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<br />departmental purpose. as being of significance in <br />the preference clause analysis. <br /> <br />Western agrees that Congress declared. as a <br />general purpose of the Department of Energy (DOE). <br />that "the producti ve capaci ty of pri vate <br />enterprise shall be utilized" in the deve.1opment <br />of DOE policies. However. both section 302 and <br />section 641 of the DOE Organization Act <br />specifically act -to transfer the power marketing <br />functions of the Bureau of Reclamation. including <br />the legislative authorities upon which those <br />functions were based. to the Western Area Power <br />Administration. Included within those transferred <br />authorities are the preference provisions of <br />reclamation law. Western believes that 42 U.S.C. <br />sections 7152 and 7251 are more speCific in their <br />focus than the congressional statements of <br />departmental purpose cited by UP&L. The <br />legislative history of the DOE Organization Act <br />confirms this interpretation. See. e.g.. <br />Department of Energy Organization Act: Hearings <br />on S. 826 and S. 591 Before the Senate Committee <br />on Governmental Affairs. 95th Cong.. 1st Sess. <br />179.520 (1977). <br /> <br />15 <br /> <br />. <br />