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~ r t", f) 11;>:.... ! t 56 METROPOLITAN WATEK DISTRICT siderable portion of the District's allotment will not be required for pumping. The energy remaining unused by the District is available for disposition by the Secretary of the Interior, the proceeds being credited to the District. The following contracts have been made by the Secretary IlIr disposition of the District's unused firm energy: CONTRACTOR DATE OF DATE OF A'lOuNT OF ENI::RGY CO NTRACT EXPIRATION Cnlifornia-Pacific Utililie<; Co., Needlt's, C~]iforl1ia.. Dec. 28, 193i Dec. ,31, 195..\. 20,000,000 kw.hr per )'f:'iH Citizens Ulilities Co., Kingman, Arizona ... .... Jnn. 7, 1938 Dec. ,3t, 1954 50,000,000 kw.hr per year Southern Cl1liforni.1 Edison Co" Ltd., 50,000,000 kw-hr (mini. Los Angeles, California.. Oct. 14. }938 June I, 1~4U SaIl Ri\'er Valley Waler mum) Useri;' Associalioll, Phoenix, Arizona. Dtc. 23, 19,39 May 31, 1945 Available lralli;former capacity (about 30,000 kwl Unused firm energy within the District's allotment to the extent of over one billion kw-hr will be available for sale during 1941, and a diminishing amount thereafter as the pumping load gl'ows. A contract for the delivery of 500 kw of such power to the U. S. Indian Service for use on the Colorado River Indian Reservation and vicinity has been negotiated and is pending before the Depart- ment of the Interior. Several additional applications aggregating 75,000 kw are under consideration. The basis of negotiations in all such cases is the cost of the energy to the District plus genera- tion and transmission charges. If not disposed of to other customers, a large portion of the District's unused energy undoubtedly will be taken by the City of Los Angeles and the Southern California Edison Company, which have the right, under their Boulder lease contract, to take at secondary rates, certain energy in excess of their firm allotments. The Bureau of Power and Light of the City of Los Angeles is the generating agency for the District's energy at Boulder dam. The District does not maintaiu an ol'li:anization at that plant, but has the privilege of specifying the capacity and type of generating units for its service. Two generators have been installed at the District's request, but since the present demand does not exceed the capacity of one such unit (82,500 kw) one of the generators was released December 1, 1939 for a period of 33 months for the