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<br />l!~ <br />o <br />r.... <br />- <br /> <br />c <br /> <br />( <br /> <br />( <br /> <br />23 <br /> <br />Juniper-Cross Mountain. They are located in Colorado Ute's south- <br /> <br />west area, where it claims it badly needs to locate new generating <br /> <br />resources. 39/ Juniper-Cross Mountain, on the other hand, is in <br /> <br />northwest Colorado where Colorado-Ute already has its main genera- <br /> <br />tion sources, the Craig and Hayden coal plants. Finally, Blue <br /> <br />Mesa 3 has an advantage over Juniper-Cross Mountain in its location <br /> <br />immediately upstream of another reservoir. Not only will it not <br /> <br /> <br />destroy a free-flowing river upstream of the dam, like new dams <br /> <br />at Juniper-Cross Mountain would, but downstream impacts at Blue <br /> <br />Mesa 3 would be far less than at Juniper-Cross Mountain. Thus, <br /> <br />both Tacoma and Blue Mesa 3 must be considered preferable to <br /> <br />Juniper-Cross Mountain. <br /> <br />Combustion turbines are probably preferable to Juniper-Cross <br /> <br />Mountain. They could be located closer to Colorado-Ute's load <br /> <br />centers to provide voltage support and reduce transmission line <br /> <br />loadings. They could be installed as needed, on a schedule of <br /> <br />Colorado-Ute's choosing, rather than leaving Colorado-Ute at the <br /> <br />mercy of CRWCD's desire to proceed or not proceed on Juniper-Cross <br /> <br />Mountain. They would have far less environmental impact than <br /> <br />Juniper-Cross Mountain. The only dimension in which they might be <br /> <br />inferior to Juniper-Cross Mountain is cost, and no analysis to <br /> <br />date has compared costs for turbines and Juniper-Cross Mountain <br /> <br />side-by-side. <br /> <br />With coal plants the question is much less clear. Both <br /> <br />Southwest and Juniper-Cross Mountain would have major environmental <br /> <br />effects, but of different kinds. Costs are hard to compare since <br /> <br />the cost per kwh is almost certainly lower for Southwest, but <br />