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<br />"~ <br /> <br />-11- <br /> <br />Power Contracts <br />1 .' <br /> <br />Hydroelectric power plants comprehended ~~thin the plan should be <br /> <br />operated in conjunction with other federal power plants, present and <br /> <br />potential, on the Colorado River and its tributaries so as to produce <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />the greatest practical amount of power and energy that can be sold at <br /> <br />firm pmver and energy rates. The Secretary of the Interior should, so <br /> <br />far as practicable, malee contracts for furnishinG firm povrer and energy <br /> <br />at firm p~7er and enerGY rates from such plants and other federal povfer <br /> <br />plants on the Colorado ;liver operated conjointl~'. Provision should be <br /> <br />made for the termination, upon a reasonable notice, of all contracts <br /> <br />relatinR to the disposition for use, outside the Upper Division States <br /> <br />and outside that portion of the State of Arizona .vithin and from whicb <br /> <br />waters naturally drain into the Colorado River Systeni above Lee Ferry, <br /> <br />of power and energy generated at such plants to the extent that the <br /> <br />power and energy so contracted for is required to satisfY the need of <br /> <br />consumers in the mentioned areas. <br /> <br />Investigation Funds <br />While Colorado approves the recommendation made in paragraph (j) <br /> <br />of the Commissioner's letter of December 22, 1950, relating to ~~~ <br /> <br />establishment of a fund from which money may be appropriated for st,udies <br /> <br />and investigations relating to the development of the waters of the <br /> <br />Upper Colorado aiver Basin, it points out that it will be a number of <br /> <br />years before the necessary fund will be accumulated to finance needed <br /> <br />investigations. During the interim period investigations on a large <br /> <br />and expedited scale should be carried fon,ard to provide information <br />concerning prospective participating projects. The situation has <br /> <br />I <br />i <br />I <br />I <br />l <br /> <br />.; ~ <br /> <br />:,iil,~ <br />