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<br />2 <br /> <br />The power producing features of the project are: <br /> <br />1. Glen Canyon Dam located on the Colorado River just south <br />of the Utah-Arizona border with 900,000 kilowatts. <br /> <br />2. Flaming Gorge Dam located on the Green River in north- <br />eastern Utah with 108,000 kilowatts. <br /> <br />3. Curecanti Unit which consists of three plants located <br />on a 40-mile stretch of the Gunnison River in Colorado <br />with a capacity of 160,000 kilowattso <br /> <br />4. In addition, one of the participating irrigation projects, <br />the Central Utah Project which will divert water from the <br />Colorado River to the Great Basin of Utah, with a capacity <br />of 61,000 kilowatts. <br /> <br />These four units have a total capacity of 1,229,000 kilowatts. <br /> <br />First power from the project is expected by the end of 1963. <br />Full utilizatio~ of project power capacity will depend on river flow <br />conditions and the filling and operating criteria which are finally <br />adopted. On the basis of average runoff the project should reach full <br />output in the mid 1970's. <br /> <br />The legislation authorizing the development of the Colorado <br />River Storage Project requires that the power fJ;'om the generating plants <br />be sold at a rate which must be sufficient to accomplish the following: <br /> <br />1. Repay all the construction costs including interest on <br />the cost of power facilities. <br /> <br />2. Provide money to assist in the repayment of the participating <br />irrigation projects. <br /> <br />This project is one that means much to the future of this area. <br />Public Service Company of Colorado as well as other investor-owned electric <br />utilities of the intermountain area, have long recognized that to fully <br />utilize the region's many natural resources and to expand agricultural <br />and industrial development, more water will be necessary. <br /> <br />Over the years prior to project approval we did everything pos- <br />sible to convince the Congress that the Colorado River Storage Project was <br />necessary. <br /> <br />Prior to authorization, investor-owned electric utilities of <br />the Rocky Mountain area supported this project and made certain engineer- <br />ing studies and proposals to Congress for cooperation with the Federal <br />governmen~ relative to the disposition and marketing of electric energy <br />produced py the project. <br /> <br />In 1954, and again in 1955, representatives of these investor- <br />owned utilities including myself appeared before CongJ;'essional Committees <br /> <br />\ <br />