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Proposal 200738600: Estimating Bonneville Power Administration Revenue Effects in the Event of Reservoir Removal

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Table of Contents
Part 1. Administration and Budgeting
Section 1: General Administrative
Section 2: Project Location
Section 3: Project Species
Section 4: Past Accomplishments
Section 5: Relationship to Other Projects
Section 6: Biological Objectives
Section 7: Work Elements
Section 8: Budget
Section 9: Project Future
Section 10: Documents
Part 2. Reviews
Part 1 of 2. Administration and Budgeting
Section 1: General Administrative Information
Process Information:
Date Proposal Submitted & Finalized Status Form Generator
January 10, 2006 Finalized Scott Levy
Proposal Type: New
Proposal Number: 200738600
Proposal Name: Estimating Bonneville Power Administration Revenue Effects in the Event of Reservoir Removal
Agency, Institution or Organization: bluefish.org
Short Description: This proposal will use power production and energy market modelling software to project revenue effects of the BPA should Lower Snake Dams be removed. The breaching of these four dams may be deemed necessary for the recovery of Idaho's anadromous fish.
Information Transfer: A report of all results will be submitted to Northwest Power and Conservation Council, federal Action Agencies, States and Tribes.
 
Project Proposal Contacts
Contact Organization Address Phone/Email Roles Notes
Form Submitter
Scott Levy bluefish.org P.O. Box 504
Ketchum, ID 83340		 Ph: 208-726-9278
Fax: [left blank]
Email: redfish@bluefish.org		 Form Submitter
All Assigned Contacts
Section 2: Project Location
Sponsor Province: Mainstem/Systemwide ARG Province: No Change
Sponsor Subbasin: Systemwide ARG Subbasin: No Change
Location(s) at which the action will be implemented
Latitude Longitude Waterbody Location Description County/State Subbasin Primary?
No Locations Entered
Section 3: Focal Species
Focal Species:
Primary Secondary Additional Species
All Anadromous Salmonids
Section 4: Past Accomplishments
Past Accomplishments for Each Fiscal Year of This Project This proposal is for funding a new project, and has no past accomplishments.
Section 5: Relationships to Other Projects
Other Current Projects Related to this Project (any funding source)
Funding Source Related ID Related Project Title Relationship
[Funding Source left blank] [no entry] [Relationship field left blank]
Section 6: Biological Objectives
Biological Objectives of this Proposed Project
Biological Objective Full Description Associated Subbasin Plan Strategy Page Nos
[BO Title left blank] [BO Description left blank] None [Strategy left blank] [Pg no blank]
Section 7: Work Elements
Work Elements and Associated Biological Objectives
Work Element Name Work Element Title Description Start Date End Date Estimated Budget
Other [Work Element Title Not Entered] [Work Element Description Not Entered] 1/1/2007 1/1/2008 $10,000
Biological Objectives Metrics
No Metrics for this Work Element
Section 8: Budget
Itemized Estimated Budget
Item Note FY 2007 Cost FY 2008 Cost FY 2009 Cost
Other [blank] $10,000 $ 0 $ 0
Totals $10,000 $ 0 $ 0
Total Estimated FY 2007-2009 Budgets
Total Itemized Budget$10,000
Total Work Element budget$10,000
Cost sharing
Funding Source or Organization Item or Service Provided FY 2007 Est Value ($) FY 2008 Est Value ($) FY 2009 Est Value ($) Cash or in-kind? Status
Section 9: Project Future
Project Future Costs and/or Termination
FY 2010 Est Budget FY 2011 Est Budget Comments
$ 0 $ 0 [Outyear comment field left blank]
Future Operations & Maintenance Costs
 
Termination Date Comments
 
Final Deliverables
Section 10: Narrative
Document Type Size Date
Narrative for proposal 200738600 doc 552 kb 1/10/2006
Part 2 of 2. Reviews of Proposal
Administrative Review Group (ARG) Results
Account Type:
Expense		 No changes were made to this proposal


BPA's in lieu Funding Review of new project proposals (August 3, 2006) [Download letter and table]
BPA's in lieu Rating: 3.0
Approx. BPA share of total costs: BPA 100%
Status of Cost Share:
Notes: Revenue impacts of no reservoirs


NPCC Final Funding Recommendations (October 23, 2006) [Full NPCC Council Recs]
FY 2007 Budget
$ 0		 FY 2008 Budget
$ 0		 FY 2009 Budget
$ 0		 Total NPCC Rec
$ 0
Budget Type:Expense
Budget Category:Basinwide
Recommendation:Do Not Fund
Comments:


NPCC Draft Funding Recommendations (September 15, 2006) [Full NPCC Council Recs]
FY 2007 Budget
$ 0		 FY 2008 Budget
$ 0		 FY 2009 Budget
$ 0		 Total NPCC Rec
$ 0
FY 2007 MSRT Rec
$ 0		 FY 2008 MSRT Rec
$ 0		 FY 2009 MSRT Rec
$ 0		 Total MSRT Rec
$ 0
Budget Category:Basinwide
Comments:


Independent Scientific Review Panel Final Review (August 31, 2006) [Download full document]
Recommendation: Not fundable
NPCC Comments: This is an inadequate proposal that seeks to copy a Council analysis of rate changes resulting from court-ordered spill and apply the Council’s approach to clarify the economic costs of dam breaching and expand the list of alternatives. Specifically, this proposal would prepare for the contingency of dam breaching by analyzing the revenue impacts to the BPA of lost power production. It is motivated by the asserted need to assess these revenue impacts but does not demonstrate that the Council, Army Corps of Engineers, or BPA economic analysts would not be conducting such analyses.

Four of the proposal’s work elements consist of asking Council analysts how they did the revenue analysis of spill, installing model software, copying Council methods, and running the Aurora model. The sponsors provide no evidence of the economic modeling expertise needed to do the proposed analysis. No explanation or itemization of the $10k budget is provided.

Like the other Bluefish proposals, the background section focuses on the Corps report "Lower Snake River Juvenile Salmon Migration Feasibility." In this proposal, forty-six pages of examples of financial impacts to ratepayers and changes to the power system are excerpted directly from the Corps’ report.


Independent Scientific Review Panel Preliminary Review (June 2, 2006) [Download full document]
Recommendation: Not fundable
NPCC Comments: This is an inadequate proposal that seeks to copy a Council analysis of rate changes resulting from court-ordered spill and apply the Council’s approach to clarify the economic costs of dam breaching and expand the list of alternatives. Specifically, this proposal would prepare for the contingency of dam breaching by analyzing the revenue impacts to the BPA of lost power production. It is motivated by the asserted need to assess these revenue impacts but does not demonstrate that the Council, Army Corps of Engineers, or BPA economic analysts would not be conducting such analyses.

Four of the proposal’s work elements consist of asking Council analysts how they did the revenue analysis of spill, installing model software, copying Council methods, and running the Aurora model. The sponsors provide no evidence of the economic modeling expertise needed to do the proposed analysis. No explanation or itemization of the $10k budget is provided.

Like the other Bluefish proposals, the background section focuses on the Corps report "Lower Snake River Juvenile Salmon Migration Feasibility." In this proposal, forty-six pages of examples of financial impacts to ratepayers and changes to the power system are excerpted directly from the Corps’ report.

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