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<br />. <br />I <br />I <br />I. <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />GENERAL <br /> <br />This report demonstrates that a transmission system adequate <br /> <br />to dispose of all the Colorado River Storage Project power can probably <br /> <br />be constructed within the estimated costs contained in the project report <br /> <br />upon which authorization of the project under Public Law 485 was based. <br /> <br />This should permit the Secretary of the Interior in the immediate future <br /> <br />to establish interim power rates for the sale of the power to be generated. <br /> <br />For any reasonable consideration of the private utilities pro- <br /> <br />posal for the construction of the transmission system it is now essential <br /> <br />that the private utilities definitely and unequivocally specify the charges <br /> <br />and other terms under which they will guarantee: <br /> <br />1. Delivery of project power to preference customers. <br /> <br />2. Interchange to permit preference customers to achieve <br /> <br />maximum economy and capacity from adjoining Federal systems as well <br /> <br />as their own generating capacity and <br /> <br />3. Provide for mutual standby and reserve. <br /> <br />Then and only then can the Congress, the Department of Interior, <br /> <br />the Bureau of Reclamation and the preference customers determine with <br /> <br />any logic the merits of the private utility proposal. <br /> <br />- 15 - <br />