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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />REPORT TO THE ENGINEERING COMMITTEE OF THE UPPER COLORADO <br />RIVER CbMMISSION ON THE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM FOR THE COLORADO <br />RIVER STORAGE PROJECT <br /> <br />Summary and Conclusions <br /> <br />1. Load projections, based on the individual estimates of each <br /> <br />of the preference customers in the entire area to be supplied <br /> <br />with C.R.S.P. power, have been made by the Bureau of Reclamation <br /> <br />as a basis for the ~~velopment of a transmission system to serve <br /> <br />the area. <br /> <br />2. The load projections indicate that by about 1973 the combined <br /> <br />loads of the preference customers in the Upper Basin will require <br /> <br />the withdrawal of all of the C.R.S.P. power allocated to the <br /> <br />Upper Basin. <br /> <br />3. Tentative plans are under consideration by an R.E.A. cooperative <br /> <br />to build a large thermal generating station in Northwestern <br /> <br />Colorado. This generating station would be connected to the <br /> <br />C.R.S.P. trc1nsmission system and it would affect the design <br /> <br />and cost of the transmission system. It has been estimated <br /> <br />that the cost of the transmission system would be reduced by <br /> <br />something of the order of $15,000,000 by the addition of the <br /> <br />proponed thermal generating station. Regional Director Clinton <br /> <br />feels that he must be p~epared to proceed with the plans for the <br /> <br />C.R.S.P. tra~sl'7:',ssion system both with and without t.he proposed <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />thermal generating station in Northwestern Colorado. Obviously, <br /> <br />the construction of those conponents of the transmission system <br /> <br />1 <br />