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I 1 I x C o P y UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BUREAU OF RECLAMATION I I Regional Office, Region 4 P. O. Box 360 Salt Lake City 10, Utah In Reply Refer To: I I 'I I I I I I I 4-600 October 25. 1960 Marion M. Wilson, President Colorado River Basin Consumers Power, Inc. 802 Farmers Union Building Denver 3. Colorado Dear Sir: As advised in our letter of October 13, 1960. to Harvey F. McPhail with copy to you, a meeting was held in Denver, Colorado. on October 20. 1960, with representatives of the five utilities in the area which have submitted proposals for wheeling Colorado River Storage Project power. Bureau representatives explained the methods and procedures we are using in making our current studies paralleling similar discussions we have had with members of your group, As the studies were not complete. they were not made available to the utilities. However. we are mailing to each of the fLve utilities data pertain- ing to wheeling costs, construction costs of the yardstick transmission system and the transmission system under the utility proposal, and operation, maintenance. and replacement costs. I I I I I The annual operation and maintenance cost of the all-Federal yard- stick transmission system is estimated to be $2,274,500. and for replacements $523,000. These costs for the transmission system under the utility proposal are respectively. $1,325,200 and $143,000, annually. The all-Federal yardstick transmission system is estimated to consist of 1136 circuit miles of wood-pole line. 1958 circuit miles of steel-tower line, and associated substations. The Federal transmission system under the utility proposal is estimated to consist of 379 circuit miles of wood-pole line, 696 circuit miles of stee1- tower line, and associated substations.