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<br />'" j f"\ ~ "., 1 <br />:r' L ~... ..' ',' <br /> <br />Project. The installed capacity of the project's three existing <br />reservoirs (Blue Mesa, Morrow Point, and Crystal) total 208 <br />megawatts (MW), The installed capacity of the two remaining <br />developed hydropower facilities in the region (Ouray and Redlands) <br />is about 2 MW. The Ouray plant was struck by lightning in 1974 <br />and has been out of operation since then. <br /> <br />Several other hydropower generation facilities have been proposed <br />for development in the region; one is currently under study. The <br />Bureau of Reclamation is investigating the feasibility of installing an <br />additional generator on the outlet works at Blue Mesa Dam, This <br />would produce 50 MW of additional peaking power (total annual <br />power output would remain the same), If this proposal is <br />implemented, it would have no effect on flows through the study <br />segment. <br /> <br />There are four thermal-electric power facilities in the region. Two <br />of these plants, Oliver and Jim Bullock, are steam-electric and <br />owned by the Colorado-Ute Electric Association, Inc. While they <br />have a combined capacity of 13 MW, only the Jim Bullock plant (10 <br />MW) is presently in operation, The Delta plant is an internal <br />combustion facility of about 5 MW installed capacity owned by the <br />Delta Municipal Light and Power Company. The only existing <br />industrial power facility in the region is a steam-electric generation <br />plan of 2.5 MW capacity at Delta which is owned by the Holly Sugar <br />Corporation. <br /> <br />It is estimated that total electrical generation from all sources was <br />about 716,400 megawatt-hours (MWH) in 1975, Loads partially <br />served by these facilities are located primarily in Arizona, <br />Colorado, and Utah. <br /> <br />21 <br />