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<br />Themelhodsfol1lM' <br />establishedWeslem <br />resOlJn:eacqui~tiOl1 <br />polities. <br /> <br />m <br /> <br />Conclusions & <br />Recommendations <br /> <br />This report addresses how Western <br />has met the princIpal requirements <br />of SectlOn 1809 afthe Grand <br />Canyon Protection Act of 1992. <br /> <br />Weslem, acting on behalf of the <br />Secretary of Energy, has: <br /> <br />I. consulted with agencies of the Depart- <br />ment of the Interior, representatives of <br />the CRSP power customers, environ- <br />mental organizations, and the Colorado <br />River Basm States <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />2. identified feasIble methods of replacmg <br />power made unavailable al Glen <br />Canyon Dam; <br /> <br />3. included an Investigation of the methods <br />to idemify modifications or additions to <br />the transmission system that may be <br />required to acquire and deliver replace. <br />ment power; <br /> <br />mem Program EIS, considerations related <br />to Western's Electric Power Marketing <br />EIS and Intenor's Glen Canyon Darn EIS; <br />perunenl FERC orders: and laws affecting <br />DOE, Western, and the CRSP. <br /> <br />This report includes a summary of <br />the proof-of-concept analysis that demon- <br />suated use of the methods and evaluation <br />tools identified and developed. By evalu- <br />ating diverse alternatives and considenng <br />transmission system constraInts, the <br />analysis shows the abihty of the methods <br />and evaluation tools to handle "real world" <br />resource acquisitions. The proof-of- <br />concept analysis demonstrated that the <br />replacement resource acquisition method- <br />ology identified In this report \\ill provide <br />Western \vith economically and technically <br />feasible methods for selecting replacement <br />power resources to offer to finn-power <br />customers. As Western gains additional <br />knowledge and experience \\ith resource <br />evaluations and acqUisitions and as <br />mdustry practice in resource evaluation <br />changes. the proof-of-concept model can <br />be revised <br /> <br />Western proposes to: <br /> <br />use these methods to replace lost <br />generation for the short-, mid-, and <br />long-term based on firm power <br />customers' requests; <br /> <br />. evaluate and select resources <br />based on the criteria outlined in this <br />report, and generall,y follow a least- <br />cost strategy; <br /> <br />inwstigate and apply energy effi- <br />clenc)' measures when cost effec- <br />tin; <br /> <br />4, mcluded an investigation of the feasibil- <br />ity of integrating operations at Hoover <br />Dam and Glen Canyon Dam to replace <br />all or part of such lost capacity; and <br /> <br />5. developed this report of the findings. <br /> <br />Feasible Methods <br /> <br />11us Methods Report identifies the <br />econonucalIy and technically feasible <br />methods that Western \\ill use to replace <br />capacity made unavailable due to opera- <br />tional changes at Glen Canyon and other <br />SLCAIJP sites. The methods follow <br />established \Vestern resource acquisition <br />policies. such as Western's Pnnciples of <br />IRP, The methods also take into account <br />proviSIOns of the SLCAIJP Conuact <br />Amendment: the Record of DeCISion m <br />Western's Energy Planrung and Manage- <br />