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<br />MORE COAL, NUCLEAR PLANTS
<br />State's Power Needs Threa1
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<br />THe DEN V e R: p 0 S T Wed., Moly 12. J 971 7 AA
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<br />Resources, Environment-
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<br />To SUPply the new . iO' _..
<br />net>ded ea~h POwer WIlli me :).alt River Pro~ct
<br />lore.seeable futJ~ar IO)~ the i Phoenix, Ariz. The plant is ~
<br />quire a plant twice I~OUS" r:;I,' jbe ~eJed b~ <:Ol~rado coal, as
<br />the Publfc Service Z iZf'" S asSOCtatJon s l68,OOO-kHo_
<br />station in Denv u~ power,1 watt st.ation at Hayden and its
<br />tons 01 co Jet, USl11g 150 39,OOO-klJowau plant at Nuda.
<br />. a an hour and nl'o "'"I' P ,
<br />clrculaling H81lOO U .~.. I.A....TS
<br />, gaons of Pub]' Se" "
<br />COOllng water a minute . Ie rvlee, m additIon to
<br />Put another wa th Its 33O,ooo..kilowatt nuclear
<br />will need more l1f'~' e state plant north of Denver has twoW.\TER PROBLE,\I
<br />nuaJ/y lor at kast th power ~n- rna!.firt'd plants pJan~ed l'It'ar "Water is a real problem.
<br />years than the city ~ ~f:e Pueblo. The plants, named especially in Colorado," Bugas
<br />SpringS generated in Ounoo or 0 Coman~ht', have two CUstomers said. "In fact, the shortage
<br />DOUBLIXG OE.'HA.\'D' (or. thell' power. Comanche No. problem is a concern anywherel
<br />John Buga! gene J I IS to be operating in 19'H [in the West. We ha~'e ample'
<br />for Colorado Vb! :~J ~anager producing 3SO,OOO kilowatts fo; coal supplies; de\'elopment of
<br />SOffie 200 000 peopl l c serves the electric furnaces of CF&I them Is gOing to depend on dev~
<br />ern ec.Jo;ado to J:e r~k west. sted plant and Southern Colora. elopment of water resources." .
<br />Valley, said th ans~ do Power. I He said to save water,
<br />electric loads :re co:p~~.y S Both Fort St. Vrain and' Colorado-Ute is exploring B con-
<br />nery se\'en years. and in u lllg CO":lan~~e. can he enlarged. densed air cooling system used
<br />places eVery five years SOme ~~r lrutlal COst Is aoout $63 at Gillette, Wyo., by Black
<br />"We don't see' million each. Hills Power and Light Co.
<br />that," Bugas said an~r end 10 There are two \-II:aJ elements "In Ut.ls business we have to
<br />development ol A~ C'lDL tl)e In meeling the demand lor el('c- look at everything, but fIrst we
<br />maS! at AS""'n Va,""'S'"' boow- irk-Hy. With most hydroelectric look at the wa~r resource," he
<br />S. ...~. .eamat"1e . "
<br />prlngs, the Crystal Rive S'1 s gone, fuel and water sald.
<br />the Yampa Valley .areas s r :.~d rem~in vital. Whether there will be water
<br />cally. pe 1 1- USlllg coal, mQre than 4,000 for pow€r needs, nucl€ar or
<br />Colorado Ute Is b ild' acre feet I'll water a year will coal fired, will depend in large
<br />2SO,(.OO.kIIowatt plant a~ 1{~n~ a be needed ta generale e.aM mea~Url' Qn !he oulct'me of a
<br />> e., 250,000 kill'lwatts af electricity. lawsuit O\'er Rainbow Bridge
<br />Even USing waler 5e\'eral times and Lake Powell, the reservoir
<br />and using it to handle Ions I'll behind Glen Canyon Dam an
<br />co a I ashes fr-om burning the ColQrado RiVer.
<br />hundreds of tQns of coal an ARCH TIfREATE.''ED
<br />hour. the ronsumption will be That suit, tl'l keep wa!(>r Qut
<br />tremendous. of the national monument which
<br />protects the great stone arcb in
<br />southeast Utah. could upset
<br />10 n g standing, billion.dollar
<br />plan~ to fully utilize water in
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<br />By DICK PROUTY
<br />Dennr Post Staf( Writer
<br />Colorado's accelerated growtl
<br />rate Is creating monumt>ntal
<br />demands for electric power and
<br />placing mind-boggling stresses
<br />Qn the slate's natural resources
<br />and environment.
<br />Exploding populatlon and
<br />development is: creating an ap-
<br />petite for electric power that
<br />has na roreseeable end.
<br />The state needs. it is estimat-
<br />ed 250.000 mare kilowatts af
<br />po~'er each )'ear. With the
<br />number Qf clean, water-~
<br />wered el€ctric plant sites ~'I~'
<br />tually exhausted, meeti~g thIS
<br />demand is going ta reqUl.re new
<br />cQal and nuclear generauan sta-
<br />nQns. ..._
<br />"That means we'll need UlIt'e
<br />Blue Mesas a year just 11'1 ~t>ep
<br />up with the grQwth," said Wade
<br />H. Taylor. chief af power
<br />cperations at 1m; Bu.reau of
<br />Reclamation EngmN'nng and
<br />Research Center, Denver.
<br />HUGE RESERVOIR .
<br />Blue ~fesa is a 6O,ooo.kllowatt
<br />h)'dratleclric plant on thp Gun-
<br />nison River betv.'een Montr~
<br />and Gunnison. The water to Spill
<br />its turbines backs up In a 19omll;
<br />tang reservoir that is the states
<br />largrst body or water. .
<br />Offjclals at Colarado Pubhc
<br />Sen'ice Co. and the Colorado
<br />Ule Electric Assn., ~10ntrose,
<br />agree with Taylor's estimates.
<br />The bureau and the two com~a-
<br />nies supply most of the electTlc-
<br />it)' used in the slate.
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