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M M M M M M ' r M M M M M' M M M M M <br />Table ES-1 (Continued) <br />Impact Findings of Environmental Assessment <br />Executive Summaryl/ <br />Impacts of the <br />Potentially Affected Resource Impacts of the Proposed Action "No Action" Alternative <br />J. Electrical Power Generation The assumed flow regimes would result in Same as the Proposed Action. <br />unavailable generating capacity and/or <br />rescheduled generation at Flaming Gorge and <br />Aspinall, causing a short-term financial <br />loss to Western of $858,451/year. Western <br />would respond by increasing the SLCA-IP <br />rate by 1.1 percent after 1999. <br />Since the region is presently experiencing Same as the Proposed Action. <br />excess capacity, there will be no need to <br />replace the unavailable generating capability <br />until after the turn of the century. If a <br />therael facility were built as a replacement <br />N measure, its annual cost is estimated as <br />$5.8 million, and could cause retail rates to <br />increase as much as 4 percent. However, there <br />may be less costly means to replace the un- <br />available capacity. <br />In addition, if sufficient operational flexi- Same as the Proposed Action. <br />bility can be accommodated in the flow regime <br />for Flaming Gorge without causing significant <br />adverse impacts elsewhere, capacity impacts <br />would be eliminated, causing the future retail <br />rate impact to drop below 0.2 percent. <br />K. Social Concerns The Recovery Implementation Program would There would be increasing conflict and litiga- m <br />reduce conflict and litigation between tion over endangered species preservation and <br />endangered species preservation and water water development. 3 <br />development. n