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C) I!....~ ~ en> Q".? The reason for this diminishing amount of power is not laek of g~nerating capaeity, but the appli~ation of their policy as previously stated. In other words. they expeet the Public Servi<:e Company of Colorado to take all of tMpower for which the Bureau ean tind no other market in order tohel. the Proe~tay out.ret we must be ready at all times to supp customer,s' requireme:n,t,s. when power is diverted elsewhere by. the Bureau, Power generatingeapacity.cannot be installed on a day-ta-day or year-ta-'- year basis. Plans must be made years ahead and actual construetion requires 4 to 5 years to complete the project after it is started. The purchase of power in substantial bloeks is in lieu of the installation of sueh equipment, and conse- quently, private companies are entitled to reasonably long-term and ti,rm contracts with the knowledge that such amounts of power will be available when required and not subjeet to redui!ltions on notice from the Bureau, It is evident that~!J.ispolicY,l:'efiults in an tl.ndl1e bu~q.en on private utilities andt/1ereby eonsUtute~,a dettiUe disex-im1natfol1 against the consumers and the .eompanies whose ineo~e tax$$ assist in ma~i1'1gpo$sible the.se projetrls. ----~~--~~bOOoo---------- Due to wide variations in pre- cipitation mIas, the severe climatie conditiQ.r:l.S)n the high altitudE1.s and the :relativ~H.y small area of the. watershed triblltary to the Colorado~ Big Thompson projeet, there will be wide fI1,tctuations in the annual run-of'! and in the amounts of firm and sei;:ondary power B'enerated, Whatever water is available must be used first to satisfy thE! prior rights of users on the western slope of the com1n.ental divide .and that whi~h is available for diversion to the eastern slope mU.$t be utili.lOed .to meet irrigation deman<:~s. Irrigation requirements var,Y inver!>ely w~th j;:lt'ecipitlrlioIl and are maximum in the late summe!'. The secondary use of this water is for the generation of power, the demands for Which are praetic911y independent of precipitation and are maXil'Il:um in the winter. In wet eyeles the.$e prOblems will not be difficult. but in dry ilyeles the vital irrlgationrequirements will impose a serious problem on the power operation.s of the project. ' COOPERATIO~ NOT DUPLICATION ESSENTIAL IN INTERES'I' OJ!' RECLAMATION , ;( . . The logii!al and most econon:J.ieal solution to this problem is l'Iooperation between the Bureau of Reelamation and the PI:1blic Ser"1iee Company of COlorado in closely coordinating the operation of the Colorado-Big Thompson hydro plants J u . i a . . . c . - 10 -