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9 <br />The Bureau of Reclamation is requesting an amendment to the <br />operation and maintenance program for fiscal year 1983. It <br />will increase total obligations by $11 million: $5.3 <br />million to be derived from power revenues collected from the <br />Colorado River Storage Project; $4 million to be collected <br />from power revenues from Hoover Dam and then appropriated <br />from the Colorado River Dam Fund; and $1.7 million to be <br />collected from power revenues on the Parker -Davis Project <br />.and then appropriated f.r.om the Rtccl-amation Tuna. <br />An increase in power rates of less than one mill on Colorado <br />River System hydropower can finance the demonstration <br />completely. The annual power production for the Colorado <br />River Storage Project, Hoover Dam, and the Parker -Davis <br />Project averaged about 12 billion kilowatt hours for the <br />years 1980 and 1981. Therefore, an approximate 5/6 mill per <br />kilowatt -hour increase in the Bureau's operation and maintenance <br />fee will fully finance the initial 3 -year phase. Financial <br />requirements will be reduced to a 5/8 mill levy for the <br />5 -year demonstration project. <br />It is estimated that an operational program could produce an <br />increase of 1.5 billion kilowatt -hours in new hydroelectric <br />power sales, far exceeding operational costs. The operational <br />weather modification program would be self - financing with a <br />