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<br />(4) Other Special Eligibility Requirements. The <br />Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and the National Wildlife Federation <br />(NWF) proposed that conservation be an eligibility criterion rather <br /> <br />than a goal to be encouraged after contract commitments are made. <br />Western initially proposed to accomplish its conservation objectives <br />through contract provisions and indica~ed that Congress had endorsed <br />that approach in the passage of Title 1,1 of the Hoover Power Plant Act <br />of 1984, 42 U.S.C. 7275. However, Western requested further comments <br />and indicated that a decision would be made later. In addition, the <br />Post-1989 Environmental Assessment (th~ Post-1989 EA) considered <br />conservation as an eligibility criterio:n. <br /> <br />A number of commenters expressed opinions that past conservation <br />practices should not be an overriding factor in determining allocation <br />of Federal power. Some believe that co~servation Ilsed as an <br />eligibility criterion would stifle rath~r than promote conservation. <br />The EDF and NWF continue to support the: use of conservation as an <br />allocation criterion. <br /> <br />As required by the Hoover Power Plant Act of 1984, Western promulgated <br />, <br />, <br />an amendment to its Guidelines and Acce~tance Criteria (G&AC) for the <br />customer conservation and renewable energy program. During the public <br />review process for the amended G&AC, similar comments proposing a <br />precontractua1 conservation requirementjwere received. In the <br />August 21, 1985, FEDERAL REGISTER notic~ containing Western's <br />announcement of the final amended G&AC"Western pOinted out that the <br /> <br />28 <br />