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<br />( <br /> <br />( <br /> <br />26 <br /> <br />how the menu of options summarized in Table 5 can be used to meet <br /> <br />m <br /> <br />the needs identified in Table 1. <br /> <br />r.... <br />p <br /> <br />v. <br /> <br />Juniper-Cross Mountain as a Load-Following Resource. <br /> <br />," <br />-, <br /> <br />One of the advantages claimed for Juniper-Cross Mountain is <br /> <br />an ability to respond very rapidly to changing demand. Of the <br /> <br />total 148 Mw, 98 Mw is planned to be capable of coming to full <br /> <br />operation almost instantaneously, and the balance in 2-1/2 hours. <br /> <br />This sort of "fast response" capability is useful to have because <br /> <br />it enables Colorado-Ute to match fluctuating loads without having <br /> <br />to cycle rapidly its coal plants. CRWCD claims that, in 1985, <br /> <br />Colorado-Ute will need 250 Mw of fast <br /> <br />response capacity, <br />. 40/ <br />Mounta1.n.- <br /> <br />and will <br /> <br />only have 24 Mw without Juniper-Cross <br /> <br />CRWCD's assertion that colorado-Ute's fast response capacity <br /> <br />is limited to 24 Mw is incorrect. By varying its use of purchased <br /> <br />power, Colorado-Ute can obtain fast response capacity from both <br /> <br />the WAPA and PSC systems. By 1983 Colorado-Ute's purchases from <br />WAPA will total 80 Mw. Its PSC contract is for up to 270 Mw, <br /> <br />and the wide spread between minimum and maximum energy purchase <br /> <br />requirements should enable it easily to use the PSC purchase for <br />load-following purposes.41/ Adding ColoTado-Ute's i2 Mw of 1982 <br /> <br />hydro resources gives a total committed capacity of 362 Mw which <br /> <br />can load-follow. <br /> <br />Additional resources shown in Table 6 which will have fast <br /> <br />response capability are the 100 Mw 1988 diversity purchase and <br /> <br />the 55 Mw 1989 Blue Mesa 3. Then in 1992 the PSC purchase <br /> <br />increases from 270 Mw to 440 Mw (Table 1). <br />