FY07-09 proposal 200738600
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Section 1. Administrative
| Proposal title | Estimating Bonneville Power Administration Revenue Effects in the Event of Reservoir Removal |
| Proposal ID | 200738600 |
| 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. |
| Proposal contact person or principal investigator | |
Contacts
| Contact | Organization | |
|---|---|---|
| Form submitter | ||
| Scott Levy | bluefish.org | [email protected] |
| All assigned contacts | ||
Section 2. Locations
Province / subbasin: Mainstem/Systemwide / Systemwide
| Latitude | Longitude | Waterbody | Description |
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Section 3. Focal species
primary: All Anadromous SalmonidsSection 4. Past accomplishments
| Year | Accomplishments |
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Section 5. Relationships to other projects
| Funding source | Related ID | Related title | Relationship |
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| [Funding Source left blank] | [no entry] | [Relationship field left blank] |
Section 6. Biological objectives
| Biological objectives | Full description | Associated subbasin plan | Strategy |
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| [BO Title left blank] | [BO Description left blank] | None | [Strategy left blank] |
Section 7. Work elements (coming back to this)
| Work element name | Work element title | Description | Start date | End date | Est budget |
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| Other | [Work Element Title Not Entered] | [Work Element Description Not Entered] | 1/1/2007 | 1/1/2008 | $10,000 |
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Section 8. Budgets
Itemized estimated budget
| Item | Note | FY07 | FY08 | FY09 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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: | $10,000 |
Cost sharing
| Funding source/org | Item or service provided | FY 07 est value ($) | FY 08 est value ($) | FY 09 est value ($) | Cash or in-kind? | Status |
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| Totals | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
Section 9. Project future
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FY 2010 estimated budget: $0 FY 2011 estimated budget: $0 |
Comments: [Outyear comment field left blank] |
Future O&M costs:
Termination date:
Comments:
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Section 10. Narrative and other documents
Reviews and recommendations
| FY07 budget | FY08 budget | FY09 budget | Total budget | Type | Category | Recommendation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NPCC FINAL FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS (Oct 23, 2006) [full Council recs] | ||||||
| $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | Expense | Basinwide | Do Not Fund |
| NPCC DRAFT FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS (Sep 15, 2006) [full Council recs] | ||||||
| $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | Basinwide | ||
ISRP PRELIMINARY REVIEW (Jun 2, 2006)
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.
ISRP FINAL REVIEW (Aug 31, 2006)
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.