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Issues
NRU provides staff
support services to Pacific Northwest public
power distribution utilities that are within the geographic footprint of
the Bonneville Power Administration.
By contract NRU's members rely upon BPA as their primary or
exclusive supplier of wholesale energy and related transmission
services. NRU's members pay BPA’s
posted rates for these wholesale services and recover
costs plus the cost of distribution services from the utility’s end use
customers through their retail rates. Given current BPA contracts, the cost of wholesale power supply
and transmission is about half of the NRU members' total
costs. NRU staff represent the members’ collective interests on both policy and technical issues in
their business relationship with BPA, and with other regional entities. NRU participates in all processes that affect the cost,
quality and availability of wholesale power and transmission.
NRU operates as a
non-profit trade association that is financed primarily by the annual
dues of its members. NRU also staffs Northwest Irrigation Utilities, whose members belong to NRU
and pay an additional assessment for this representation. Additionally, NRU has a subsidiary consulting organization, NRU
Consulting Services, L.L.C. The L.L.C. offers supplemental bi-lateral consulting services to the
members regarding future power supply or other issues when individual
members contract for such services.
Major
Public document issued by NRU are listed in the following categories:
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