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<br />001673 <br /> <br />atand:point, ,the hydroelect.ric energy t"at could pot.entially be generated <br /> <br /> <br />by the Initial Development in the Arkansas Valley should be consummated <br /> <br />in 0rder t!,at the diminishing reserves of Gas, oil, and coal, no>! used <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />for 89 percent of all,electric power generation in the area may <br />! ., I n ,or.' 4 ..~ 1" <br />~.)j tl-<'lVlI't,..... ~I~' ,t" I!! ~.t ",' \.~ ,~V:.{I." ,~!tc. I,~ ~ .....,<.,:1.0 l,,:~ \A I -,: '-In <br />8erVed~'11 more strategic uses;' '- .. \ .. <br /> <br />be con- <br />"' " <br />l~::'~ <br />~-" <br /> <br />r <br />The principal powsr market area that would be served by the Ini tial <br /> <br />Development is the State of Colorado east of the, Continental Divide. This <br /> <br />is the combined power market area for the Colorado-Big Thompson Project <br /> <br />now being constructed, the potential Blue-South Platte Project, and the <br /> <br />potential Gunnison-Arkansas Project, all Bureau of Reclamation develop- <br />ments. An ample market is assured for the power generated by the three <br /> <br />projects when they are completed. <br /> <br />The market area is deficient in electrical generating facilities <br /> <br />which totalled 287,574 kilowatts in Decembcr 1946. The estimated demand <br /> <br />on that date was for 312,000 kilowatts. The probable minimum fUture <br /> <br />requirements for dependable capacity a~e estimated at 393,000 kilowatts <br /> <br />by 1950, 632,000 kw by 1960, and 966,000 kw by 1970. The maxinrom de- <br /> <br />pendable capacity available from Bur€au of Reclamation projects was <br /> <br />20,000 ~ilo>!atts in 1946. Future Bureau installations would increase <br /> <br />thet capacity to 50,000 kilowatts in 1951, 279,000 kw by 1960, and <br />339,000 kw by 1970. Although the ~eficiencie. in dependable capacity <br /> <br />would be greatly reduced by Bureau of Reclamation projects, the de- <br /> <br />ficienciee would not be entirely eliminated in the Eastern Slope market <br /> <br />area. As evidence of that fact, it is estimated that 484,000 kilowatts <br /> <br />of additional generating capacity would have to be furnish~d by utility <br /> <br />systems in ths area to meet the growing demand for power by 1970. <br /> <br />23 <br />