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<br />oor43~V <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Annual kw. -hi-so <br /> <br />Gain at Ruxton nnd Mnn~tou plants. . . <br />Power requirod for pU1"ping . . . . . . <br />Loss at Skaguny plant. . . . . . . . . <br />Net.overall gain in produotion. . . <br /> <br />7,500,000 <br />500,000 <br />.2.500,000 <br />4,500,000 <br /> <br />9. It,is bolieved that the net overall annual gain of 4,500,000 <br />kilowatthours to tho city of Colorado clprings would bo sufficient either to <br />finance the construction of a translxlssion line for the replacenont of powor <br />lost at the Skuguay plant or, if sold, would result in revenues sufficient <br />to reinburse the Southern Colorado Powor Company, <br /> <br />10. Inasmuch as the additional powor would bo goneratod in plants <br />ownod by tho oity of Colorado Springs and the nocossary pumping oporation <br />would uso suoh nunioipally-produood powor. tho nost flo4iblo arrangsnont <br />would be to have Colorado Springs construct and operate the pUlnpS and tho <br />transTIission line or arrange for tho roinbursel~nt of power rovonues with <br />tho pOTIor co:npanyo For the purpose of this study,howover, it was assumed <br />that the Foderal Governnent would construct and operate the pu~ing plant, <br />bocause the cost to Colo1'ado Springs would bo appr04r;,ately the sc.ue in <br />eithor evont. It has also been presunod that the dobits and crodits in- <br />volved in tho pOWer transaction would bo about oqual c.nd that tho books <br />would be appr04inntely in balanco; thoroforo, the cost of the transnjssion <br />lino has not beon inoluded in arriving at the oost of nunioipal water. <br /> <br />11. In addition to its hydrooloctrio uso, water fron Beavor Croek <br />is also usod by irrigators in tho Ponroso aroa. Divorsion of 2,700 ::tcro- <br />foot .of that wator to Colorado Springs would nocossit::tto roplaoo:,lOnt, or <br />roinbursoDont, or outright puroh::tse of the irrigation W::tter rights. No <br />c.ttonpt hCls boon nado to detornino tho cost of roLlburso::lOnt O!l' tho cost <br />of outright purohase of tho irrigation wator rights. J.tlstGad.. tho eost <br />of replacenent water has been used in the subsequent fisoal analysis. <br /> <br />12. Tho plan for replacenent involves the oonstruotion of a ditoh <br />fron Oil Creek to the e4isting Brush Hollow Reservoir. Beoause of trans- <br />portation and other losses it would be necessary to obtain 3,200 aore-foot <br />fron Oil Creek todolivertho 'roplaoe:Clont 2,700 aore-foet to the irrigators. <br />This is the oonsorvativo solution. The Oil Croek deplotion in turn would <br />require replaoenent and the only souroe of supply appears to bo trans- <br />nountain water froD the potential Gunnison-Arkansas Projoot. <br /> <br />13. The oost of runioipal water to tho oity of Colorado Springs would <br />involve tho following itel:lS, (a) pumping plant and O&lI1, (b) Oil Creek <br />Ditoh and O&M, and (0) the basio oost of apprOXil:lately 3,200 aoro-foot of <br />munioipal water froJ:! the Gunnison-Arkansas Projeot. The prooeding it010lS <br />assuno a balanoed aooount so far as hydroelectrio powor is concerned. <br />Based upon a uniform basic oost of r.ronicipal wator from the Gunnison-4rk_ <br />ansas Project of $20 pOl' aoro-foot for tho 3,200 acre-feot of replacenont <br />wator, an anortizatian of tho oonstruotion oost of the punping plant and <br />the Oil Croek Ditoh over 40 yoars at 2-1/2 poroent interest, and annual <br />O&M, the prioe for uunioipal water to'Coloro.10 Sp,.in.f':s 'mrler this plon would <br />be 10.5 oonts pOl' thousand gallons Qr ;;)34.25 per aore-foot. .. <br /> <br />4 <br /> <br />