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<br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />CHAPTER III <br /> <br />INITIAL DEVELOPMENT <br /> <br />With the initial development the Juniper project power revenues and <br />costs could be pooled in the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund or the proj- <br />ect power costs could be paid from the project power revenues without <br />being pooled in the fund since the costs could be paid with interest in <br />less than 50 years. If pooled in the basin fund, the Juniper project <br />power costs and revenues would slightly increase the amount of power <br />revenues in the fund that would otherwise be available for apportionment <br />to Colorado and would slightly decrease the amount available to other <br />upper basin States. If the Juniper project power revenues and costs were <br />net peeled in the fund, the power costs could be paid in a period ef 47 <br />years and net power revenues available after repayment of power costs <br />would accrue to Colorado. <br /> <br />Summary of Repayment <br /> <br />A summary of cost allocations and sources of repayment for the ini- <br />tial development is shown in the table on the following page. <br /> <br />Effects of Possible Future Upstream Depletions <br /> <br />As discussed in Chapter II, depletions in Yampa River flows at Juni- <br />per Reservoir from future upstream water developments and uses may approach <br />100,000 acre-feet annually in the not too distant future. Such depletions <br />would reduce the available firm peaking power water of 576,000 acre-feet <br />annually as used in the foregoing project water supply and power evalua- <br />tions in this chapter to about 476,000 acre-feet annually. Thus the mini- <br />mum monthly and annual plant factors for the 27,500 kilowatts of peaking <br />power capacity would be reduced from about 38 percent to about 31 percent. <br />The average long-term total energy production of 148,000.000 kilowatt- <br />hours annually at the powerplant would be reduced by about 16.000,000 <br />kilowatt-hours to a total of 132,000,000 kilowatt-hours. Annual power <br />benefits shown in the foregoing analysis would be reduced by about $40.000 <br />annually and power revenues would be reduced by about $48,000 annually. <br />The reductions would take place gradually depending on the timing of the <br />JUhiper project initial development with respect to the timing and magni- <br />tude of the future upstream developments and stream depletions. <br /> <br />73 <br />