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<br />Colora~o Riv~r Sto'!"'age ProJect <br /> <br />Power System <br /> <br />If the power plant at Glen r.anyon Dam were eventually expanded, the <br /> <br />additional power would be part of the Colorado River Stora~e Project <br /> <br />(rRSP' powe'" system. Tl1is sfl:ction gi.ves a ~hort description of wl,at the <br /> <br />r.R~P power system ~s and ~ow it ope~atp-s. <br /> <br />The rolorado River Stora~e Project and Participating Pro.;ects Act wa~ <br /> <br />p~ssed on April 11, 1956 to provide for the comprehensive development of <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />the watP.r r.esources of tl,e Up~er rolorado R~ver. <br /> <br />I nc 1 udec1 in tl1e ac t were <br /> <br />provi.sions for the construction and operati.on of tl,e power plants ,gt Gl.en <br /> <br />C':a.nyon Dam. Flaming Gor~e Dam. ann the r.urecanti. Units. Tl-te Bureau of <br /> <br />Rec '.amat i.on (now t~e l.Jater and Powe: Resources Service) o-r-i.gina"v con- <br /> <br />~tructed t~e powet plants and a transmiss~on system and mark~ten t~e <br /> <br />powp-r. <br /> <br />l.nen the Department of f.ner~v (DOE) was formed, the responsioilitv for <br /> <br />onprQti..n~ t~e transmi ssi on sv~tem and mArl{et i.ng t11e power WAS transferrec1 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />to DOE. <br /> <br />Water BnrJ Power is still res,?onsihle for ollerati.n~ tl-te ?O'-l~r <br /> <br />plants. <br /> <br />The present CRSP system "as S.'.X power plants listed in Tal,le A-l.. The <br /> <br />nameplate capacity is t~e OUt~lt under tl,e most stringent c~iteria; tl,e <br /> <br />actual capahi.1itv lS what the plants can be operated at. <br /> <br />Gl.en Canyon, <br /> <br />Bll1fl: Mesa. and F"lamin~ Gor~e are presently being u?rated to increase tl,eir- <br /> <br />capahi J it ;.es. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />6 <br />