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<br />CHAR T II <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Therefore, in July 1959, the USBR presented its tentative <br />storage project power transmission plan to the representatives of <br />preference users groups and private utilities. <br /> <br />It was essentially a 345,000 volt system to load centers in the <br />five states together with necessary interconnections. <br /> <br />In contradiction to the long established procedure of the Bureau's <br />building backbone and marketing transmission lines, the five major <br />utilities operating in or adjacent to the area have proposed that they <br />build the major part of the transmission system and charge a fee (nor- <br />mally called a "Wheeling Fee") for transmitting the power for the <br />Bureau. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />CHART III <br /> <br />In the October 1959 "Green Book" Plan, the utilities proposed <br />that the lucrative portions of the transmission system should be built by <br />the utilities, those shown in red. The balance, they said, which provid- <br />ed no interconnection of Bureau power plants and reached no major load <br />centers, could be built by the Bureau. The portion left for construction <br />by the Bureau under the Utilities I plan, that is, those segments shown in <br />green, would not meet the intent of Congres s when it authorized the Stor- <br />age Project. Congress had authorized the Bureau of Reclamation to con- <br />struct <it high voltage power transmission system to: <br /> <br />(A) Interconnect projeCt power plants. <br /> <br />(B) Integrate project power with other existing and <br />potential federal power systems. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />(C) <br /> <br />Market firm power and energy to load centers of <br />power users. <br /> <br />Additionally, we know it is vital that such backbone transmission <br />lines be capable of achieving, for both the Government and the Customer, <br />the economies to be had from the interchange of diversity of winter and <br />summer peaks that are available within the area. <br /> <br />Lastly, but most importantly, the transmission system must be <br />able to do all of these things at the least cost to the power purchaser, while <br />at the same time, providing greatest resulting net revenues to the storage <br />project. Here is your major interest, Water Users, --"Providing greatest <br />resulting net revenues to build water projects." <br /> <br />- 5 - <br />