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Non - Federal Parties may adopt operating procedures to more fully explain the Parties' <br />actions pursuant to the MOA. <br />C. Further the cooperative relationships among CRSP water and power beneficiaries. <br />DEFINITIONS <br />For the purposes of this Agreement, the following terms are defined as follows: <br />1. MOA Revenues Power revenues collected pursuant to this MOA and CRSPA, as amended <br />and supplemented, that are utilized by Reclamation for the purposes described in section B <br />of this MOA. <br />2. Colorado River Storage Project A Bureau of Reclamation project that includes four initial <br />storage units: Glen Canyon, Flaming Gorge, Navajo, and the Wayne N. Aspinall Storage <br />Unit. Authorized along with, but not part of the initial units listed above, are a number of <br />participating projects whose irrigation construction costs are repaid by power revenues. <br />These participating projects are listed in the authorization paragraphs of the Colorado River <br />Storage Project Act and subsequent legislation, identifed in this MOA as CRSP or CRSPA. <br />3. Colorado River Storage Proiect Act Public Law 485, approved by the President of the <br />United States on April 11, 1956, codified at 43 U.S.C. § 620 et seq., as amended and <br />supplemented, identified in this MOA as CRSPA. <br />4. Cost Recovery Charge (CRC) An additional charge that may be imposed by Western on <br />all delivered sustainable hydropower energy deliveries that may, at times, be applicable <br />when cost recovery is at risk due to low hydropower generation and high power prices.' A <br />CRC is imposed when necessary to adequately maintain a sufficient cash balance in the <br />Upper Colorado River Basin Fund .2 On an annual basis, Western estimates availability of <br />revenue in the Basin Fund, at the beginning and end of the fiscal year, to maintain a Basin <br />Fund target balance for the following year, and to limit the annual loss to the Basin Fund. <br />Once Western determines the amount of revenue available in the Basin Fund for anticipated <br />expenses, it will determine if additional revenue is needed and will include this amount in the <br />customer's firm power bill through the assessment of a CRC. <br />5. Federal Parties The U. S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation and the U. S. <br />Department of Energy, Western Area Power Administration. <br />6. Interim Period The period between the date on which the last Party executes this MOA and <br />September 30, 2025. <br />7. Non - Federal Parties The States of Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming and <br />CREDA. <br />'Rate Order WAPA -117, January 18, 2005. <br />s Rate Order WAPA -137, September 4, 2008. <br />3 Rate Order WAPA -117, August 15, 2005. <br />