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<br />IV' >)275 <br />Ul.'", <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />districts. In addition, PSCo would pay taxes on the newly constructed <br />transmission line. Assuming the construction cost of the 115 kV line would be <br />about $3 million, annual property taxes, which would go to the County and <br />districts, would be approximately $87,000. <br /> <br />3.3 Efficient Use of Resources. <br /> <br />Previous planning efforts by Reclamation identified evaporation of the saline <br />waters as the most suitable disposal method, but this was not a beneficial use <br />of the water under Colorado water law. However, the proposed generation of <br />electrical power, with its waste heat used to produce marketable salt and <br />distilled water available for domestic, commercial or industrial use, is an <br />efficient use of the State's resources. Natural gas burns very efficiently <br />resulting in practically total combustion with little pollution. In addition, <br />salinity pollution affecting downstream water users would be reduced. <br /> <br />3.4 Fuel Diversity. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Coal-fired power generation accounts for 71 percent ~f the total generating <br /> <br />capacity in the State of Colorado, while gas and oil ~CC0unt for 0nly 4 <br /> <br /> <br />pe,cent. The proposed natural gas-fired cogeneration facility would <br /> <br />diversify energy resources used for electric utility generation in the State <br /> <br />and would use an energy resource, natural gas, that is far less polluting than <br /> <br />coal, the traditionally used fuel. In addi tion, such use '''ould enhance the <br /> <br />development of natural gas resources, possibly creating edditional jobs in <br /> <br />economically depressed parts of the State. <br /> <br />3.5 Local Support. <br /> <br />In February 1989, potential Sponsors began efforts to i~form local public <br /> <br />officials of the proposal for the development, constructi':Jn. and operation of <br /> <br />a desalination/cogeneration facility in Glenw00d Sprinos. Letters 'cere <br /> <br /> <br />written to the city of Glenwood Springs, the Garfield '.-"'J'lt.y Ccmll1issic>ncls. <br /> <br />the Garfield County Economic Development Group Inc.. Stete legislat0rs. the <br /> <br /> <br />Governor, and U.S. Congressmen. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />14 <br />