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<br />allocation of CRSP power. Applicants presently <br />buying Federal power will be required to <br />demonstrate how their power rates comport with <br />Western policy. This could be accomplished in at <br />least two different ways. First, Western's <br />present customers could show how the benefits of <br />low-cost Federal hydropower have been directly <br />passed on to the ultimate consumer through lower <br />power rates. Or, second, the customer could <br />demonstrate how power rates to the consumer <br />provide revenues to be used to accomplish <br />legitimate public purposes, and that those power <br />rates were established in an open and public <br />manner. The existence of public records which <br />explain the derivation of existing power rates, <br />that are available to the ratepaying consumer, <br />would be significant in meeting this second <br />option. If an applicant cannot meet ei,ther of <br />these two tests, or otherwise demonstrate <br />compliance to the Administrator's satisfaction, <br />that applicant may have its allocation rescinded <br />or receive a substantial reduction in its <br />allocation. Resources made available from such <br />reductions will be administratively reallocated. <br />The possibility of noncompliance with the resale <br />article on the part of some customers does not, <br /> <br />73 <br />