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<br />20 REPORT OF COLORADO RIVER COMMISSION OF NEVADA <br /> <br />FORT MOHAVE DEVELOPMENT AREA <br /> <br />Negotiations were initiated late in 1965 to purchase the Fort Mohave <br /> <br /> <br />Development Area from the United States for $3,055,000. The impetus to <br /> <br /> <br />enter into these negotiations was the proposal made by the Southern Califor- <br /> <br /> <br />nia Edison Company to construct a 1,500 megawatt coal-fired, steam-electric <br /> <br />generating plant in that area. <br /> <br /> <br />The proposal by Southern California Edison Company would require the <br /> <br /> <br />purchase by that company of approximately 2,500 acres of land in the north- <br /> <br /> <br />ern part of the Fort Mohave area and the use of up to 30,000 acre feet of <br /> <br />water from the Colorado River for a period of at least 35 years. Negotiations <br />were carried on with the Edison Company throughout the year reaching a <br />stage where the State of Nevada and Clark County were assured of the suffi- <br />cient benefits to warrant entering into contracts with the company for the <br />purchase of land and water to meet the company's needs. <br />The interest of potential developers in the Fort Mohave Development Area <br />was greatly stimulated by the Southern California Edison Company's pro- <br /> <br />posal. It is evident that the construction of the large steam-electric generating <br /> <br /> <br />plant will hasten the development of the entire Fort Mohave area. <br /> <br />J <br />J <br />J <br /> <br />i" <br />