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5. Participating Projects Irrigation Investments. Column 27 of the power repayment study (Table 2) shows the portion of the participating projects irrigation investments which is to be repaid by power revenues, and Column 26 shows the power revenues av~ilable with the proposed rate. Table 11 shows the derivation of the data shown on Columns 26 and 27 of the repayment study by listing by fiscal years the distribution of M&I and power revenues. As shown, it is estimated that by the rate-setting year 2057, M&I revenues will pay $12,685,000 which leaves a balance of $1,634,463,000 to be paid from power revenues. Because of the rounding of the monthly. demand charge, as mentioned above, the power revenues available will be . $1,636,127,000 which is $1,664,000 greater than the amount needed. In determining the power and M&I revenues required for repayment of the participating projects, the remaining revenues after repayment of the power, M&I and storage units irrigation allocation are handled in the following fashion: (1) Each state is first apportioned the net power revenues from participating projects within the state plus the revenues from sale of the State's M&I water. (2) The remaining storage unit net power and M&I revenues are apportioned among the states according to the percentage formula contained in the authorizing legislation, which is as follows: Colorado - 46 percent, New Mexico - 17 percent, Utah - 21.5 percent, and Wyoming - lS.5 percent. The estimated assistance needed from the CRSP Basin Fund revenues is shown by states on Figures 14, lS, 16, and 17. The stair-steps on the graphs show the assistance needed for repayment of projects in each state if considered alone and the assistance needed based on the formula in Public Law 84-485. As will be noted from these graphs, the controlling factor is the amount needed for participating projects in the state of Utah by FY 2057. In order for the participating projects in Utah to receive the assistance they need, there must be a sufficient amount in the Basin Fund for projects in all states to receive the percentages of the total specified in the law. Meeting such requirements for Utah projects will provide funds for projects in the other states in excess of their needs based on the required assistance to presently authorized participating projects in those states. The diagonal line on each figure shows the revenues available for projects in each state, and the surplus in FY 2057 is the vertical difference between the magnitude represented by the diagonal line and the magnitude represented by the shaded stair-step. Table 12 shows, by each participating project, the fiscal year of initial service and the amount to be repaid by power and M&I revenues. At the present time, there are no definite schedules for construction of the Fruitland Mesa, LaBarge, San Miguel, Savery-Pot Hook, or West Divide Projects, and yet the projects are not de-authorized. For purposes of th.e power repayment study, it has been assumed that construction of these projects would start sometime in the 2020 through 2030 period, and that initial water service would be in FY 2031. Thus, assistance from CRSP 45