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2. Project Energy, Table 2 is a tabulation showing the CRSP energy generation, project irrigation pumping use, sales, and purchases for the years 1978 through 2052. All the quantities are "at load" and are based on the assumption that energy transmission losses will be 7 percent of the load. The energy generation was estimated by summer and winter seasons, using the method heretofore described. The estimated future requirements for project irrigation pumping were then subtracted. For the period between fiscal year 1978 and the end of fiscal year 1989, when the firm contracts will expire, the remain- ing amounts were then compared to the firm sales (the contractual MW under contract times 2550 hours for each season). If the aforementioned amounts exceed the firm sales, the energy left over is assumed to be sold as nonfirm energy. If the amounts are less than the firm sales, the energy deficit is assumed to be made up by purchases. It will be noted from Table 2 that, for most of the period between fiscal year 1979 and fiscal year 1989, it is expected that there will be nonfirm sales in the summer season and that purchases will be necessary in the winter season, It has been assumed that the new contracts for the years after fiscal year 1989 will be made in such a way that all the energy over and above project uses can be sold as firm energy, and purchases of firming energy can be eliminated. The project irrigation pumping use is expected to increase from 1 GWH in fiscal year 1978 to 139 GWH in fiscal year 1988. The irrigation pumping use includes requirements for salinity control and irrigation pumping requirements of the participating projects excluding Bonneville Unit (CUp) pumping and the amount of Navajo Indian irrigation project pumping which is served out of the Navajo Dam Powerplant, assuming that the latter plant will go into service in 1982, These pumping requirements have been netted out of the generation. An estimated use of 4 GWH annually for visitor centers and government camps was also netted out of the CRSP gener- ation. The project generation is expected to increase gradually between 1978 and 1988 due to the Central Utah Project. Other than these increases, the general trend is downward after 1978 due to the anticipated upstream water depletions by the participating projects. 3. Project Capacity, Table 3 is a tabulation showing the salable CRSP capacity broken down among project irrigation pumping, capacity in firm energy sales, and peaking capacity. The fourteen sequence method explained in above paragraph was also used to estimate future project capacity, However, instead of using the average of the fourteen sequences, as was done for energy, the lower quartile was used; i.e., it was assumed that the capacity sales would be equal to the generating capacity available based on a series of years with lower quartile water supply, This was done on the assumption that adverse year capacity would be sold on a long-term basis and that half of the extra capacity between the ad~erse and the a~erage year capa- bility could be sold season to season. The capacities shown on the table are "at load" data. In determining the "at load" data, it was 19