WSP03925

• File Number: 8220.100.40
• Description: CRSP
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Date: 3/1/1962
• Author: USDOI
• Title: Fifth Annual Report on the Statuts of the Colorado River Storage Project
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Annual Report

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'COLORADO RIVER STORAGE ~ROJECT
PUBLIC SERVICE CO. OF NEW MEXICO

SUMMARY OF TRANSMISSION AND INTERCONNECTION ARRANGEMENTS
The Public Service Co. of New Mexico in its initial wheeling proposal,
which was rejected by the Department, offered to wheel from the
Farmington area to Albuquerque for a charge of 1,25 mills per kilo-
watt-hour or $6 per kilowatt-year.
Under a pro~osal submitted February 9, 1962, the company would
dedicate 140 megawatts of transmission capacity to wheeling of Colo-
rado Riyer storage project or other power as desired by the Bureau
over its 230-kllovolt transmission system from the Farmington area
to Albuquerqu~ and to Ambrosia Lake, the first line of which will be
in service in 1963, This line is routed through the Affibrosia Lake area
and there will:be a 230-115-kilovolt substation on the line to make
deliveries to company and Colorado. River storage project customers
in that area. . The company will deliver a portion of the 140,000
kilowatts, to Oolorado River storage project customers who desire
service in that'area. '
When wheeling capacity in excess of 140,000 kilowatts is ne.eded bv
the Colorado J:Uver storage l'roject, the Bureau of Reclamation will
then construct, a 230-kiIovolt line from the Farmington area .to AI.
buquerque and itsJine will be operated jointly thereafter with those
of the compnay to service the loads of both parties in the Ambrosia
Lake and Albuquerque areas, On the basis of present projections of
load growth, this will occur in 1969, and by 1973 the load would reach
190,000 kilowatts. .
During the interim period, the company's wheeling charge would be
0.7 mills per ki)owatt-hour with a minimum annual charge of not less
than $300,000.. Upon initiation of joint operation, the interim period
terminates and all charges for wheeling will be discontinued, Esti-
mates indicate'the total wheeling costs will vary from the minimum
of $300',000 in, the first 2 years to a maximum of about $515,000
when the 140,OOO-kilowatt limit on transmission capacit~ is reached.
The temporary postponement of Federal construction will result in a
savings in transmission costs of about $100,000 annually during the
power payout .period for the storage project, with a corresponding
mcrease in the basin fund, .
In addition, :the long-range advantages of joint operation are the
dependability of a multiline system and savings in losses. In addi-
tion, the compl\ny's proposal for joint operation provides for deliveries
at Ambrosia L~ke, which is a real advantage to the preference cus-
tomers withou~ additional cost to the,m or the storage project,

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PACIFIC POWER &LIGHr CO.

SUMMARY OF TRAN8M~SSION INTERCqNNECTION ARRANGEMENTS

Pacific Power & Vght Co. offered in its initial proposal of April
1960, which was rejected by the Department, to. construct trans-
mission lines into the Flaming Gorge powerplant and deliver Oolorado
River storage project power to preference customers fqr.a cilarge of
I-mill per kilowatt-hour.. .