Correspondence, contracts, financial records and related material of the power management branch relating to power purchases, interchanges and regional power planning. Included are minutes, correspondence, studies and reports of regional power associations, including the Northwest Power Pool, Northwest Public Power Association, Pacific Northwest Governors’ Power Policy Committee, Pacific Northwest Utilities Conference Committee and the Federal Power Commission Task Force on Downstream Benefits Provided by Headwater Improvements on the Columbia. Topics include an independent review of WPPSS nuclear power projects 4 and 5, wholesale electric rates, and the “Model Electric Power and Conservation Plan for the Pacific Northwest” by the Natural Resources Defense Council. Additional records concerning regional power associations are found in Regional Power Planning Records, series 1200-15.