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";;..;1:1 v /8 MET R 0 POL I T ,\ N W,\ T E H D 1ST R leT ", I Electric Power Company, San Diego Gas and Electric Company, and the Arizona power organizations, both public and private. Representatives of the California Public Utilities Commi"sion also attend the meetings of the committee, An agreement between allottees of Hoover Dam energy for con- tinuing until May 31, 1951 the power supply to the Nevada systems near the City of Las Vegas, through facilities at Hoover Dam assigned to the l"e of the District, was executed by the District and other interested parties, In the apportionment of generating costs, power delivered under this contract is considered to be a part of the Edison Company's load. A similar contract for supplying power to Boulder City, Nevada, was also executed by the District and others. PU'I'ka D(",>/. The U, S. Bureau of Reclamation and the District cooperated in the construction of Parker Dam and power plant. All construction work was performed by the Bureau and the title to the power plant, dam, and reservoir rests in the United States, Funds to cover the entire cost of the dam and reservoir were supplied by the District. Funds for the power plant were advanced by the United States and approximately one half of the cost is being repaid by the District, The Intake pumping plant of the Colorado River aqueduct is located on the California shol'e of Lake Havasu, the reservoir created by Parker Dam, and the United States has the right to divert water from the lake for other Government projects, The power privilege at the dam, amounting to approximately 100,000 kilowatts, was originally divided equally between the District and the United States, but the District share subsequently was reduced slightly by reason of the obligation a"umed by the District to keep the Govern- ment share of the power privilege intact after the point of diver- sion of water for San Diego was changed from below Parker Dam to above the dam npon the annexation of the San Diego County ~ Water Authority to the Metropolitan Water District. ~ The District share of the power privilege was developed by the installation in 1942 and 1943 of units ~ and 4 of the plllnt, Until December 13, 1952, these units are leased to the United Stlltes for a (Iail)' rental of $950. which is being Ilpplied to amortize, with interest at 4 per cent per Ilnnum, the District share of the cost of the plant. During the period of this lease the entire CO"t of oper- ation, maintenance, and replacement of the dam, reservoir. and