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<br /> <br />.... <br />00 <br />e.c <br />C'n <br /> <br />A final division of costs was made between power needed for <br /> <br />project pumping and the residual available for cOffil112rcial sale <br /> <br />by non-Federal entities participating in tile cooperative venture. <br /> <br />Costs were prorated between commercial and pumping power after <br /> <br />adjusting for hydroelectric power produced by power drops in the <br /> <br />aqueduct system. <br /> <br />The average product costs for the three stages at the plant <br /> <br />boundary, before conveyance and transmission losses, are estimated <br /> <br />to be 9.8 cents per 1,000 gallons, or $32 per acre-foot, and 0.9 <br /> <br />mill per kilowatt-hour for project pumping power. One of the most <br /> <br />important factors influencing these costs is the low cost of heat <br /> <br />provided by the fast breeder reactors. Prim" steam is estimated <br /> <br />at 5.1 cents per million BTU and exhaust steam from the turbines <br /> <br />for use in the water plant at 1.6 cents per million BTU. <br /> <br />~~:ti!!!!::~S!~~--Conventional procedures were followed <br /> <br />in deriving the economic costs of the aqueduct system. These <br /> <br />facilities are assumed to have a 100-year service life, and a <br /> <br />3-1/4 percent interest rate is used for purpose of amortization. <br /> <br />Total Project Co~~~ <br /> <br />Total investm,!Ut costs for the augmentation plan consist of <br /> <br />the estimated construction costs discussed earlier plus interest <br /> <br />during the period of construction and are summarized as follows: <br /> <br />30 <br />