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<br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />CHAPTER II <br /> <br />COMPREHENSIVE PLAN <br /> <br />on the magnitude and timing of the upstream depletions with respect to the <br />timing of the Juniper project development. In view of the indicated possi- <br />bilities, however, future depletions in Yampa River flows at Juniper Reser- <br />voir may well approach 100,000 acre-feet annually in the not too distant <br />future. Such a depletion would decrease by the same amount the water supplY <br />available for power production at the Juniper powerplant as it is likely <br />that irrigation uses by the project and the continuous 200-second-foot <br />release for the downstream fishery would have priority over the project <br />peaking power water uses. Thus the available firm peaking power water of <br />276,000 acre-feet annually, as previously estimated from the past stream- <br />flow data and used in the foregoing project evaluations, would be reduced <br />to about 176,000 acre-feet annually. The minimum monthly plant factor for <br />the 27,500-kilowatt peaking power operations would correspondingly be <br />reduced from about 18 percent to nearly 11 percent. The peaking energy <br />production would be decreased accordingly, with the long-term average annual <br />energy production of 96,000,000 kilowatt-hours annually reduced to about <br />80,000,000 kilowatt7hours annually. Thus the average annual power benefits <br />shown in the foregoing analyses would be decreased by about $43,000 annu- <br />ally and the power revenues would be reduced by $48,000 annually. <br /> <br />The effect on power production of future upstream depletions of 100,000 <br />acre-feet would be offset if the total irrigable area of the Juniper project <br />were reduced from 100,000 acres to about 75,000 acres. Such a reduction in <br />acreage could result from detailed land classification, engineering,and <br />economic studies. <br /> <br />58 <br /> <br />