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<br />(i:) <br />M <br />LI") <br />.-i <br /> <br />CHAPTER IV <br /> <br />COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT <br /> <br />Both the Taylor Park and Almont Powerplants would be operated by re- <br />mote control from the power operations office of the Colorado River Stor- <br />age project at Montrose, Colo, Both plants would be operated during the <br />winter season (October 1 through March 31) on a minimum plant factor of <br />approximately 23 percent or about 168 hours a month, During the summer <br />period (April 1 through September 30) Taylor Park Powerplant would be op- <br />erated an average of 254 hours per month at a plant factor of about 35 <br />percent and the Almont Powerplant would operate an average of 410 hours <br />per month with a plant factor of 56 percent, <br /> <br />Power revenues <br /> <br />Revenues from the sale of power from the Upper Gunnison project are <br />estimated at an average of $518,400 annually, This estimate is based on <br />revenue values at load centers of $15,30 per kilowatt of salable capacity <br />and 3 mills per kilowatt-hour of salable energy, These values are pres- <br />ently being used as a basis for negotiating contracts for the sale of pow- <br />er from the Colorado River Storage project, The revenue computation at <br />the contract rates is shown below, <br /> <br />Capacity revenues (19,980 kilowatts) <br />Energy revenues (70,900,000) <br />Total <br />Rounded <br /> <br />$305,695 <br />212.700 <br />515,395 <br />518,400 <br /> <br />Power benefits <br /> <br />Power benefits of the Upper Gunnison project are estimated at an av- <br />erage of $680,900 annually, The benefits were assumed to be equal to the <br />costs of obtaining equivalent power from steam-electric plants construct- <br />ed and operated by private utilities, which are considered to be the most <br />economical alternative source of power likely to be developed, The alter- <br />native costs were previously estimated for analyses of the Colorado River <br />Storage project, The costs average $24,50 for each kilowatt of salable <br />capacity, including taxes of $8,50, and 2,7 mills per kilowatt-hour of <br />salable energy, Power benefits on the basis of these costs are summarized <br />below, <br /> <br />Capacity benefits (19.980 kilowatts) <br />Energy benefits (70,900,000 kilowatt-hours) <br />Total <br />Rounded <br /> <br />$489,510 <br />191,430 <br />650,940 <br />680,900 <br /> <br />Fish and Wildlife <br /> <br />Development., plans". <br /> <br />Project plans provide for inactive storage reserves for fish con- <br />servation and sediment storage at each of the new project reservoirs and <br /> <br />26 <br />