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<br />o <br />~, .) <br />~ <br />~ <br />Q <br />QO) <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />reshlting from this ~ontracl, the Company's steam system in Co~orado was ~sed <br />to f~rm up a 200-mile single transmission line of the Bureau and thus made it <br />pos~ible for the Bureau to dispose oia substantially greater pari of Us ele~r{~ <br />output as fi.rm energy. During the first five years of operl3-tion of this inter~ <br />connection the C ompany ~arried a part of the Bu.reau: load on 3.3 olll~asions~ <br />During the clrouth of 1940 the Company supplied electric ene;rg'Y to assist the <br />Bureau in serving vital irrigation pumping operations in northeastern Colorado. <br /> <br />Future Cooperation <br /> <br />The Company is ready and willing to assure an immediate marklllt. outlet. <br />for COlorado,.Big Thompson power as rapidly as it becpmes available. but in <br />order to do So the Company should have a reasc;>nably lQng-termcontrMt to be <br />eoordinated with its ;l'utu~ power developments. To ~eomp1ish this the Company <br />will reduce the load on its steam plants and hold them a.S standby, This meart$ <br />that tull benefit Canoe reali~ed at theout$et from the sale of power, and wU~ <br />materiallyeontribute to the repayment of the projMte.osts. <br /> <br />The cooperation on the part of the local perSONnel of the BUrea~ on <br />oper!l;ting matters is exceUe!1t. Since the issuanei!! of the Ml:!moI'alldum on Power <br />Policy, elated JMltary 3,. 1946, by the Secretary of the Inte:~lor~ referred to above, <br />there !has been a delWte ehange in the administrative poliey of the Bure:au, ;md. it <br />has b~come increasiNgly evideNt that the local perSOJ:lnelof' the Bltrea~ a.re <br />guide~ entirely by this Mem.orandltm whieh pJ.'event$ any ~ooperaHon whel1 . <br />matters set forth therein are involved. <br /> <br />, We have heretofore set Jorth the JMtors which make coope1'atiON <br />diffiCUlt, it not impossible, and with their SOlution the greatest and most eq~~t~ <br />able bllmefits will be obtained .for the water Wlers and elef;trle consumers in thEt <br />area which this project was designed to seNe, <br /> <br />We consequently' urge that Congress adopt such po1ic~s as will perm.it <br />any benefits to be derived from this project to be .e quit ably spread between <br />.consuzners of both taxpaying utilities and those l10t paying like taxes. Wea,lso <br />urge that Congress prevent such projeets as Colorado-Big Thom.pson from <br />being improperly used by the Bureau of Re/:llamaf!on as a vehiele to accc;>mplish <br />its wasteful and natic;>nalisHc power p;rogram . <br /> <br />Raspectfully sltbplitted~ <br /> <br />PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF COLORADO, <br /> <br />, <br />~ <br /> <br />. <br />. <br /> <br />~g:-~ .:-: 8 r- .. <br /> <br />f - P resiaent <br /> <br />- 12 - <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />J <br />u <br />. <br />;; <br />o <br />~ <br /> <br />Denver, Colorado <br />March, 1948 <br /> <br />. <br />. <br />o <br />. <br />