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<br />, <br />~- <br /> <br />1I00924 <br /> <br />-4- <br /> <br />Tnis also appli~s to prnctioally all plants loc~~ed in southeastern Colorado, <br /> <br />eust of La Junta. <br /> <br />West of La Junta ~ost of the power plants in the Arkansas River <br /> <br />Basin use coal-fired steam boilers for the generAtion of elEfctric energy. <br /> <br />The large coal reserves in this area offer a:nple opportunity f<r the pro- <br /> <br />dootion of vast amounts of pO'ier to supply too future needs of this region. <br /> <br />A number of' hydro-electric plants are in operation on some of the <br /> <br />mountain streamswost of Pueblo. The seasonal rIa., of these streams and <br /> <br />other factors affect the production of unifo!"m pC1Her in the:36 hydro-plants. <br /> <br />The operation of steam plants in c amection with these hydro-plants is there- <br /> <br />fore reoessary to firm up this enorgy to secure dependable power. The <br /> <br />future development of hydro-electric eoorgy in tm Upper Arkansas Riwr basin <br /> <br />will depend almost entirely upon too use of water impo.-ted into the basin <br /> <br />fran the headwaters of the Gunnison and Roarine; ...t;'ork o!' too Colorado River <br /> <br />Basin. <br /> <br />At the present ti.rre about two-thirds of the eleo+:dc energy <br /> <br />generated in the Arkansas River Basin in Colorado is produced in coal-fired <br /> <br />steam pl.o.nts. Hydro-electric plants located on vliYious tributaries of the <br /> <br />Arknnslls River west of Pueblo produce about twenty per'oent of th:ia. electric <br />02....oe~~ <br />~ and the balance is produced in plants using gas and oil as fuel. <br /> <br />Rei'grenceSI <br /> <br />Cola.t~do Yearbook - 1939-1940 - State Planning Co.~ission. <br />Federal POo'ier COlMllssion - Directory of E10ctric Uti litles <br />in the Uni tad Stutes - 1940. <br />Federal Power Ooumission - Director; of Eleotric Generating <br />Plants in th3 Ur.J.ted States - January 1941. <br />tevel ;rnent of Electric POifer Industry in Colo~a.do - 1916- <br />1936 - State Plan:'l.ing Co:::rr.issicn - June, 1938. <br />f1cGraw Central Station Directory - 1937. <br />