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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Hydroelectric Powerplant <br /> <br />Map Code - Blue 1 <br /> <br />Project Name: Shoshone Dam and Hydroelectric Powerplant <br /> <br />Company: Public Service Company of Colorado <br />P.O. Box 840 <br />Denver, Colorado 80201 <br /> <br />County: Garfield County, Colorado <br /> <br />Location: On the Colorado River 8 miles east of Glenwood Springs <br />T. 5.S., R. 87 W. <br /> <br />Capacity: 15,400 kW maximum capacity <br />14,400 kWeffective capability <br /> <br />Technology: Hydroelectric generation <br />Resource Base: Flow of the Colorado River <br /> <br />Resource Requirement: The plant diverts and returns a maximum of <br />1,400 cfs from the Colorado River through a <br />2 1/3 mile diversion tunnel <br /> <br />Current Status: The plant has been in operation since June 1909 <br /> <br />Comments: The project has some of the most senior water rights on the <br />Colorado River in Colorado. <br /> <br />Information Source: 6 <br /> <br />23 <br />