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<br />~ <br />~ <br />c.C <br />.... <br />c <br />c <br /> <br />Maybell and approximately 25 miles southwest of Craig. <br />Dam would be located about 20 miles farther downstream <br />Cross Mountain Canyon. <br /> <br />The Cross Mountain <br />in the lower reach of <br /> <br />The Juniper unit would have an installed capacity of 98,000 kilowatts and an <br />average annual energy generation of approximately 159 million kilowatt-hours. <br />The principal features would be a 220-foot-high rockfill dam with a storage <br />reservoir for 1,082,000 acre-feet of water and a powerhouse structure housing <br />two 38-megawatt units and two Il-megawatt units. <br /> <br />The Cross Mountain unit would have an installed capacity of 50,000 kilowatts <br />and an average annual energy generation of approximately 190 million kilowatt- <br />hours. The principal features would be a 260-foot-high concrete arch dam with <br />a central overflow spillway, a 208,000 acre-foot re-regulating reservoir, and <br />a powerhouse..structure housing two 19""1llegawatt units and two 6-megawatt units. <br /> <br />Between the Juniper powerplant and the upper end of the Cross Mountain Reser- <br />voir is a 9""1llile river channel that will be incorporated into the project. <br /> <br />The transmission line from the Cross Mountain substation to the Craig switch- <br />yard would be 230-kilovolt and approximately 45 miles long. The Juniper <br />powerplant would be connected to this line by a line approximately 1 mile <br />long, at a point approximately 22 miles from the Craig switchyard. All of <br />the transmission lines extending from the take-off tower at the substation <br />of each powerplant to the Craig switchyard would be constructed and owned by <br />Colorado-Ute. This is the only principal project feature that would be owned <br />by Colorado-Ute. All other project works would be owned by the District. <br />The District would have the right by contract to wheel over Colorado-Ute's <br />system any project power and energy not purchased by Colorado-Ute. <br /> <br />The Juniper powerplant would be operated primarily to meet peak loads and <br />would have an average annual capacity factor of about 19 percent. Cross <br />Mountain powerplant would be operated at an average annual capacity factor <br />of about 43 percent. The overall annual capacity factor for the project is <br />estimated to be about 27 percent. <br /> <br />In addition to Juniper-Cross Mountain project, four potential conventional <br />hydroelectric powersites in the basin have been identified. The combined <br />installed capacity potential for these sites is less than 50 megawatts. One <br />pumped storage powersite with a potential capacity of 3,600 megawatts has <br />been proposed as part of the Oak Creek Water and Power Project (FERC Project <br />No. 2773). This project would feature a 6,400-megawatt coal plant which <br />would use five reservoirs to supply cooling water. Another potential thermal <br />power project project is the addition of two 400""1llegawatt units to the Craig <br />project, one of which is presently under construction. Exportation of water <br />from the basin is expected to increase. <br /> <br />The reach of the Yampa River within Dinosaur National Mon~ent is being <br />studied by the National Park Service for inclusion in the National Wild and <br />Scenic Rivers System. <br /> <br />viii <br />