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V'~J I State of Wyoming very wisely, when the dam was built under the Water Supply Act, acquired an increment of space in the reservoir and have since marketed that to the Sun Oil Company and the Pacific Power and Light company. The Pacific Power and Light Company just a few days ago reviewed their detailed plans for the development of a million and a half kilowatt plant at the Jim Bridger site which is near Rock Springs. That plant is in the very active development stage and will be in construction in the not too distant future. I have included in my report a few comments about the Emery County Project. This is Joe's Valley Dam which was completed just a few years ago. The utah Power and Light Company has been acquiring water from local water users for pri- mary rights and has also been negotiating a contract between the conservancy district, the Bureau of Reclamation and themselves for the conversion of some of this project water to an industrial use. This is an example of the trend that I think many of you have anticipated where the old traditional uses of water are being converted in a proper way to a new industrial higher order of use. I On the next page is our construction pro- gram. This is a recent scene that shows the underground powerplant at Morrow Point. The three units there are well along and we expect to be producing power there this fall. The limiting factor on the time would be the in- stallation of the underground cable, the leadouts to take the power from the plant up through the switchyard. These are not being suspended in the air. They are being placed underground. The cost for about 2,000 feet is almost $200,000 so you can see on the per foot basis it gets to be pretty expensive cable. But it does have a very definite esthetic value and minimizes perhaps some of the operating problems. This is an artist view of the Crystal devel- opment, below Morrow Point. When we have Crystal