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<br />(,') <br /> <br />!.4"" <br />.;:.. <br />".. <br />~ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Read: A~ain, starting wi.th faeUiUes .already in operation, we have two <br />widel:}' separated systems of transmission lines; those radiating from Green <br />Mountain dam and those on the eastern slope presently f!onnected at Greeley tp <br />the transmission line from the Kendrick Project in Wyoming. . From <br />Gre.en ,Mountain Dam to Dillon we have the U5,.000-volt line which played a yHal <br />part in furnishing power to Colorado industries during the war, and which now <br />serve$ the Public:l' Service Company of Colorado with sev.eral millions of kilo~ <br />watt hours annually, <br /> <br />Extending northeast from Green Mountain Dam, we have the West Portal <br />line, originally used to proV'ide eonstruction power at the west heading of thE! <br />famoull Alva B, Adams tunnel and now serving the Mountain Utilities Company <br />and several municipal systems in that area, Running from Greeley to Bt'U5h, <br />by way of Fort Morgan, we have the Bureau's principal e;i.stern Colorado power <br />line operating at 115,000 voltll, and serving the City of Fort Morgan, andseV'el'al <br />REA ~boperl1.tiV'es including possiblY the largest irt the eountry, the Morgan <br />County Rural Electric: Association, ;Now under .con.struetion.is a high voltage <br />line from Brush to Sterling corttlecting to a line from. Sterling to Holyoke. This <br />85 miles of line should be ready for operation eatly next sp:I'ing and will alleviate <br />the eritieal ppwer shortage in that general area. In addi,tionto thes.etwo lo~ <br />lines, we will begin eonstrutiltionwithin the next lew weeks on a major power .une <br />from OlJr pre~ent Greeley substation to a point aboutMx miles west oJ the city <br />of Lov~land.: While this line is not planned .for fu11 seale operation until the <br />sprtng 0/1950, it will be jlsed llnder an interim arrat'1gemerttfor furnishing <br />emerge:ney standby power to the municipal system of the City of Loveland, By <br />the sprtng of 1950 this Loveland to Greeley line will be extended to Estes Pa.rk <br />to eOnl1Ei1et with the power plants there, and. there will be routed on over the Con,. <br />tinental' Divide to (lonneet with western slope power features, <br /> <br />. Among those transmission lines planned for .eon$.trueUon to com:meJl:lIle <br />next year are a line from Lovelat'1dtoLong:mont, one from. Loveland to Fo.rt <br />Collins,! and another .f:ro:m. Lo~mont to Brighton, Ata laterda,te a li.ne wID me <br />builttrom Fort Collins to Gree ey and from. .~r~eley to :a:r~tQP, thus eomplefi1ig <br />what mliye9:me to be known as the TrH;ounty 10\1>)3, .The V~l1e of sueh aloopetl <br />transm~ssiori line lie.s in its. a):lUity t6 .carry FlOWer .to a given point tu either <br />dfreetion, thus assq;ring eonfInuUyQi' elel':trie sl;'lrviee, <br /> <br />, <br />~ <br /> <br />. Roulston: I'm. sure none of our listeners realized how complete~y you;r <br />transm!ilisibn facilities will blanket the northeastern parl'of'thestate. will the <br />s:}'stem of plants and transmission lines you have deseribed pro'll'idea. se1f- <br />suftieierit source of new power for the area, then, Mr, Lindseth? <br /> <br />. <br />. <br />" <br />" <br />. <br />;; <br />. <br />~ <br />. <br />. <br />~ <br /> <br />,Linds.eth: Not e.ntirely se1f-sutfieient, You see, in a hydro projeet <br />much as' the one we are discussing, an adverse water year ,could limit our <br />generation of energy. To guard against thi.s ('iontingeney, heavy power intfi!r~ <br />connection with other Bureau h:}'dro proje<!ts should be provided, so that the <br /> <br />;- 18 - <br /> <br />~~ _ _ _ i <br />