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N W 00 0) , Wha;t M the opbt.i.or: oC the. rre.rrbcll.6 oC CP'CP? In the opinion of the members of our organization. there is no arrange_ ment that will provide the equivalent in benefits and security as would an all-Federal transmission system. Our members . however. are all res- idents of the semi-arid are,,- in which the Federal pOWer from the Colo- rado River Storage Project will be marketed and developtr.ents are only possible because repayment of about 90 pel' cent of their costs is to be effected fron: pOwer revenues. It appears that the necessary rev- enues can be enhanced by the proposed arrangements with the private utilities. ~Jha.t .!,.Upu.l:o;UOYU, t,(W .tl'c SeC.1(.~:tC'fL[1 0 t :tiel In:t,zJUCtL Yl''ace? The Secretary of the Interior has announced he will only epter into the proposed contracts if they provide to the preference CUstomers the same benefits that wculd have been provided by an all-federal system includinr: the use ef the private-utility systems cn a limited cemmcn carrier basis. We interpret this limited common carrier basis to reean that .consumer-owned utilities can transport power from what- ever source or type of generation they desire without any restriction other than that cf the capacity which would have exist€d if the all- Federal system had been constructed. r:hc:,t M :the. oY.J-<-n.i.u', C' C C'r,""'T eoneel1rUng .the <I:Upu..f.c;UOI">6? The letters cf intent from the private-utilities are in lar[e measure indefinite and vague. Nevertheless. if the Secretary's understandin[ is correct and the private-utilities will enter into clear and def- inite ccntracts that carry out this underStandin[, we as a group are prepared to cooperate and make the best of what is otherwise a de- plorable situation. -:" ~' ." .y'- ",;-. , '\~ "'I,''''" ' ~;{:-,:i(:;:;7\-f;;?'~:';;; ',',' -," \. j"'~ ~'/:-),;"