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<br />----._--~ <br /> <br /> <br />I~ <br /> <br />Power Studies <br /> <br />The area. load de.1;a listed below as based on .1estern Division <br />Missouri River Bas;l.n Project load characteristics (1959) were used <br />in the Poudre power studies. <br /> <br /> Peak Demand Energy Monthly <br /> Percent of Distribution Load <br /> Month Annual Peak Percent Factor <br /> January 77.7 7.5 65.0 <br /> February 75.1 6.9 68.5 <br /> March 68.7 7.2 70.5 <br /> April 74.0 7.2 67.7 <br /> May 83.1 8.4 68.0 <br /> June 86.9 8.5 68.0 <br /> JuJ.y 100.0 10.2 68.4 <br /> August 100.0- 10.!l- 70.0 <br /> September 8$.7;' 8.5 69.0 <br /> October 88.1 8.6 65.7 <br /> November 88.3 8.2 64.6 <br /> December 89.7 8.4 63.0 <br /> Total 100.0 - <br />. Annual Load Factor - 57.2 percent <br /> <br />The selection of the 250,000 I<W capacity for the Cache la PoudJe <br />Powerplant, the principal pmTer fea.ture, was based upon the predicted <br />future need of a large peaking inste.1le.tion operating at low load <br />factor. The location appears to be ideal for this function because <br />of high head available and potentia], for regulation of the water <br />supply above the powerplant at Idylwilde Reservoir. <br /> <br />The Idylwilde Powerplant capacity (24,000 I<W) was set on the <br />assumption that approximately a 20 percent load factor wouJ.d be <br />desirable for the inste.1lation. <br /> <br />It will be necessary to maintain a nearly constant flOlf in the <br />reach of the river below Idylwilde Powerplant for fishery purposes <br />and to minimize capacity requirements for the Elkhorn conduit. Thus <br />Kinnik1nick Afterbay is required. Except during periods of power <br />spill, maximum IG.nnikinick releases will be 375 cfs. The a.fterbay <br />active capacity of 850 acre-feet wouJ.d permit operations at the <br />design load factor during a weekly period without fluctuating the <br />stream below. <br /> <br />38 <br /> <br />. <br />