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<br />OPERATING
<br />HIGHLIGHTS
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<br />The !low of the Culorado Bin>r ,iboH' Lake \kat! umillt!; the first fp\\
<br />months of th.' 19.'i!:j-GO fisc.1I ~l';lr \"Olltilllll'd ,It a sllh-nunnal ralt'. lIowl'\er.
<br />a \"t'ry Iw;\\ Y slluwslorm lXTurrl.d 0\ {'r most ot Ill\" llppt'f ColoT,lJo HiveT
<br />\\"ah'rslwd durillg tlw h,t two lb~s oj ~I'p!t'mb,'r ami tll\' first of Odoher,
<br />which h..lpt.d to UJlIditillll tilt' soil 01 I Ill' \\;IIl'fSlwd ,llld illlprm,.d tht' possi-
<br />hility lor ,l ~uod fllllOll tilt' foll..\\"ilL~ sprill~, I'rt'l'ipitatillli 011 tilt' "'.Iterslwd
<br />was (.rmtic but C:l.ILtT,d]~ good 1]lru1J~h '!:lTdl, 1\)60. In .\pril the prl'dpit,l-
<br />tioll 011 tll\' \\"Lllt'rsht'u dropped Sh;lfp]~ lu a Il'H'] IIIm.1I III'lo\\' lIornMl, ;lml
<br />continlLed much helow Burma I rhrullc:h J1I1II" WhO.
<br />\Llh'r n,I,';,sl's at 1100\'l'f for power l.(l"llt'ratioll wert' reslrktt'd to ,IP-
<br />prmim,lh-]y S.W of finn Hoover ~dll"dlllt, for tIlt' lir~t e]l'n'lI months 01 tilt'
<br />fiscal Yl'ar.
<br />:\s it cnmt"llwlln' of 11\1' ,'lIrt,lil,'d sUJ1JlI~' of h~dro POWI'f ami "IIt'rg~.
<br />lh" ,-\II/hmily eurt;lil,'d h~dro ,\t.lheri,',s to il\ l'mtullwrs to &)~ of tilt' 1'011'
<br />trat..'t amollllts 01 pO\ler alld I'm'rl.(~- throtll.!hollt III\" fiscal ~l'ar, B"'<',lIlst' of
<br />this hydro emLlillllt'nt, the .\ulhorit~, purelw"l'll ami delhered substalltiall~
<br />larl.!('( qualltitit,s 01 ,,It';lIil ent,'n.~~' tu its t'ustollwrs, _\mple sllpplit's of slt"am
<br />po\n'r i1mll'lwrl.!Y hil\" IWI'II a\'aibblt, tt! thl' ,\Ilth()rit~' at all times during
<br />tlw fisl'al ~'('ar to Ilwd tIlt' lI('I'IL~ 01 ih l"llstoUlt'rs.
<br />Thl' anllllallllet'tiuA 10 pL111 the illlt'gralioll of I!uo\l'r w,lkr and pOWl'r
<br />op..ratitllLS with dowrl..tn'am n'qllifl'ulI"llls \\.1,'" held ill luid.JlII1I', 19GO. .-\t
<br />tliis Illl-'diul! it \\.IS ddt'rmillt.d th,lt millimum !luo".r walt-r fl'kasl's for
<br />downstream irril.!"tinll fl"llIirt'IlWlIb would (('snit ill 11,,0\'l'r 1..\1.lleratioll sllh.
<br />stalltially t'qllal 10;1 ]00'; firm 1'!lt'rl.!Y sclwdlll,' for JIJlII', July allll .\11\~I1St.
<br />19f:i(). It lIas Ihl' dt'l'isioll 01 lIlt' Inlc'l.!ralloll COlllmittc'I', tlwrc>fofl', Ih,Lt
<br />1I00\'l'r should ht' op<'rall'd Oil tllis sdwdlLlt' tlLTCHlt.:11 ..\ll~lIst alld tl!;\t ,Ill-
<br />olher intt'l!;ratioll lll('dilH~ should he held ill Sl'plc-mhl'r, to pl.LlI opl.'ratinm
<br />fur the lIill" Illontlh t'lLlliul! \la~ :31. 1961.
<br />The ~11';1111 1.(l'!Il'ration ('ap;ldt~ tit till' sysh'm h>l'i ],f'"l'll lIlall'ri-L1ly iu-
<br />CTt'ilst'd dllrilll.! the fi~{"al y,',u just (l.ISt. Th" t\\(I 11.5,fllIO.\...ilowatl wdts ill
<br />the (kolilln pL1Il1 of .\rizolla 1'1J\Jlie S,'r\'iel' Company, Ilear TeTllJlt'. Wl'rc'
<br />brotldll illtn ".,mllll'reLLI np"ratillll durinl.! till' sprilll.! of 19(:i0. The SO,lKKI.
<br />kilowall ~ll, 2 ullit in till' I nilll.;ton I'lallt of tl1l' Tu\'son CaS, Ell'llr!\' Lidll
<br />;tnd ]'ower Cwnp,IIlY, lIt'ar TlIt:_'Oll, was abo pl.Cl"t'tl in ('ollll1lt'rl'i.d op..ra-
<br />tion durilll.! \I.I~, W(j(l,
<br />The 10.Hls 011 lUllSI of the ~llhstaliulls (:Olllll'(:tt'd 10 thl. powt'r s~slt'lIl
<br />increased sharply durin!!; Ihe fiscal year, and ('rt'ali'd proLkl1l~ IXlth ,IS 10
<br />curn'ut operations alld fulufl' capacity addilions. TI1l' load on E. D. --l Suh.
<br />station rt',u:I1l'd Ihl' limil 01 c.lpal'ity Litl' ill thl' ~'I>,H, and some portiolls of
<br />the load 01 Eledril"aJ Di~trict ~o. -1 h,ld 10 lx- IrallSfl"Tf(,d from r.. D. -Ilin('s
<br />to thosl' of EII'{'tril"al Distrid ~tl, ,J, Tht, Clll:hise Suhstation ht'('al1\i' lJt'a\'i]~
<br />loaded at Iht, (,1ll1 01 till' YTar. priudp,lIly dllt' to a hig incn'ase ill 10.lll Oil
<br />the Sulphur Sprill\.~s \'alley EI('(.'lril' COllJll'T.llin-' system. The Cnop('r<lli\'l'
<br />is plallllinc: to add ,d)l)1Jt ~H)O().kiln\\'atts of tr,lIIsfoOlII'r c.lp;\t,'ity to the
<br />Cochise Substatioll l",fo!t, JUllt'. 196L Tht' \I,H<ln,1 Sllh~t,ltioll. which \\',lS
<br />built hy thl' Trieu EI('l'lrie Coopt'l"ati\(' bdwc'l.n S,ll!uaro s\t',lln plant aml 15
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