WSP12322

• File Number: 8281.950
• Description: Colorado River Studies and Investigations -- Upper Colorado Comprehensive Framework Study
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 6/1/1971
• Title: Upper Colorado Region Comprehensive Framework Study - Appendix XIV - Electric Power
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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CONTENTS (Continued)

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PART IV. FUTURE ELECTRIC POWER RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (Continued)

Fossil Fueled Power Resources
Capital Costs. ....
Fuel Costs . . . . . . .
Heat Dissipation Systems
Methods of Cooling . . .
Air Pollution Control. .
Base Load Steam-Electric Plants in the Region.
Control of Thermal Pollution of Water.
Nuclear Fuel Power Plants
Capital Costs. .
Operating Costs. . .
Fuel Costs . . . . .
New Method of Power Generation.
Magnetohydrodynamics . . .
Thermonuclear Fusion . . .
Other Direct Conversion Processes.
Power and Desalting . . . .
Exports and Power Exchanges .
Staging of Power Resources. .
Future Sources of Generation.
Hydroelectric Power Resources.
Steam-Electric Power Resources
Peaking Installations. . . .
CRSP System Performance. . .
Projected Transmission Facilities
Impact of Electric Power Facility Construction.
On Water Resources . . . . .
On Land Resources. . . . . . . . . . . . .
Program Cost of Electric Power Facility Construction.

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PART V. ALTERNATIVE LEVELS OF DEVELOPMENT

No. 1 - State Alternative at 6.5 Million Acre-Feet
Level of Development. .. . . . . . . . . .
No.2 - State Alternative at 8.16 Million Acre-Feet
Level of Development. . . . . . . . . . .
No. 3 - State Alternative - Development of Water
Supply Available At Site.

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GLOSSARY FOR ELECTRIC POWER. . .

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