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Assumptions: <br />(1) Legislation is pending in Congress that would limit the cost share expected from the states and <br />power users. The State of Colorado's share for the Upper Colorado and San Juan River <br />Programs is assumed not to exceed $9 million, which is about 54.4 percent of the $17 million of <br />the states' share of the $100 million total for capital expenditures under this program. New <br />Mexico shall provide $2.54 million (15% of the states' share), Utah will provide $3.51 million <br />(20.6% of the states' share), and Wyoming shall provide $1.7 million (10% of the states' share). <br />These shares correspond to the amount of water each state is allowed to deplete from the Upper <br />Colorado River Basin under the terms of the Upper Colorado River Basin Compact. The federal <br />government and national customers of the Western Area Power Administration will pay for the <br />balance. <br />(2) The State of Colorado's share of the Platte River Cooperative Agreement will not exceed $15 <br />million over the 15 year life of the program to provide regulatory assurance for continued use of <br />existing water facilities in the Platte River basin. This is 40 percent of the states' share of this <br />anticipated $75 million state- federal - private partnership. Nebraska will provide $15 million <br />(40% of the states' share), and Wyoming will provide $7.5 million (20% of the states' share). <br />These shares correspond to the amount of water each state is estimated to have depleted <br />historically from the Platte River in accordance with the terms of the South Platte Compact and <br />North Platte decree. The federal government will pay for the balance ($37.5 million). <br />(3) The precise sequence of when the construction of the capital projects will commence, and what <br />project will be undertaken depends on federal legislation, specific agreements between the states, <br />the cooperative involvement of landowners and local governments and other factors. However, <br />these are projects that have already been identified by the program participants for <br />implementation over the next three - years. <br />