WSP03951

• File Number: 8407.500
• Description: River Basin General Publications - Missouri River General Publications
• Date: 6/1/1973
• Title: Information Report on Proposed Power Rate Adjustment Eastern and Western Divisions
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Publication

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10B4

Commercial power investment completed by 2026*

Commercial power repayment completed by 2028*

Irrigation repayment associated with units built or under

construction on 6/30/64 - 2034
All other irrigation investment completed by 2048

All other irrigation repayment completed by 2104

* A remaining potential power investment is scheduled to come in

service in FY 2030 and its repayment completed in FY 2034.

Ill.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

The Missouri River Basin occupies about one-fifth of the land area of

the 48 adjoining states and is comprised of all or parts of ten states.

Seven of these states, Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota,

South Dakota, and Wyoming are so-called Reclamation states and, as such,

contain portions of the authorized plan of water resource development known

as the P-S MEP. The states of Iowa and Minnesota are considered as parts

of the project area for power marketing purposes. Missouri is the tenth

basin state. The Map No. X-W-7 that follows shows the geographical area

plus the system power facilities.

The P-S MEP is a multiple-purpose water resource development being

undertaken jointly by the United States and the states of the basin.

The Departments of the Interior and Army share major responsibilities

for action programs at the Federal level. Construction, operation, and

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