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<br />COLORADO RIVER STORAGE PROJECT
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<br />The cost of the power at the bus bar and load centers, based on
<br />allocations of Construction outlays attributable to this purpose, is,
<br />of course, a consideration of equal importance.
<br />Following the presentation of Reclamation's preliminary outline
<br />the majorprivatsly owned utilities in the area submitted a compre-
<br />hensive o~tline of a p,ower-transmissioJ?- grid that wouldlin~ th~ir
<br />systems Wl.th the Upper Oolorado froJect powe-rplants, ThiS grid
<br />would .extend through the ,States 0 Arizona, Utah, New Mexico
<br />,00Jorado, and [Wyoming al,ld be Fnked with,syste';lls in Idahoa?-d
<br />Mo,ntana., It ~Iso can,teUlpll\tes mt,erconnectlOn Wl.th the potential
<br />'Four 'Oorners poal'fired 'power development by the Arizona Public
<br />S,ervice co.l\nt! perhaps, other utilities on the Navajo Indian Reserva-
<br />tion in N ew M~' xico and Arizona, ,,',
<br />''l'"he,coS,t,,' of o"wer,,' a, tt,h,e bus ,b,ars of th~,~"l\j,OrprOd,ucin~pll\, nt,s,of
<br />theOolorlldo ., I.vsr ~tor!lg-e ~ystem -Glyl1 .oany?n.. Flammg .Gor~e,
<br />,Il;n,d CureqalltlT;'IS, qlllte,jmportant, ,The, transmISSIOn ,costs hkeWl~e
<br />~el\ vital cOI)slderatioI);,I)qt ol,ll,y to the Goyernmellt biIt~othe prefer-
<br />ence customersjlind. the cap,sumers, '" ",' , , , " '
<br />,',O~erall,tlie,1.ost.of power should cover returns adeq'fateto amortize
<br />the Federal illvestmell!i;VYh~1i the cos,t,sare c~l,culat~dl the J?-et
<br />reYilnues over Il;l,1dllbove opera~mg a!ld mamtenance costs, Will prOVide
<br />funds as aid%irrigati6n in thec1evelopmeIit of tliepaxticipating
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<br />~~1j~~;:',itr;~J~~~Se~~!t~:;~0;i~Inte;,lor urg-ipg-thl\theexpe~i~e
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<br />hiS deCISIOn fix;mgthe marketing area of the Upper DoloradoRlVer
<br />power system. ~, s we,ll, as ,f, orec, ast"s, o,f th,e c, 0, ,stofp6w,er ,at,the' bus bar
<br />and delh'ered i Itt load, centers. "The, federally, <;>wnec1 backbone
<br />transmission gJ1id is authorized by the UpperOolorado River Project
<br />:Act andwas'c.ontemplated 'by 'the 'Oongress .when:the 'measure 'was
<br />ena:cted" iI' 'Ii, " "'. ",', .' " ""'",, " ,,:,
<br />, Fuji', protect jon, must ibelgi,ve!l,~~quirements 'of,p!eferencepQwer
<br />'custamers'under ,the reclamatlOrdaw,", TheJ1nancIlll aspects 'attend-
<br />any' on, the ']i'ederaI-transmission grid as' an additianal revenue 'praducer
<br />t..,."id 'li'l'igationhrthe upper basin'is,'of caurse,a 'vital cansideration
<br />,to. those ,of US who have .aideddnsponsoring,the'developriIent,
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<br />. ,'I ;~ ANALYSIS"O]-"Tli:rRD -ANNUAL REPOHT
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<br />: I request un~nim.ous 90nsent to, include, i?- my remarks an analysis
<br />,of"that,partofi the PresldenVs' bl\dget relatmg to the, QoloradoRiver
<br />stora~e projectian~ofthe thir4annual report of the Secretary of the
<br />iJ:nterlOr on,t4e!,proJect" as ,reqUired by law.
<br />The analysisiis as follows:
<br />," Oohstructioni, on, Glen ,Ca!ly.on Dalll', the, key structure of ,the
<br />'OalOJlado Rivc)] pr.oject, was halted on July 6,1959, by a strike w4ich
<br />continued,untiL January' 4;,'1960, when anagreelllent perlllittcdthe
<br />,recall, of, workers, ,'l'hepriiUe. contractor far the c1a!ll .construction
<br />was, 'ahead of ~chedule when the strikewascalled,l?ut the cessation
<br />of workabsorb:edallof t~etime leewayand,more, It is, the hope of
<br />the sUI'Porters lofthe proJecp th!lt the lost tJ!11e ,maybe made up ~o
<br />that:GlenOatlyon Dam, ,with, Its 900,QOO,4i1owatt p,owerplantWl.ll
<br />be in operatioIj.on schedule, The progralll for fining Glen Qanyop.
<br />Res,ervoir is yet ,to be finally resolved wilihout interferri1igwith pOWer
<br />production at Boover and other downstream insta,uations. ," ",
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