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ment Program ElS; considerations related to Western's Electric Power Marketing EIS and Interior's Glen Canyon Dam ElS; pertinent FERC orders; and laws affecting DOE, Western, and the CRSP. Conclusions & Recommendations This.. ,.repoI;t.'add.resse.s hOW. Weftern has met the principal requiret/1ents of Section 1809 of the Grand' Canyon Protection Act of 1992. Western, acting on behalf of the Secretary of Energy, has: 1. consulted with agencies of the Depart- ment of the Interior, representatives of the CRSP power customers, environ- mental organizations, and the Colorado River Basin States, 2. identified feasible methods of replacing power made unavailable at Glen Canyon Dam; 3. included an investigation of the methods to identify modifications or additions to the transmission system that may 'be required to acquire and deliver replace- ment power; 4. included an investigation of the feasibil- ity of integrating operations at Hoover Dam and Glen Canyon Dam to replace all or part of such lost capacity; and 5. developed this report of the findings. Feasible Methods fa This Methods Report identifie$ the economically and technically feasible methods that Western will use to r~place capacity made unavailable due to opera- tional changes at Glen Canyon and other SLCNIP sites. The methods follow established Western resource acqui~ition policies, such as Western's Principles of IRP. The methods also take into account provisions of the SLCNIP Contradt Amendment; the Record of Decisi6n in Western's Energy Planning and Manage- This report includes a summary of the proof-of-concept analysis that demon- strated use of the methods and evaluation tools identified and developed, Byevalu- ating diverse alternatives and considering transmission system constraints, the analysis shows the ability of the methods and evaluation tools to handle "real world" resource acquisitions. T~~.1l~9\1~-9f: concept analysj~ d,~I,f\Q!l~trated~11.11tthe repl!lce~ei)tle~Ol.lr\!e,l!cqWtion l)l~oJl- 01.0. gy identified,i)1,~Jeg9);t.WntpWyic:le __c- _"",-,-: ,- - --- Western witheconolllically and technically fe~~~~!~:~~t\1~~~.,r;;f1~!~~~~r~pi,~~e~e,;t power re. so.urcesW. 9ffeq9fi!'1l1-p()we~ -: : - '~-' -.,.- -,' ,- - '. '-' - - - --, ,', -, cuslomets:'As Western gains addItional Iillmtledge and experience with resource evaluations and acquisitions and as industry practice in resource evaluation changes, the proof-of-concept model can be revised. Western proposes to: . use these methods to replace lost generation for the short-, mid-, and long-term based on firm power customers' requests; . evaluate and select resources based on the criteria outlined in this report, and generally follow a least- cost strategy; . investigate and apply energy effi- ciency measures when cost effec- tive;