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<br />I <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />An extensive transmission system (called the Transmission Division) <br />consisting of substations and transmission lines is included in the project. <br />The system carries project power to key load points in the marketing area. <br />It is integrated with pre~erence power users' and private utilities' <br />transmission lines to form the Colorado River Storage Project Inter- <br />connected Transmission System. <br /> <br />The storage units are Glen Canyon on the Colorado River in Arizona near the <br /> <br /> <br />Utah border, Flaming Gorge on the Green River in Utah near the Wyoming <br /> <br /> <br />border, Navajo on the San Juan River in New Mexico near the Colorado border, <br /> <br /> <br />and Curecanti on the Gunnison River in west-central Colorado. After com- <br /> <br /> <br />pletion of the Crystal feature of the Curecanti unit six reservoirs formed <br /> <br /> <br />by the four units will have a total storage capacity of nearly 34 million <br /> <br /> <br />acre feet. The electric power generating plants installed at five of the <br /> <br /> <br />reservoirs will have an installed capacity of 1266 megawatts. <br /> <br />Glen Canyon Unit with its dam located 17 miles upstream from Lee Ferry, <br />is the key feature of the Colorado River Storage Project. The 710 foot <br />high dam forms a reservoir which provides more storage capacity than the <br />other five reservoirs of the project combined. The concrete arch dam has <br />a crest length of 1,560 feet. <br /> <br />,Total capacity of Glen Canyon Reservoir (Lake Powell) is 27 million acre- <br />feet, and the active capacity is 20,876,000 acre-feet. At normal water <br />surface elevation the reservoir has a length of 186 miles and a surface <br />area of 161,400 acres. The powerplant at the toe of the dam houses eight <br />l18,750-ki10watt generators. <br /> <br />Flaming Gorge Unit is on the Green River in northeastern Utah, about 32 miles <br /> <br /> <br />downstream from the Utah-Wyoming border. The concrete thin-arch dam has a <br /> <br /> <br />maximim height of 502 feet and a crest length of 1,285 feet. The powerplant <br /> <br /> <br />is at the downstream toe of the dam and houses three 36,OOO-kilowatt <br /> <br /> <br />generators. Flaming Gorge Reservoir has a total capacity of 3,789,000 acre <br /> <br /> <br />feet and an active capacity of 3,516,000 acre-feet. At normal water surface <br /> <br />2 <br />