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<br />..'.....1. <br />. <br /> <br />..... <br /> <br />.,~. ('1 <br />.:; r- <br />'1,. .... <br /> <br />~f~l c <br /> <br /> <br />~~'1 <br />:t.t~ <br />lJ <br /> <br />~: <br />~J <br />:;,;~:' <br /> <br />~-;; <br />':~1 <br /> <br />~"j <br /> <br />'.~, <br />1j <br /> <br />I" <br /> <br />'~ <br /> <br />PREFACE <br /> <br />In February 1977 the Colorado-Ute Electric Association (CUEA) <br /> <br />and Colorado River Water Conservation District(CRWCD) submitted <br />a joint application to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission <br /> <br />(FERC) for authorization of the Juniper-Cross Mountain Project <br /> <br />(Juniper-Cross), FERC Project No. 2757. The project, a hydro- <br /> <br />, <br />electric complex in Northwest Colorado near Craig, consists of <br /> <br />two dams on the Yampa River with a total installed electric <br /> <br />generation capacity of 148 mW (98 mW Juniper Canyon and 50mW <br />Cross Mountain). The capacity available 95% of time is estimated <br /> <br />to be 114 mW (69 mW and 44.5 mW respectively). The minimum <br />peaking capacity is 101.7 mW (57.2 mW and 44.5 mW) with an <br />average annual energy production of approximately 350 gWh~/ <br /> <br />From an environmental protection perspective Juniper-Cross <br /> <br />presents several controversial water and energy issues--damming <br /> <br />the river, altering the flow through Dinosaur National Monument, <br /> <br />increasing downstream salinity levels, and building electric <br /> <br />generating capacity with little regard for alternatives. For <br />this reason the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) has prepared an <br /> <br />economically attractive and environmentally sound alternative to <br /> <br />Juniper-Cross. <br /> <br />The EDF study focuses on displacing the need for the Juniper- <br /> <br />Cross Mountain Project through a comprehensive but, modest <br /> <br /> <br />conservation program. It examines energy saving measures designed <br /> <br />for the residential and commercial sectors. The program is <br /> <br />based on successful examples of similar programs undertaken by <br />major U.S. electric utilities. The analysis examines efficiency <br /> <br />i <br /> <br />~-_.. '._-'~-~'"-~~~-,."~.. _._-,~..__... '-"--'--," --.,~ ._~----- <br />