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Federal Power: Issues Related to the Divestiture of Federal Hydropower Resources

RCED-97-48 Published: Mar 31, 1997. Publicly Released: Mar 31, 1997.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on: (1) profiles of three power marketing administrations, including their similarities and differences and how they interact with the agencies that operate federal water projects; (2) general parameters of the process by which federally owned assets can be sold; and (3) factors that would have to be addressed in a divestiture of federal hydroelectric assets, such as the relationship between power generation and the other purposes of federal water projects.

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