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<br />Federal Government markets and sells the <br />power it pro'duces not on 1y in the West, but <br />throughout the Nation. It could alter a <br />structure w~ich already insures that low-cost <br />wholesale pdwer is provided to those public <br />utilities which express the need. <br /> <br />130 Congo Rae. H3314 (May 3, 1984). <br /> <br />Congressman SwifF of Washington joined in the <br />criticism, point~ng out how the Boxer amendment <br />would work to the detriment of the existing policy <br />of selling Federal power to utilities owned by <br /> <br />consumers: <br /> <br />What this ~mendment will do, without benefit <br />of any hearings, is change a 60~year-old <br />policy of this country that said that public <br />uti1ities,!in effect cooperatives, utilities <br />owned by c9nsumers shall have preference to <br />publicly g~nerated power. <br /> <br />Now, maybe: that is a policy that in some <br /> <br />people's judgment is a policy whose time is <br />! <br />gone. Some people might argue that it is no <br />! <br />longer rel'evant. <br /> <br />If that is the case, then introduce <br /> <br />26 <br />