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<br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />v~~;j52 <br /> <br />BLUE MESA POWER PLANT AND DAM <br /> <br />Plant Contact: <br />Donald K. Phillips, Manager, Curecanti Field Division <br /> <br />Telephone Numbers: <br />Phone: (970) 240-6300 <br />Fax: (970) 240-6304 <br /> <br />E-Mail Address: <br />dphillips@uc.usbr.gov <br /> <br />Reclamation Region: <br />Upper Colorado <br /> <br />NERC Region: <br />Western Systems Coordinating Council, Rocky Mountain Power Area <br /> <br />PMA Service Area: <br />Western Area Power Administration, Colorado River Storage Project Management <br />Center <br /> <br />Project Authorization: <br />Congress authorized construction of four storage units of the Colorado River Storage <br />Project and 11 participating projects on Aprilll, 1956, under Public Law 485, 84th <br />Congress, 70 Stat. 105. Additional projects have been added since the original legislation <br />was adopted. <br /> <br />Project Purposes: <br />The Colorado River Storage Project provides for the comprehensive development of the <br />Upper Colorado River Basin. The project furnishes the long-term regulatory storage <br />needed to permit States in the upper basin to meet their flow obligation at Lees Ferry, <br />Arizona, as defined in the Colorado River Compact and still use their apportioned water. <br /> <br />Plant Location: <br />The Blue Mesa Powerplant is located on the Gunnison River in Gunnison County, about <br />30 miles west of Gunnison, Colorado, and about 1.5 miles below Sapinero, Colorado. <br /> <br />Plant Facts: <br />The Blue Mesa Powerplant consists of two 43,200-kilowatt generators, driven by two <br />41,500-horsepower turbines. Each turbine is designed to operate at a maximum head of <br />about 360 feet. <br /> <br />One 16-foot-diameter penstock conveys water to the two turbines and also carries <br />waterfor the outlet works. After branching from the main penstock, each of the penstock <br />