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<br />01S9 <br />10 <br /> <br />FRYL'iGPAN,ARKANSAS PROJECT, COLORADO <br /> <br />power and encrg)'P" to he marketed from the Fryingpnn-Arklll\sns <br />project. They proposed to nUlke It\"llilnhle t.heir c:xist.ing and proposed <br />transmission facilities to "wheel" the electric energy produced by the <br />project t.o preference customers. .Also, under their proposal, the <br />companies would purcLnse tlny project energy in excess of thlLt con- <br />tracted for by the preference customers. A rcpl'escllttlti\'P of the <br />compunics npPClued heforc the committee lignin this yenl' nnd re- <br />affirmed their proposal. The companies' view is; t.hut the use of their <br />transmission fnciJit.i(ls would benefit the Federal Govermrwnt. IUlll all <br />others concerned. <br />In connection with the proposal of the private utilities. the follow- <br />ing amendment was offered find considered by the committee: <br /> <br />(b) In the phulJ1ing of trn,nsmission lines and relntecl <br />facilities for this project, the Secretary of t,he Interior shill! <br />give the plect.ric eompflnies openltiIlg in the flrell, oppor- <br />tunit,y to pnrtieipllte in the investigntions, surveys nnd <br />studies, and to develop nll.ernnte proposals for const.ruction <br />of such works und proyi~ion of sllch sen.~ices ns may be <br />necessary to Illitke the powcr !llld energy gcnerllted nt' this <br />project ILvflihtble in wholesnle quantities for snle, at rll,tes <br />t.o be determined in llccordunce with the provisions of sec- <br />tion 2(c), to the :FeJeml Government. public bodies., cooperlt- <br />tives, itnd privately owned companies. No tnUlsrnission <br />facilities shall lIe undertaken hy the Secretnry, except as <br />hfive beeIl approved by resolutioas adopted by the Com- <br />mittees on Interior nnd Insular Affnirs of the Senate nnd <br />House of Representatives, respectively, on the bnsis of 11 <br />report or reports submit,t~d by the Secretfuy [tIlll approved <br />by the Director of the Bureau of the Budget find (,he Presi- <br />dent, us being in conformity with his policYI covering perti- <br />nent information on each fetlt,urel induding (but not limited <br />to) its capacity MlCllocntion, its est,imnt.ed cost, and the plan <br />of operation, as well 11S comptHfi.ble informiLtion for the <br />various mnjor altcrnnti \reS proposed. <br /> <br />It was contended that t.he fLmendment would provide assurnnce <br />thut llJJ interested Pllrt.ics would lln\"(' nIl opportunity to eooperate in <br />the plunninD" of t,he faeilities for the tnlnsmission nod Illl1rket.ing of <br />Fryingpnn-.:\rknnsHs power find energy, nnd nlso provide nssurunce <br />t,llltt tho proposal of the private ut.ilities would receive full consider- <br />ation in ttrriving nt, it decision ns to the transmission fu.;ilitics to be <br />provided, who should provide t}lem, llnd how t.lwy sllOuld be opr~n1tcd. <br />There wns consi(lernble discussion of the llmendment in the com- <br />mittee. The eOllullittct~'s final deeisiuH WllS to seL out, it.s position <br />with respect to t.he 1I11lPIHlment [tlld to the propositi of {,he power com- <br />panies in this report. A majority or the cOlllmittee members flre in <br />p-enl:'ru1 ngrecment with t,he t.hought. cxpl"~ssed in t.but. purt of ~he <br />languugc or the lIIl1clltlment whie-h goes to the lIlatter or cooperatIOn <br />with t.he pl'ivttte utilities. The utilit.ies should hl1ve full kllowledge <br />of fill t.he st.eps that go into the plll.nnill~ of the project power oper- <br />ations. Also, full considcrn,tioll should be given to t.he proposal or <br />the privllt.e utilities Illl(l [,here should be full and complete disclosure <br />of all pertinent fficts that rclate to the decision with respect to such <br />pl'Opos,,1. <br />