 5-year block power sales with the DSIs. The contracts will maintain a reasonable level of load which would otherwise be lost to BPA and will produce a 5-year revenue stream for BPA that is sufficient, when combined with other revenues, to meet BPA's financial and statutory obligations. These power sales contracts are also designed to meet the needs of the DSIs and are comparable to competing offers being made by other utilities, marketers, and brokers to the DSIs. In making this decision, BPA is continuing its Market-Driven approach for participation in the increasingly competitive electric power market. This notice announces the availability of the ROD for executing 5- year power sales contracts with these DSI customers. This decision is consistent with BPA's Business Plan, Business Plan Environmental Impact Statement (BP EIS)(DOE/EIS-0183, June 1995), and the Business Plan ROD (August 15, 1995).