The Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission ("CRITFC"), the Nez Perce Tribe, and the Yakama Nation (collectively the Tribes) submit this brief pursuant to the Procedures Governing Bonneville Power Administration Rate Hearings, 51 Fed. Reg. 7,611 (1986), and the Special Rules of Practice governing these proceedings. WP-07-O-1. This brief describes the Tribes’ factual, policy, and legal positions with respect to the Bonneville Power Administration's Proposals in the WP-07 rate case.

In this brief the Tribes also request that the Administrator reconsider certain aspects of the BPA Hearing Officer’s orders to strike testimony of the Tribes. In so doing, we have set forth portions of the stricken testimony solely for the purposes of reconsidering the Hearing Officer’s determination.