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<br />By assuring the availability of power to <br />municipally-owned utilities and non-profit <br />cooperatives, the preference clause bolsters <br />competition. <br /> <br />Senate Report No. 98-340, 98th Cong., 1st <br />Sess. 53 (1983). <br /> <br />Most recently, the principle of yardstick <br />competitjon entered into the debate over the Boxer <br />amendment to the Hoover Powerplant Act of 1984. <br />That amendment, described in detail in another <br />section of this discussion, would have required <br />that power generated from Hoover Dam be auctioned <br />off to the highest bidder. 130 Cong~ Rec. H33l9 <br />(May 3, 1984). Representative Udall oppesed the <br />amendment, arguing that the "whole idea of these <br />western projects ... was to have a yardstick" and <br />that the amendment "would destroy the whole idea <br />of public power as a yardstick and would destroy <br />the preference clause that has served us so <br />well." 130 Congo Rec. H3327, H3333 (May 3,1984). <br /> <br />While the Hoover legislation will not, if it <br />becomes law, directly apply to the sale of <br />Colorado River Storage Project power, the defeat <br />of the 80xer Amendment has significance due to the <br /> <br />39 <br />