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<br />'Firstlv. the pumpi.ng occurs at a ti.me of tl1e dav 't\?lten ~o'\'er ;5 p'8ntifu1. <br /> <br />then p\oduces power at times 1i7'hen p01i'er is not plent; fl1l. <br /> <br />Secondly. hv- <br /> <br />droelectr.i.c pumped storage reduces tl-te need to l-,l1;_ld p~aki.ng DOT,yer olants <br /> <br />,..hich consume 0;.1 ;n producin~ electricity. <br />r~e Dunl-tam Po;_nt Unit~ located in sout~lJ,pstern Colorado al)out 15 miles <br /> <br />north of Co~tez. would utilize McPhee Reservoir that is presently under <br /> <br />construction as a feature of t"e Dolores P'roject. McPl1ee Rese-r-voir ','ould <br /> <br />be ut{';ze~ as tl-te l_ower reseT"voi.r and an upper reservo-i.r Hou'.d 1,e bui.'t <br /> <br />ahout tl-10 miles nortl,east of 'McP"ee Dam on Dun"am point. H;:Jtp:...- ',Toul(1 1,e <br /> <br />pumpe~ and released b~twp~n t~e Dunham Pn1nt Re~ervo;r an~ t~e Ory r.anvon <br /> <br />aT'T'1 of McP"1ee ltese1"voir. PreliminRt"v cA.lculRti_ons :c;"tow t1.E' elevation (Iif- <br /> <br />ference hetween t"te two reservoirs woulc h~ a,out '.100 fee~ t"1et cou'~ <br /> <br />(level.Of) up to 1..500 MH of peRlting pOTo1er. 'f'lese ;tT'e p,-e1 ;_mi,narv fi g1J'r~" <br /> <br />and are gi.ven only to sho>1 the potenti.al magni tll~P. of the proposeel <br /> <br />project; one of the purposes of the stu~y is to selp.ct a si7.e. <br /> <br />The Dunham Poi.nt Unit Study Repo~t "i'.' include the trans1'lission lines <br /> <br />to t1"ansm{t t~e power to t"te market area: ~oweve~, the West~rn A~ea Power <br /> <br />Administrati_on (We:c;tern' is r~sponsi.ble for providin~ lnfo~mation on t;e <br /> <br />oowe"- li.nes and. t"~ assoctRted envi.ronmental impacts for i.nclusion 1.n t"te <br /> <br />Dun~am Point report. <br /> <br />Purpose of the Plan of Study <br /> <br />'f1"e pu\pose of tl,e plan of .,tudv is to outl_i_ne l,Ol.o' t"P. i_Tlvestigation <br /> <br />..,i 1.1 he condllcted. Anvone interested in the stu~y can read the p, an of <br /> <br />stunv And r1~termine l-tow people can 1,e ~.nvo'ved. l.o7"en t1p.ci c;i.ons ~,lou'_d ,,~ <br /> <br />made, w'ho 'toyou'_d mRke t"e dec is;, ons. ,.rl-}a t i~ l1eedp.d to COfl\O 1 ete t"te s turlv, <br /> <br />ann w"1v tl,e sturlv is heing connuctect. T'h~s ~ocument wil1 arln1"ess nata <br /> <br />co'1.ect;_on~ t"le plan f01"mulation process. scl1eduli_ng of wor-k. t"e pu1,lic <br /> <br />involvement prncess~ and interaction wi.t" ot~er gnvprnmental agencies. <br /> <br />3 <br />