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bution of power allocations between the Northern and Southern Divisions. Therefore, revenues available to the Upper Division States are not affected by changes in the distribution of power allocations between the Northern and Southern Divisions. Current Use of Power Revenues Revenues collected from power sales in both the Northern and Southern Divisions are credited to the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund. Storage unit power revenues in the Basin Fund in exces~ of specific project repayment requirements are apportioned as follows: Colorado (46 percent), New Mexico (17 percent), Utah (21.5 percent), and Wyoming (15.5 percent). Such appor- tioned revenues are for use in the repayment of construction costs of authorized Participating Projects as specified by Congress. Authorized Projects Western has identified 53 authorized projects in the Upper Colorado River Basin, of which 20 are Participating Projects associated with the CRSP. Estimated costs of the unfunded authorized projects total $2,910,614,000, of which $1,453,124,000 relate to participating projects. CRSP power reve- nues in the FY 1981 power repayment study are scheduled to repay a total of $2,629,000,000 of participating projects costs by 2090. The total estimated costs for all authorized projects exceed $7,575,000,000. Annually, from 2010 through 2090, revenues ranging from about $333,000 to $39,000,000 are available for repaying participating projects costs. Alternatives for Additional Power Revenues To prepare this report, studies were conducted to determine the potential for providing additional power revenues for early development of authorized projects. Over 20 alternative studies were conducted in order to define the potential revenue available under various repayment conditions. Evaluation of these studies indicated that to assure 'desired revenues will be available for irrigation assistance, a definite change in the power rate would be required, similar to the approach used in Section 102 of the Hoover Power Plant Act of 1984. The Alternatives researched would generate additional average annual revenues ranging from no additional revenue to a high of about $260 million. These revenues would require increases in the power rates up to a maximum of about 40 mills per kWh. These studies were cursory in nature. They were conducted to provide the broadest perspective possible within the time allotted. The studies provide Western's best estimate of revenues that would be generated under each alternative investigated and, as such, are considered appropriate for providing a perspective on the relative contributions of the various alternatives. The studies are not represented as providing the level of detail used when Western computes actual repayment obligations for rate-setting purposes. 2 .