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<br />c; <br />'-' <br />CO') <br />(::J <br />-...l <br />W <br /> <br />-1- <br /> <br />INTRODUCTION <br /> <br />A memorandum was prepared on October 4, 1940 (revised November <br /> <br /> <br />25,' 1940) by the Colorado Water Conservation Board recommending acceler- <br /> <br />ated construction of the Colorado-Big Thompson Project in order to make <br /> <br />western slope v.e.ter available to the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy <br /> <br />District not later than 1945. Supplementary to that memorandum a report <br /> <br />was prepared January 28, 1941 which discussed the amount of eleotric ener- <br /> <br />gy that oan be generated by the project, when that energy can be made <br /> <br />available, and how muoh it will oost. Progress during 1941 on the Conti- <br /> <br />nental Divide Tunnel, which heretofore had been the bottleneck of the <br /> <br />oonstruction of the project, indicetes that the essential features of the <br /> <br />projeot can be completed by 1944, if necessary funds are made available. <br /> <br />This report has been prepared to suggest a revis,A construction schedule <br /> <br />to attain essential completion of the major power plants of the project <br /> <br />by that date, and to indioate the funds that will be required eech year <br /> <br />to finanqe the construction costs. The report also indicates the amount <br /> <br />of electric energy which can be generated and its probable cost. <br /> <br />A chapter entitled "Analysi s of t he Power Systems in the terri- <br /> <br />tory tributary tc the Colorado-Big Thompson Project" has been prepared <br /> <br />by Mr.H. S. Sands, Consulting Electrical Engineer. This chapter indi- <br /> <br /> <br />cates the amount of peak demand for electric energy for the past several <br /> <br />years in the Northern Colorado, Southern Wyoming, and Western Nebraska <br /> <br />areas, which are now interconneoted, the estimated normal demand for the <br /> <br />next few years, the installed and dependable capacities, and the addition- <br /> <br />al capacity which will be available due to certain improvements and ad- <br /> <br />ditions now under way by the Public Service Company of Colorado. Addi- <br />