BOARD01914

• Board Meeting Date: 12/4/1974
• Description: Agenda or Table of Contents, Minutes, Resolution
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

3. About 8.27 million acre-feet were released to the Lower
Basin during water year 1974. During WY 1975, about
8.6 million acre-feet will be released.

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4. Inflow to Navajo Reservoir during WY 1974 was 271,000
acre-feet, or 32 percent of the long-time average.
Maximum elevation 6,035 feet will be drawn down during
the winter months to elevation 6,027 feet.

5. Flaming Gorge Reservoir filled to capacity on August 1,
1974, with a live surface storage of 3,750,000 acre-feet
and an elevation of 6,040 feet will be drawn down to
about 6,027 feet.

6. Blue Mesa Reservoir has 532,000 acre-feet of live storage
at elevation 7,483 feet. Reservoir should recede to
elevation 7,454 ,feet with an active content of 340,000
acre-feet by the time of spring runoff. Morrow Point
Reservoir will be operated at or near full regardless of
the amount of snowmelt runoff, as inflow is largely
controlled by Blue Mesa Reservoir.

II. POWER MARKETING

A. Power Marketing Outlook

1. The Bureau has limited its obligations to those presently
under contract through 1975-76 winter season.

2. The Bureau is marketing varying amounts of short-term
peaking power on a month-to-month basis.

3. All deliveries to nonpreference customers terminate by
April 1, 1975.

4. Southern division customers have been advised of with-
drawal after Ma~ch 1976.

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B. Colorado Power Mar.keting Items

1. 19 Colorado cities and REA's have contracted for about
325,000 kw of storage project power. This is about 25
percent of the CRSP output.

2. The Bureau has joined Colorado-Ute, REA, Tri-State REA,
Platte River Power Authority, Public Service of Colorado,
and Salt River Project in the inland power pool agreement
to better serve customers in this area.

C. Power Revenues in CRSP

1. Cumulative revenue through December 1974 is estimated
to be $245 million.

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