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<br />y <br />./ <br />,./ <br /> <br />Mr. Clifford I. Barrett <br />May 3, 1982 <br />.page 2 <br /> <br />4. In addition to the economic advantages, the <br />uprating program would prov~de assistance in meeting <br />the Nation'is energy need, would provide additional <br />capacity needed as reserve during emergency conditions <br />and would provide capacity needed at times of outages <br />for maintenance and repair. <br /> <br />5. The additional capacity of the uprating program <br />would assist in meeting the Nation's goal of. decreasIng <br />its dependence on foreign oil through storage and <br />exchange of excess energy to meet system peak load <br />requirements. <br /> <br />6. The development of hydroelectric power would be a <br />clean and renewable resource, thus meeting the goals of <br />the Clean Air and Water Acts, while saving the Nation's <br />non-renewable resources. <br /> <br />7. In addition, the Authority has learned that the <br />present release pattern at Glen Canyon has been opposed' <br />by special interest groups in order to provide for more <br />convenient recreational boauing on the Colorado River <br />below Glen Canyon Dam. The Authority does not believe <br />that a change in the water release patterns from Glen <br />Canyon (merely to make the tiver more convenient for <br />recreational uses) would be in the best interests of <br />the greater number of people of the southwest who <br />receive and are dependent on! Glen Canyon hydroelectric <br />power 1 to. do so would reducejthe efficiency of <br />operations at the power plan~ and would adversely <br />affect the savings and. benefits which flow from hydro <br />power. <br /> <br />Therefore, for the above reasons, the Arizona Power <br />Authority fully supports the Glen Canyon Powerplant Uprating <br />Program as proposed and as presented by the Bureau of <br />Reclamation. <br /> <br />SincErely, <br /> <br />ARIZONA POWER AUTHORITY <br /> <br />O{'W~ -a~ <br /> <br />L.. S. Ormsby . ~ <br />A4ministrator <br /> <br />gs <br /> <br />xc: The Honorable Bruce Babbitt <br />Arizona State Clearinghouse <br /> <br />8 <br />