Energy Study Letter of Transmittal

• Title: Energy Study Letter
• Date: 11/4/2008
• IBCC - Doc Type: Needs Assessment & Technical Support

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November 4, 2008
Eric Hecox
Manager, Office of Interbasin Compact Negotiations
Colorado Department of Natural Resources
Room 718
1313 Sherman St.
Denver, CO 80203
Dear Eric:
This letter serves as official transmittal to the State of Colorado and your office
of the Energy Development ~1Uater Needs Assessment, Phase I Report. The
Phase I Report will remain as a"draft" until such time that we complete Phase
II and review the total study. As you know, this study is a project of the
Colorado Basin and Yampa/ White Basins Roundtables. It is an important piece
of our consumptive needs assessments. This notice of transmittal is by the
Colorado Basin Roundtable only, the subj ect of a unanimous vote approving
the Phase I Report taken on October 20, 2008. The Yampa/White Roundtable
is still reviewing the study.
Our vote recognized the value of the ~300,000 grant of Senate Bill 179 funds
for the project, as approved by the Colorado Water Conservation Board. We
strongly recommend that the study be moved forward to a conclusion. Our
j oint Energy Committee will be working with your staff in the coming weeks to
commission Phase II.
Certain findings of the study bear highlighting.
The study surveyed the future water demands of the natural gas, coal,
uranium and oil shale sectors. It clearly found that oil shale looms as the
biggest factor in water supply planning. Within the oil shale sector, there are
three distinct water demands - water for production, water for the electricity to
power the production, water for the population that will move to the region to
work in the industry. Of these three factors, water for thermoelectric power
tops the list, by far.
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