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<br />,_. ,Energy <br />-- <br />C,OFrom 1939 to 1949, Hoover Powerplant was the world's <br />oolargest hydroelectric installation. It is still one of the <br />~country's largest facilities, with 17 generating units and <br />two station service units. <br /> <br />:=: Hydroelectric power is created as water rushes through <br />turbines that activate generators. When the water has <br />completed its task, it flows on unchanged to serve other <br />needs. The electricity produced is clean, nonpolluting, <br />and, unlike many other forms of energy. renewable. <br /> <br />Through the sole of power and water, a major portion of <br />the money used to construct Reclamation projects is <br />returned to the Federal Treasury. Hoover Dam's <br />approximately $175 million cost was repaid over a 50-year <br />period, with interest. Hoover Dam and Powerplant <br />revenues from the sale of water and power have repaid <br />approximately $260 million, including interest, to the <br />Federal Treasury principally from 50-year power contracts <br />that ended May 31, 1987. Severol contingencies, including <br />$25 million allocated to flood control, will be repaid with <br />interest over the 30-year contract period which began <br />June 1, 1987. Gross revenue through May 31, 1987, <br />amounted to approximately $588 million to meet 011 <br />project requirements. <br /> <br /> <br />Hoover Dam energy is marketed by the U.S. Department <br />of Energy's Western Area Power Administration to both <br />public and private agencies under contracts which expire <br />in 2017. This energy is allocated, by percentage, as <br />follows: <br /> <br />18.9527 percent <br />25.1378 percent <br />1 .1487 percent <br />0.1104 percent <br />0.0442 percent <br />0.5876 percent <br />0,0884 percent <br />1.5874 percent <br />15.4229 percent <br /> <br />State of Arizona <br />State of Nevada <br />City of Azusa <br />City of Anaheim <br />City of Banning <br />City of Burbank <br />City of Colton <br />City of Glendale <br />City of Los Angeles <br />Metropolitan Water District of <br />Southern California 28.5393 percent <br />City of Pasadena 1.3629 percent <br />City of Riverside 0.8615 percent <br />Southern California Edison Company 5.5377 percent <br />City of Vernon 0.6185 percent <br /> <br />The program to uprate the generators is now in <br />progress. The capacity is being increased from the <br />nameplate capacity of 1,344,800 kilowatts to over 2.0 <br />million kilowatts. <br /> <br /> <br />J\ <br />"~I I ~ <br />ffS ~ It <br />'.... I 1\ <br />\ <br />1\ <br /> <br />'..d ~ <br /> <br />- <br /> <br /> <br />lii.: <br /> <br />~ <br />