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<br /> <br />TheSLCA's power <br />marketing responsibility <br />begins at the switchyard <br />of Federal hydroelectric <br />power projects and <br />includes the Federal <br />transmission system used <br />to deliver power to its <br />customers. <br /> <br />The Salt Lake City Area <br /> <br />The Salt Lake City Area is responsible for marketing power from the <br />Colorado River Storage (CRSP/, Collbran, Rio Grande, Seedskadee, <br />Dolores and Provo River proj~cts to customers located in Utah, Colorado, <br />Wyoming, Nevada, Arizona ard New Mexico. Components of CRSP <br />include Glen Canyon Dam, F!aming Gorge Dam, and ,the Aspinall Units <br />- Blue Mesa, Crystal and Morrow Point Dams. The Seedskadee Project <br />includes the Fontenelle Powefplant. These facilities have a maximum <br />generating capacity of more than 1,700 MW. The Collbran Project's two <br />powerplants, Upper and Low~r Molina, can generate 14 MW. The Rio <br />Grande Project's Elephant Bl\t1e Powerplant, can generate 28 MW. The <br />Dolores Project's two facilities, McPhee and Towaoc Powerplants, can <br />generate 14 MW. : <br />! <br />In 1987, the Colorado River $torage, Collbran, and Rio Grande Projects <br />were integrated for marketing and rate-making purposes. These facilities <br />are now known as the Salt L~ke City Area Integrated Projects (SLCN!P). <br /> <br />Power Marketing In Brief <br /> <br />The SLCNs principal marketing objectives are: <br /> <br />. To market and transmit F~deral power and energy. <br /> <br />. To sell Federal power at (he lowest possible rates sufficient to recover <br />costs, consistent with laws and sound business principles. <br /> <br />. To encourage customers ito consider energy efficiency programs within <br />their Integrated Resource Plans. <br /> <br />The SLCNs power marketing responsibility begins at the switchyard of <br />Federal hydroelectric power projects and includes the Federal transmis- <br />sion system used to deliveriPower to its customers. The hydroelectric <br />powerplants in the SLCNs ~ix-state area are owned and operated by the <br />Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) and the International Boundary and <br />Water Commission. These agencies manage and release water In accor- <br />dance with the various acts authorizing specific projects and with other <br />enabling legislation. <br /> <br />Who gets Federal power: :As required by the Reclamation Project Act of <br />1939, the SLCA must give 'preference to certain types of customers over <br />others wanting to purchas~ Federal power. Preference customers include <br />municipalities, State and ~ederal agencies, irrigation districts, public <br />utility districts, Indian tribfs, and rural electric cooperatives. <br /> <br />The SLCA has entered intJ contracts with customers and utilities to <br />market Federal resources In excess of Reclamation's project use require- <br />ments. Most of the SLCN~ major power marketing contracts are for the <br />sale of long-term firm power. The SLCA provides other related services to <br />the extent that it has resources available. Such services include the <br />delivery or receipt of intetchanges of energy, emergency assistance, <br />operation and maintenante service, firm and nonfirm transmission <br />service, short-term firm ard nonfjrm energy sales. It also enters into <br />transmission interconnection, reserve pooling, and scheduling and <br />dispatch agreements with other utilities. <br /> <br />Determination of Resources: Marketing electrical power from the SLCA <br />necessitates determining! what resources are available for sale under long- <br />term firm contract. The primary power resource available to the SLCA is <br />, <br /> <br />