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<br />,~.' <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />,.... <br /> <br />1\-0'"- <br />.c:.. <br />c:.."J> <br />.....:i <br /> <br />with the basically steam .system or the Company, The total installed eapB.,e!ty <br />or the pr03ect, when ~ompleted, is estimated at i 75,900 Kw of firm and sej;ondary <br />power and at that time the Company will have 265,000 Kw of base load steam <br />eapa4ity available in the area adjacent to the projei;lt. These two systemf; when <br />operated 11'1 close Moperation will, (1) prodllee the maximum amount ot firm <br />ener. , 2) make avaUable maximum pealdng eapa!!:ity and (3) assure eomplete <br />utili$tion 0 dump .Or Seltwndary energy from whatever wafer is available thus <br />obtai$ing the maximum bene/its from. the projelilt, <br /> <br />The ability of the CompMY and the Bureau to cooperate in the .f'urther~ <br />al1,oe of multiple~purpose re;elamation proje~ts has been demonstrated on many <br />oeeaslons in the past. Some of these cases are listed below. <br /> <br />Co lor ado - Big Tho m p son P r Cl.j €I c t <br /> <br />In the preparation of the report uSed as the basis for Senate Document <br />No. 80 the Company eooperatEld by *ontributing its a.eeumulated experie1l!!!e, <br />mark~t and OP&raU/i1g data which beeame the baSif;for the marketing pIan for <br />the poWer to be produj:ed by the proje~, <br /> <br />Upon the eomplect1on in 1943 E)f the Qreen MoUlntain plant, a pan Of the <br />Color:ado-Big Thompson Proje/:\lo.eat~don the western slope, the Company <br />puri,th$.Ped a.I.l of' the available oatput 01 this 35% load: fa~ol' hydro-eleCt.rie plant. <br />By fi~ing this pow.er with Us stj;)am plantathe Comp$Jly was able to assure a <br />stea.dy,power sVlPplyfor the 950/0 load facto):' opElration$ of the Rocky Moltntain <br />Arsel1.al.This result/ut in the /l.vallalde energy b!llirtg used to the greatest <br />advantage to .the proj~t. and to the War elfort, <br /> <br />Grand. Valley ProJe~t <br /> <br />A tri-parly25...yea.r corttraet was. m;:tde in JU1le 1931 betweel1 the Bureaq <br />of Reelllnlation. the Qrand V'$y Wat.er U.ser$ As5oclati,ort and the Company, and <br />in~e9tdan~etherewith the Company advanliled thef.'io~tl'l!letion f1.tnds tor thl!! <br />Gra,nd if'al1ey Hydro Plant. Through the water rent WhiCh the Compa.:a;y pays to <br />the Water Users AssotdaHon it contributes sJ:tbstantia1l;y to the eeonomi~Sl1(!eeSS <br />01 this irdgation projeli:t, The plant cGllst1"l.tetedat JilO. ,llIost .to either the water <br />users or the taxp.ayers revens to the United States at the end of the ~ont1"aet. <br /> <br />Kendri~k Project <br /> <br />. <br />. <br />" <br /> <br />, In June 1938, the Compaliy exe/tuted a 10-yea.r agreemElnt with the <br />Bureau, pf Reelamatlon whereby the Company agreed, without benefit to itself, <br />to purChase seeondary or dump eMrgy from the Kendrick proje~t> thereby <br />providing a markEl;tfor energy which othemise Would have been wasted, Delivery <br />of power'under this agreement began in April. 1940, Through the interi:1onn&!':t1on <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />J <br />u <br />. <br />i <br /> <br />a <br /> <br />. <br />. <br />~ <br /> <br />- 1l * <br />