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~!"Q1 ,j I.,j ... 20 METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT The United States. in contemplation of further increases in stored water at Lake Mead, took steps to sell energy generated by water stored through interchange. Such energy, called dump energy, was sold to the State of Nevada during the month of May in the amount of 13,758,941 kwhI'. Payment for the energy was at a rate of 1.5 mills per kwhr. The United States curtailed storage in Lake Mead by the sale of surplus Parker-Davis energy to the Southern California Edison Company. This energy was also referred to as dump energy. It was taken during off-peak hours, from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m., and paid for at a rate of ,I, mill per kwhr. Deliveries to Edison amounting to 22,655,000 kwhr took place in January, Febru- ary, and March. The energy was received by the District at Gene for transmission to Edison Company at Hayfield. Charges for trans- mission were set up in an agreement with Edison dated January 17, 1952. Energy transmitted from Gene to Camino was at the rate of 0.1 mill pel' kwhI', and energy transmitted from Camino to Hayfield was at the rate for tmnsmitting energy O\'e" the joint transmission line under the District-Edison Transmission Line Contract. For the current year this rate was 0.283 mill. The Califomia Electl'ic Power Company, since February 6, 1948, has been delivering energy to the Kaiser Company's iron mine near Eagle Mountain pumping plant. On May 25, 1952, the transformer capacity of California Electric Power Company's substation at Eagle Mountain was changed from 1000 ha to 2000 kva. This energy is a part of the District unused energy delivelwl under contract to the Edisou Company at Ellgle Mountain and at Hayfield. l'llJ'h:/' Valli (ll1d ]lfJlJ:('r f)I(ll1t The United States continued to operate Parker Dam and power plant under the terms of the 1939 agreement, as amended in 1942. A rental of $950 per day was applied to amortize, with interest at 4 percent. the District's share of the cost of the power plant. At midnight December 13, 1952, the use and benefit of units 3 and 4 will be transferred to the District upon payment, by the District, of the unamortized cost which is estimated at $3,289,000. Soon after the start of operation at Parker power plant extensive cracking developed in the vanes of the cast steel runners of the turbines. After considerable investigation the shape of the leading edges of the Vlmes on one unit was altered slightly and the cracks repaired by welding. Inspection, after a few months of further operation of this unit, showed that the cracking had been arrested, ~