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<br />... <br />.' <br />, <br /> <br />MORE COAL, NUCLEAR PLANTS <br />State's Power Needs Threa1 <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />--- <br /> <br />THe DEN V e R: p 0 S T Wed., Moly 12. J 971 7 AA <br /> <br /> <br />Resources, Environment- <br /> <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 <br /> <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. <br /> <br />~ <br />~ <br />C) <br />