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<br /> <br /> <br />PUBLIC COMMENTS OF KENETECH WINDPOWER <br />INC. <br />TO WESTERN AREA POWER ADMINISTRATION <br />REGARDING THE REPLACEMENT PROCESS <br />FOR LOST GLEN CANYON DAM POWER <br /> <br />. KENETECH Windpower Inc. (KWI) believes that Western Area <br />Power Administration 0NAPA) should replace lost Glen Canyon <br />Dam power with other renewable resources to the greatest extent <br />possible. <br /> <br />· KWI fully supports WAPA's stated objective of promoting renewable <br />resource development in the context of the replacement of the Glen <br />Canyon Resource. <br /> <br />. KWI supports Western's commitment to the use of integrated <br />resource planning principles as it considers replacement of Glen <br />Canyon Dam power. <br /> <br />. As WAPA considers the full range of possible resource replacement <br />options for the Glen Canyon resource, KWI believes that it is <br />appropriate to consider the value which a wind resource would add <br />to the WAPA system. Wind energy is renewable, cost effective, and <br />reliable resource which has no associated emissions, and requires no <br />fuel source. These advantages and benefits are likely to become <br />even more evident in the future when fuel prices are likely to <br />increase and environmental regulations become more restrictive. <br /> <br />. KWI urges WAPA to include, as part of its reponto Congress, an <br />analysis of risk management as it penains to the acquisition of <br />replacement resources for the Glen Canyon resource. Specifically, <br />WAPA should analyze the potential risk reducing benefits <br />associated with the investment in renewable resources. <br /> <br />. KWI urges WAPA to include, as part of its repon to Congress, an <br />analysis of the potential value wind energy would add to the WAPA <br />system. Specifically, WAPA should compare windplant output data <br />to Glen Canyon hydro data. Since WAPA is expected to experience <br />a greater need for energy during the winter months when the wind <br />resource is greatest, KWI believes that the integration of the wind <br />resource will add significant value to the system. <br /> <br /> <br />