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<br /> <br />Federal Power Commiseion <br /> <br />:' ".' . <br />. . <br />Additional Power RequiredbiutilittSystems . <br />(1,000 Kilowats) ". , <br />, 1960 1970 <br /> <br />'-.':" <br /> <br />198(:) <br /> <br />"",' r.l" <br /> <br />Load Requirements <br /> <br />Estimated Demand <br />Reserve Capaci ty <br /> <br />Total. Requirements <br /> <br />3,904 <br />586 <br />~, <br /> <br />7,258 <br />1,689 <br />8,347 <br /> <br />1;1;477 <br />l~ 722 . <br />13199 '. <br />" '.,.. <br /> <br />~,490 <br /> <br />Dependable Capacity <br /> <br />Existing Plants' <br />Scheduled Net Additioll8 <br /> <br />Total Supply <br /> <br />Additional Dependable <br />Capaci ty:Required <br /> <br />3,56() <br />1442 <br />. :..t= <br />4,942 <br /> <br />3,590 <br />.,.. J.,442. <br /> <br />4942' , <br />~ '" ': <br /> <br />S,500 <br />1442 <br />~, <br />~,942 <br />I'" . <br /> <br />3,M5 '. <br /> <br />8,?5? . <br /> <br />y' <br /> <br />Y Figure would not be representativebeca11se <br />of lack of intercollJlecti;ons betwe.n areas. <br />. ' i' ~ l ~ . ' " , <br /> <br />,- .j, <br /> <br />Although i tis estimated that the regionWidesupp1Y'i!:ill.Jtce,ed ,till! <br />demand in 1960, lack of adequate in~rconrieotions.Willnec.ssitll.teconstruc- <br />tion of facilities in addition tothosendwscheduledin:sollllla%'~aa; cOor- <br />dinated operation iB assUI1led for 1970 and !1980 and, on this, basis, it is <br />estilllatedthat the region Will require 3.4ll1illion'kilowattB in 1970 and <br />.8.3 I'nillion kilowatts in 1980' in addition it6'that 'presentltBcheduled. <br />I ' . '. <br /> <br />, .. . <br />. . . ' - -., - . <br />In accordance with present construction schedules the generating plants <br />of the Colorado Storage Project, having a itotalinstalled capacity of <br />1,167,000 kilowatts, will start operation iduring the period 1963 to 1969. <br />In view of the large amounts of additiona~ power that Will be needed it is <br />concluded that power from the storage project will find a ready market in <br />the region, allSUll1ing its cost is collpetitive ,with that 01 equiValent power <br />.from :fuel-electric plants. . <br /> <br />Evaluation of Hydroelectric Power <br />Power benefits fI'Oll h,-droelectric p~jects may be detemined on the <br />basis of the cost of producing anequiva1ent 8lIIount of. power from the <br />cheapest equally dependable alternative s9UTce. In the power .market <br />region the alternative IIOUTce would be JlOilern f'I1el-electric plants. <br /> <br />i <br />- viii -j <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />e <br />