WSP04428

• File Number: 8220.100.50
• Description: CRSP
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Date: 3/1/1988
• Author: WAPA
• Title: Replacement Resources Processes - Final Methods Report
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Publication

Section 1

Introduction

replacement resources, and lays the foundation for subsequent and recurring acquisition
steps in Western's Replacement Resources Process

A copy of the text of the GCP Act is contained in App~dix A.

1.2 REPLACEMENT RESOURCES PROCESS

Western's Replacement Resources Process is divided into three distinct phases: Phase I
(Public Consultation); Phase 2 (Identification of Acceptable Methods); and Phase 3
(Implementation of Methods).

1.2.1 PHASE 1. PUBLIC CONSULTATION'

In satisfying the requirements of Section 1809, the Sc;:cretary of Energy is to c,onsult with
the Secretary of the Interior, representatives of the Colorado River Storage Project power
customers, environmental organizations" and the Colorado River Basin States. Phase 1, the
, "Public Consultation" phase of the Replacement Res\lUrces Process, fonnally began with
publication ofa notice in the Federal Register on AU8\lSt 8, 1994,1 This notice initiated the
public process to identify feasible methods of replacing power lost at GCD, and indicated
ti)at Western would prepare information on the process and schedule public meetings. A
copy of the Federal Register was mailed on August 10, 1994 to approximately 900
interested stakeholders identified by Western.2 Interested stakeholders were identified prior
to this mailing through direct mail contact by Western to approximately 2,600 entities,
including those agencies and organizations for consultation identified in Section 1809 of the
, GCP Act.

On October 7, 1994, Western published a second Federal Register Notice (FRN)
announcing the availability of information on the Replacement Resources Process, along
with a schedule for four public meetings to be held in Western's Salt Lake City Area
Integrated Projects (SLCA!IP) service territory,3 A notice of the meeting dates and an
information packet on the process were also mailed, on October 20, 1994 to interested
stakeholders,

Public consultation meetings were held during November 1994 in Salt Lake City, Utah;
Albuquerque, New Mexico; Phoenix, Arizona; and Denver, Colorado. These meetings
were open to the public, and attended by power customers, representatives from the U,S,
Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), and the National Park Service, Basin States
representatives, and environmental groups. The objectives of these public meetings were
to inform those attending on Western's proposed process, and to encourage public input.
Western accepted written comments on the proposed process until December 19, 1994,
Western also attempted to refine its list of interested stltkeholders for consultation by direct
mailings to all Colorado River Basin States governors during the month of December.
Phase I ended with the close of the comment period in ;December 1994.

I-2

Western Area Power Administration

March 1998