PROJ00181

• Contract/PO #: C153161
• Contractor Name: Hayden, Town of
• Contract Type: Loan
• Water District: 0
• County: Routt
• Bill Number: SB 77-35
• Loan Projects - Doc Type: Feasibility Study

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Population Projections

Population projections that have been made for Western Colorado are al-
most invariably related to the growth and development of the energy industry.
Population projections by the Regional Planning Staff of Routt County are given in
the general land use plan for Routt County adopted in 1973 and are considered to
be quite low in view of energy development since that time.
Therefore, any discussion of population projections must begin with a
discussion of the over-all energy picture. This section will deal first with
some aspects of the National energy picture as derived by recent studies and statis-
tical data. Secondly, it will investigate energy growth and development within
the State of Colorado and then specifically with the coal development in Routt
County which is classified as being in the Green River Region for fuel production.
These energy development projections will be used as a basis of population projec-
tions for the Town of Hayden up to the year 1996.
The Federal Power Commission has compiled data concerning electrical energy
consumption in the years 1965 - 1975, as shown in Table 7 below.

TABLE 7
Total Kilowatt Population Kil owatt Hours Aver.' Percent
Year Hrs. (Millions) (Millions) Per Capita Inc./Year
1965 1,055,252 191.4 5,513
1968 1,329,443 193.2 6,674 7.0
1969 1 ,442,183 201.2 7,168 7.40
1970 1,531,609 203.235 7,536 4.88
1971 1,613,936 205.1 7,869 4.42
1972 1,747,323 206.9 8,445 7.32
1973 1,856,216 208.8 8,890 5.27
1974 1,944,084 210.7 9,213 3.63
1975 212.800 Average 5.87
The average national increase in electrical energy over the previous ten
yea rs has been approximately 5.8715 percent per year per capita.
Nearly 80% of this energy was produced from, steam generating plants in the

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