WSP04561

• File Number: 8220.200.05.R
• Description: Hoover Dam/Lake Mead/Boulder Canyon Project
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Date: 5/9/1983
• Title: Federal Register: Part IV Dept of Energy - Western Area Power Administration-General Consolidated Power Marketing Criteria or Regulations for Boulder City Area Projects
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

r...... · i" I Vol 4lI,' No. 80 I MouC:lay, May 9. 1983 I Notices

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IluIn PI'oJecI Act of 1'" urd ..., odrer
applicable .....Uon tbat mar be
...aed
ID ordar to allow Reclamatklll to
........y wilb nqulred nrin...._ watar
NIaa-. urd to allow WeatarD to
~ve purc:Iwad eDalIY durIDa ofrpeak
10M Jroan. aD power caatracton may
be toq.....d to lChaduIe a miDlmum rale
., ....-. durIDa IUCh offpaak load
.... The pen:err.... of enellY 10 be
.... by !be contrircto.... al Ibe miDlmum
acbaduIecIrale of delivery .haD be
_b1lahed on a lCalOnal be.i., and
may be inerea.ed or decrelled a.
conditioDl diclale. The monthly
minimum r.le of delivery for each
power contraclor will be computed by
dividing the number of kilowatthoun 10
be laken during Ibe month by a
contraclor at the minimum rate of
delivery, by the number of offpeslt load
boun in the month. The number of
kilowatthoun 10 be laken during offpeak
load houn al the miDlmum rale of
delivery will nol exceed 25 percenl of
the contractor'. monthly enellY
entillement. Offpeslt load houn will be
defined in the contracto bued on
individual .y.tem characleri.tic..
No contraclor .halllClI for profit any
of the capacity and enellY alIocaled 10 .
it 10 any cu.tomer of the contraclor for
re.ale by thai customer.

Part n, MarbliDa ANa

The marketing area for the Projecta i.
defined in appendix A of thele Crileria,
and CODli.ta senerally of lOuthem
California, lOulbern Nevada, mO'1 of
Arizona, and a omall part of New
Mexico. Th. Boulder City Area
marketing area include. a limiled
portion of the Upper Colorado River
Ba.in. in which the Navajo Generating
Station i. located. and mO.1 of the
Lower Colorado River Ba.in, a. defined
in the Colorado River Compact.

Part m. Service Saeooaa

Power from all Projects will be
marketed for delivery during two eervice
aessona. Theae lealon. are baaed upon
hi.toric w.te.....lealC. on the Lower
Colorado River. Approximalely 70
percent of the waler i. relealCd from
Lake Mead during the .ummer lealOn
aDd 30 percent i. relealCd during Ibe -
winter lCa.on. The reduced water
...._ during the winter lCalOn allow
for a period in which to perform
......ralor mainlenance,

Section A. Summer Season

The summer lealOD for any calendar
year i. the 7-month period beginning the
firol d.y of the Boulder City Area'.
March billing period and continuing

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tbroucb !be "'t day of its Seplembar
bIIIiaI pariod.

Section B. Winter Sea80n

The winter lCaoon Is Ibe 5-month
period ....nni.., Ibe llral day of Ibe
Boulder City Area', October billing
period. for any calendar year, and
continulDa tbro. Ibe la.t day of il.
February billing period in the next
.ucceeding calendar year,

Section C Proposed Regulatory Storoge
Unit

ReclamaUon is finalizing .tudie, 10
provide a recollllllelldation 10 !be
Secretary of the Inlerior concerning the
location and Iize of a regulalory .tor.,..
uult for Ibe Central Arizona Project.
CoDltruction of a regula lory .Iorage unit
would give Reclamation Ibe operalional
flexibility to inere..e winter lea.on
pumping and ..duce .ummer lellon
pumping. Thi. m.y allow for marketing
of Navajo power .urplu. 10 Central
Arizona Projecl needs during bolb Ibe
.ummer and winler ....on., The length
of ICrvice ..uon for Navajo power will
depend upon .uch factors a. the
construction of the .Ior.,.. uuli. Ibe .ize
of Ibe .torase uuli. utility exchange
arrangementa and Navajo ou..,..
schedule.. InllaUy, Ibe ICrvice .ellons
for delivery of Navajo power will
coincide with the seasons established
for all projecta,

Part IV. Navajo ~1iDa Statioa

Section A. General

The Central Arizona Project i.
lenlatively scheduled to beiln pump
te.ting operations in July 11184, with
intilial waler dellverie. in January 1985.
Power .urplua to pumping needs in
varying quaniUtie. may be available al
that time and will be markeled under
short lerm arrangementa,
A regulatory .to.... uult for the
Central Arizona Project. if con.trucled,
would give Reclamation the operational
flexibility 10 maxinUze winler le8l0n
pumping and reduce lWDDIer ..alOn
pumping with Ibe effect of making
Nanjo power available during Ibe peak
load monlb.. Arizona entitie. are
presently compJeliDa .tudies 10
delermine Ibe amount of contributed
fin..,"'.., tbal could be provided lor
construction of a nqulatory .to.... uult
or other feature. of Ibe Central Arizona
Project.
Wilb conslnlction of a resuJatory
.10.... uuli. Ibe potential axi... for
power to be made available during Ibe
lWDDIer oeaaon under long lerm
arrangemen... Allocations of Navajo
power for long lerm arTIlIl8emenl. wiU
be made after the decision relative 10

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!be conatruction of a regulalory .10....
uull i. _chad. Delivery of N.vajo
power ander long term arrangements
wilb Wectern may require the
contractor to contribule funds 10
Reclamation for !be construction of a
regulalory atorap uull for Ibe Central
Arizona Project
NavaJo power. which i. .urplualo Ibe
Federal .... of Ibe Central Arizona
Project and ntle I Salinity Control
Project (81 amended by Pub. L 9&-336,
Seplember 4, 1980, 88 Slat. Z88], will be
aUneated in accordance with the
preference provi.ion. of ..ction 9(c) of
the Reclamation Projecl Act of 1939. in
Ibe following order of priority:
1. Prefe..nce entity(.) within Arizona;
2. Preference entities within the
Boulder City marketing area;
3. Preference entities in adjacent
Federal marketing areas; and
o. Nonpreference entities in the
Boulder City marketing area.
ID the e\'eDI that a potential ,
contraclor fail. 10 place .uch power
under contract within a realOnable
period, 81 .pecified by the United States
and in accordance wilb the lerms and
conditions offered by the United Stales,
Ibe amounl. of power relelled by such
failure wiU be reallocated in accordance
with the preceding order of priortiy.

Section B. Short. Term Contingent Power

Conlingenl power is capacity and
enellY which i. normally available,
excepl during either forced or planned
outase. Ibal affecl powerplanl
capability. Reduction in capacity and
enellY, when necessary, will be on a
pro-rata basi. among all contractora for
Navajo surplu. power. The Central
Arizona Projecl i. tentatively .cheduled
to begin pump tesling operations in July
1984, with initial deliveries of waler in
January 1985. Afler that time, varying
amount. of power may be available
under .hort lerm arrangements.

Section C. Long-Term Contingent Power

Amount. of contingent power
available wiU depend upon the
construction of . regulalory storase unit
and relaled qreemenl.. and Central
Arizona Projecl operation plans,
Each Navajo contractor will also
contractually agree 10 .upply il. own
.....rves for Navajo power which meet
or exceed Western Sy.tems
Coordinating Council miDlmum reserve
nqulmnenta.

Part V. J'ubr.Davle Project

Section A. General

An amounl of Parker-Davis Project
power i. relerved for priority uses by
Ibe United Slates, and upon application,

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