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<br /> <br />o <br /> <br />.-, <br />'.. . <br /> <br />N <br />Q!) <br />~ <br />.:::.. <br /> <br />SYLLABUS <br /> <br />Existing hydroelectric power generating facilities in the <br />"as-White-Red Basins comprise less than one-third of the total <br />~;;;"ted potentiiU. development. In 1953 there were 24 hydroelectrio <br />"ts under private, state or Federal ownership in the AYR Basins <br />,e'il having a total installed capacity of 580,000 kilowatts and a <br />, , <br />'~bined average annual generation of 2,119 million kilowatt-hours, <br />, ' a planned ultimate installation of 980,000 kilowatts and with an <br />~i-age annual generation of 2,345 million kilowatt-hours. Two multi- <br />:'Npj:g..purpoae reservoir projects now under construction will have power <br />';j~p+ants with installed capacities totalling 175,000 kilowatts and a <br />';::;cOmbined average annual generation of 612 million kilowatt-hours. <br />:)'inal AWR studies considered undeveloped water power at 44 potential <br />,Sites, with ultimate installed capacities totalling 1,948,000 kilo- <br />watts, and average annual generation of 6.3 billion kilowatt-hours. <br />Eighteen of these power sites have been approvad or authorized for <br />construction by state or Federal agenCies. The remaining 26 hydro <br />plants were given considerabie study including coordinated operation <br />with the existing, authorhed, and approved hydro plants in the sev- <br />eral river systems. <br /> <br />Electric power generated at the potential hydroelectric <br />projects in the AYR Basins would be integrated into the existing elec- <br />tric power systems to serve primarily the peak load requirements. The <br />power market region selected for analysis of loads and for, which addi- <br />tional power needs were determined, comprises an area nearly twice <br />the area within the physical boundaries of the three river basins. <br />The peak load for the market region was 6,319,000 kilowatts in 1952 <br />and it is estimated to increase to 17,800,000 kilowatts by 1975. Tbe <br />estimates show that, based on information available in January 1954, <br />there will be a need for additional depeooable capacity amounting to <br />1,060,000 kilowatts by 1960 and 11,000,000 kilowatts by 1975. All of <br />the undeveloped hydroelectric capacity, if found economically feasible, <br />could be absorbed on the load of the electric systems by 1975. <br /> <br />The report shows that nine of the 26 potential AWR plants <br />are unjustified based on economic criteria adopted for the AWR Report. <br />Eight of the hydro plants are included in multiple-purpose projects <br />for which benefits from other functions were not fully developed, <br />therefore, over-all economic feasibility could not be determined. The <br />remaining potential power projects, found to be more favorable from <br />the standpoint of economic feasibility, arel Sherwood; Broken Bow; <br />Wolf Bayou; Lone Rock; Gilbert; and the Sangre de Cristo project in <br />Colorado, which consists of four plants. The total installoo capacit;y <br />of these nine plants is 662,000 kilowatts and the combined average an- <br />nual generation 1.95 billion kilowatt-hours. However,:It is concluded <br />that these more favorable projects require some additional investiga- <br />tion in order to more definitely establish economic justification ard <br />to assure adequate coordination with other water uses. <br /> <br />vii <br /> <br />