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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Power Market SUrvey - Colorado River Storage Project <br /> <br />SECTION I <br /> <br />ECONOMIC DEVELOMNT <br /> <br />A - Extent of Power Market Region Selected for Study <br /> <br />In making a power market study for a number of widely scattered <br />hydroelectric power sources, the prill1ary problem is to delineate an area <br />which will embrace all of tlle load centers that may reasonably be expected <br />to provide a market for tlle potential developments. Having delineated <br />tllis study area and detennined the future power market at each of its load <br />centers, tlle economics of serving eaeh load center is usually based on tlle <br />relative load center costs of power from the hydro project and from the <br />cheapest alternative source. <br /> <br />This report is concerned with the primary problem; i.e., the detennina- <br />tion of tlle market in the entire stud;r area. The economic feasibility of <br />serving these loads is beyond tlle scope of tllis study. ' <br /> <br />Boundaries and Subdi visiollS <br />Based on consideration of the foregoing factors, the study area <br />selected as a potential market for power from authorized hydroelectric <br />developments in 'the Upper Colorado River Basin includes, in general, the <br />southern part of Nevada, and the states of Arizona, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, <br />and New Mexico. The region finally adopted differed slightly from this in <br />order to correspond with tlle areas for which statistical data are readily <br />available. <br /> <br />To facilitate analysis of the factors affecting power requirements, <br />the study region was divided into six major areas and three of tlle areas <br />were subdivided into eight subareas. The boundaries of the areas and <br />subareas are shown on Figure 1. The subdivisions of the regio\'l are described <br />following: <br /> <br />Area I, Southerri Nevada, includes Lincoln and Clark counties of Nevada. <br />The principal utilities serving tlle area are Southern Nevada Power Company, <br />Colorado River Commission of Nevada, and Lincoln County Power District. <br /> <br />Area II, Arizona, includes the entire state of Arizona plus Catron <br />County in New Mexico. The principal utilities serving Area II are the <br />U. S. Bureau of Reclamation - Lower Colorado River System, the Arizona <br />Public Service Company, 3al t River Power District, and The Tucson Gas, <br />Electric Light and Power Company. <br /> <br />- 1 - <br /> <br />