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<br /> <br />IRRIGATION & ELECTRICAL DISTRICTS .,: <br />ASSOCIATION OF ARIZONA "'eGe:'e2~!A~'>~':.:.l <br />t <br />JUL26 '82 <br /> <br />SUI,-E 720 <br /> <br />2a4~ E. CA<\,fEI..SACK ROAD <br /> <br />H 5 ?l,AY"-10NO <br />"~l!:5iOEN'l' <br /> <br />~HOENIX" AZ 8.5016 <br /> <br />, TEL.EPHONe:: gee.aa7S <br /> <br />D e <br /> <br />! I ill.1 I "'IJ <br />Ii " <br />; _...:-- '~Q~ <br />} <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />R J EL.1..15 <br />U:C~IT"RV <br /> <br />July 21, 1982 <br /> <br />~~. Al Gabiola, Area Manager <br />Western Area Power Administration <br />Department of Energy <br />P.O, Box 11606 <br />Salt Lake City, UT 84147 <br /> <br />Re: Post-1989 CRSP Marketing Criteria <br /> <br />Dear Mr. Gabiola: <br /> <br />i <br />I. -~. ~...-:.:..- ',',.' /~Q:"7 <br />: ;... C .no_. .~...-..-,,1 <br />l_. ." . ...__....j <br />, --.---...... <br /> <br />The Irrigation and Electrical Districts Association of <br />Arizona is a non-profit associafl:ion comprised of preference <br />customers of the Colorado River Storage Project and other federal <br />projects in the Colorado'River Basin. Eleven of our members hold <br />contracts with the United States for CRSP power and energy <br />totalling 51,800 kW for the summer season and 14,450 kW for the <br />winter season. These contracts in most cases provide a <br />substantial amount of the power and energy required for the <br />groundwater pumping done for agricultural purposes by these <br />preference entities. <br /> <br />IEDA is a member and member bf the Board of Directors of the <br />Colorado River Energy Distributo~s Association. Through that <br />association we have partioipated ;in prior forums and hearings on <br />these criteria and have met with you on several occasions on <br />behalf of our members. IEDA and its members actively participate <br />in and support CREDA and heartily endorse the comments that CREDA <br />is submitting to you on these critieria. <br /> <br />Without repeating the commen~s that CREDA has already made, <br />we wi:sh to emphasize certain aspe'cts of those comments that are <br />of prime concern to our members. <br /> <br />1. Renewal of existin1 CRSp.Allocations. IEDh supports the <br />renewal of ex~sting CRSP al ocations both to its own members and <br />to other existing CRSP contractors in the Southern Division and <br />the Northern Division of the pres~nt marketing area. At a time <br />when many people felt hydroelectr~c energy from this project was <br />too expensive in comparison to other resources then available, <br />thesp. entities contracted for this power and energy and enabled <br />the United States to develop funds for further work on the CRSP <br />as well as repayment of the debt owed for building the project. <br /> <br />32 <br /> <br />i <br />I <br />I <br />, <br />I <br />.. <br />