Notice of Availability of Record of Decision for the Business Plan

Resumo

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