The Bonneville Power Administration’s top official admitted Tuesday
that
ESA-spawned mandates may increase immediate Columbia Basin fish and
wildlife program needs, but she showed a reluctance to juggle funds
from
one account to another to answer those needs.
In a discussion with the Northwest Power Planning Council, BPA
administrator Judi Johansen noted a growing debate “about the so-called
$180 million” that was budgeted, but so far has not been spent, to
repay
Treasury loans for …
