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The gross power load of 1,777.5 million kilowatt-hours was 180 million kilowatt-hours less than anticipated, primarily as a result of very low irrigation pumping demands and air conditioning loads during the summer months. Power loads during the October-March period were only slightly less than anticipated. System generation and the power loads were both below the anticipated amount. Conaequently, the amount of energy received from outside sources, totaling 392.4 million kilowatt-hours, compared favorably to the anticipated amount of 428.8 million kilowatt-hours. During the year, 74.3 million kilowatt-hours were obtained from other utilities, 19.6 million kilowatt-hours from power interference, and 298.5 million kilowatt-hours from other Bureau-owned plants. On September 30, 1965, 19.8 million kilowatt-hours were owed the Western Division as interchange from other utilitiea and 30.4 million kilowatt-hours as power interference. 1966 OUTLOOK 1 Total Western Division System storage at the beginning of water year 1966 is 126 percent of the 10-year average. With the exception of Lake Granby, atorage in all other major reservoirs is well above normal. Although storage in Granby is somewhat below normal, total storage available to the Colorado-Big Thompson Project is 108 percent of average. Kendrick Project storage ownership of only 371,000 acre- feet is the minimum of record. North Platte Project ownership, including the Inland Lakes, totals 673,200 acre-feet, or 307 percent of average. Glendo Unit storage ownership remains full and is the maximum of record for September 30. Buffalo Bill Reservoir storage of 384,400 acre-feet is far above average and over 90 percent of total capacity. Boysen Reservoir storage of 805,100 acre-feet is far above average, lacking only 15,000 acre-feet of being full to conservation capacity of 820,000 acre-feet. With the exception of the Kendrick Project, system storage reserves are sufficient to supply full irrigation requirements to all users under any probable inflow conditions. With severely limited reserves, the Kendrick users probably would.be on a quota. With most probable inflow, Colorado-Big Thompson Project storage reserves would be depleted by only 10,000 acre-feet. Kendrick Project storage owner- ship would gain over 115,000 acre-feet during the season. North Platte Project and the Glendo Unit would deplete reserves by 193,000 and 16,000 acre-feet, respectively. Carryover storage in Boysen and Buffalo Bill Reservoirs would be average or better. With reasonable minimum inflow conditions, irrigation supplies would be adequate but reserves would be greatly depleted. In case of reasonable maximum iv