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<br />. <br /> <br />Hydroelectric Powerplant <br /> <br />Map Code - Blue 4 <br /> <br />Project Name: Blue Mesa Dam and Hydroelectric Powerplant <br /> <br />Company: Western Area Power Administration <br />U . S. Department of Energy <br />P.O. Box 11606 <br />Salt Lake City, Utah 84147 <br /> <br />County: Gunnison County, Colorado <br /> <br />Location: On the Gunnison River 24 miles west of the City of Gunnison <br />T. 48 N., R. 4 W. <br /> <br />Capacity: 60,000 kW - two generating units <br /> <br />Technology: Hydroelectric generation <br /> <br />Resource Base: Blue Mesa Reservoir - active storage <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Reservoir <br /> <br />'.. Acre Feet <br /> <br />Elevation (ft) <br /> <br />Maximum storage <br />Rated head <br />Minimum power <br />Surface area (full) <br />Reservoir length (full) <br /> <br />829,523 <br />249,395 <br />81,070 <br />9,180 A <br />24 Mi <br /> <br />7,519 <br />7,438 <br />7,393 <br /> <br />Current Status: Operational since 1965 <br /> <br />Comments: Blue ~~sa Reservoir is one of the three reservoirs of the <br />Wayne N. Aspinall Unit (fonnerly the Curecanti Unit). Blue <br />Mesa provides nearly all of the long-tenn regulation for all <br />three powerplants (Blue Mesa, Morrow Point, and Crystal). <br />Morrow Point provides peaking power and Crystal provides <br />reregulation and low level constant hydropower production. <br /> <br />Information Source: 10 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />26 <br />