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<br />Oil235"S , <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Department of Water Resources, and five, wholly or in part, to <br />other agencies. Action on requests for assignment of state filings <br />at federally constructed dams on the Kings, Kern, Tule, and <br />Kaweah Rivers is delayed pending negotiation of contracts between <br />the Bureau of Reclamation and agencies claiming rights to the <br />waters of the rivers. Hearings are underway or are scheduled on <br />other requests for assignment which would affect federal projects <br />now under construction or proposed. <br /> <br />Northwest Power Intertie. <br />A report on a power intertie between the Pacific North- <br />west and California, prepared by the firm of Zinder and Associates <br />is under study by the Department of Water Resources. <br />It is estimated that 2,200,000 kilowatts of hydroelectric <br />peaking capacity and 20 billion kilowatt-hours of energy annually <br />are presently being wasted in the Pacific Northwest for lack of a <br />market. Also, there are substantial coal deposits in Washington <br />which could be utilized to produce electricity economically. In <br />fiscal 1960, revenues of the Bonneville Power Administration fell <br />about $11,600,000 short of meeting its obligations and some of <br />the coal mines presently operating face iminent closure for want <br />of a market. <br />The interconnection studied in the report consists of a <br />dual circuit 500 KV transmission line of 2,000,000 kilowatt capacity, <br />extending from Wanapum, Washington, to Los Angeles, California. It <br />is estimated that during the period 1964-65 through 1973-74, an <br />average of 1,379,000 kilowatts and 12 billion kilowatt-hours annually <br />could be transmitted to California through this facility. Beyond <br /> <br />-3- <br /> <br />~l~.i,.ii <br />