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<br />use during the 1969 season to September 30 included 414,622 visitors,
<br />an increase of 60 percent over the same period in 1968,
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<br />A joint Bureau of Reclamation-National Park Service visitor
<br />center at Cimarron, Colorado - gateway to Morrow Point Dam and
<br />to Crystal Reservoir - is planned for construction beginning in 1971.
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<br />C. TRANSMISSION DIVISION
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<br />The Transmission Division includes facilities for the delivery of
<br />Colorado River Storage Project power to major load centers or to
<br />delivery points from which other agencies may transmit the power
<br />to load centers and to interconnect the generating plants of the
<br />Colorado River Storage Project with each other and with adjacent
<br />Federal, public, and private utility transmission systems,
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<br />Construction Activities
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<br />Construction of the Colorado River Storage Project backbone
<br />transmission system with associated communications and control
<br />facilities is essentially complete, including the connecting link to
<br />eastern Colorado, the Poncha (Salida) -Midway section of the Cure-
<br />canti-Midway 230-kv. line. The Poncha-Midway section and the Mid-
<br />way terminal substation (between Colorado Springs and Pueblo) were
<br />placed in service on July 31, 1969. Work has been finished under the
<br />contract awarded during July 1967 for constructing access roads for
<br />maintaining the southern half of the Curecanti-Hayden 230-kv. trans-
<br />mission line. About 25 percent of the work has been finished under a
<br />contract awarded in August 1969 for building access roads to serve
<br />the northern half of the Curecanti-Hayden 230-kv. transmission line,
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<br />Four series capacitor banks are now being installed under a
<br />$609,049 contract awarded May 16, 1969. Two of the capacitor sta-
<br />tions are being installed north of the Flagstaff Substation - one in
<br />each line _ and the other two stations are being installed north of the
<br />Pinnacle Peak Substation, one in each line. These capacitor stations
<br />will increase the capacity of the Bureau of Reclamation's and the
<br />Arizona Public Service Company's transmission lines by improving
<br />stability and by better balancing the power flows. Since the Arizona
<br />Public Service Company will share in the benefits from the capacitor
<br />stations, the company will pay for one of the Pinnacle Peak stations,
<br />Operation and maintenance of all four stations will be by the BureaU
<br />of Reclamation, Construction of the capacitor stations is expected to
<br />be completed early in 1970.
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<br />Power Marketing
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<br />During the twelve months endin S
<br />at Colorado River Storage Pro 'ect gl eptember 30',1969, generation
<br />for any similar perl'od' j, , p ants reached Its greatest level
<br />- Sll1ce pO\ver prod t' f'
<br />The total generation t d uc lOn lrst started in 1963
<br />, amoun e to 4280350000 ' '
<br />whIch 2 970 000 000 k'l tt h '" kilowatt-hours of
<br />, "Iowa - ours were t db'
<br />yon powerplant The b 1 genera e y the Glen Can-
<br />, a ance was suppI' d b F
<br />Gorge, and Blue Mesa g t Ie y ontenelle, Flaming
<br />enera ors,
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<br />Power loads in the marketin a ' ,
<br />an extent that the Stora P ,g rea are contll1ull1g to grow to such
<br />electric generating capac~e d~~!i~ct needed almost all of its installed
<br />commitments, The four p y 1 g the summer months to meet firm
<br />, owerp an ts of the St P'
<br />~ll1g at full capacity under exist' " orage r~ject were run-
<br />bons, which exceeded 0 '11' 1l1~ condltlOns to fulfIll firm obliga-
<br />energy to Hoover D ne ml lOn kilowatts, including the transfer of
<br />"d f' , am power contracto t 1
<br />e lclencies" in firm ,rs 0 rep ace the so-called
<br />f power generatlOn tt 'b t d b
<br />o the Interior to the operati fan u e y the Secretary
<br />Colorado River Storage P . on 0 reservoirs of the Upper Basin's
<br />rOject.
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<br />The total generating ca abTt f
<br />to 1,100,000 kilowatts as / II? 0 all the powerplants increased
<br />levels, The small amount- f eservOlfs reached their highest storage
<br />,,0 excess generat' th t .
<br />used for operating reserves a d t . lOn a was aVailable was
<br />they experienced problems W~th tOha~slst oth~r power systems when
<br />als ' . 1 e Il1crease m ge t'
<br />o mcreased to over $21 '11' f nera lOn, revenues
<br />t d ml lOn or the 12 th
<br />o ate amounts to $73,900,000, mon s. Total revenue
<br />
<br />~uring 1969, the Bureau of Reclamat' . ,
<br />set aSIde certain power all t' lOn took offICIal action to
<br />oca lOns From th t'
<br />were made to preference customer : e Ime the allocations
<br />nal142 allottees had completed f s m 1963, a total of 79 of the origi-
<br />had not signed for any portion o:~e~~w~r co~tracts, leaving 63 that
<br />power available to others, nearly all of tha o~atlOns, In order to make
<br />pleted contracts were notT d' J e a lottees who had not com-
<br />would be rescinded as of A 1 Ie m uly 1969 that their allotments
<br />pJ['ted by that date. ugust 11, 1969, unless contracts, were com-
<br />
<br />, An excess of 300 megawatts of
<br />Withdrawn allocations, This acti d energy was represented by the
<br />watts available. It has b k on oes not suddenly make 300 mega-
<br />Wo Id een nown for som t' h
<br />u not purchase Stora e P , e Ime t at many allottees
<br />permitted to place additio~al roject power. Existing customers were
<br />~hc former allottees wish to p~~~unt~,under contract. Should any of
<br />t~ncts, will be negotiated on the bas~ lr~ power at a later date, con.
<br />a t tIme, aSlS 0 the power uncommitted at
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