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<br /> <br />......... ". <br /> <br />Electric t'nerg.... and water .'He inextricabl.\' <br />linked In Southern ;\.\'\"ada. PumpinK <br />treatt.d water from the ~hort.~ of Lake <br />~h'ad to thl' far rl'acht'~ of the La.... \~'ga~ <br />\'alley-in ~Olnl' ('a~l':<' mort' than 2.500 <br />feet uphill-require.... a tremend(lu~ amount <br />of power. The <br />5:'\\\'1-\ i.... lht' <br />sin~lt. large....t power <br />user in Southern <br />Ne\i1da. <br /> <br />The S:\"\\-:~\'s two <br />highc~t prioritlt'~ <br />relatnltu electri( <br /> <br />~ ., 1 ~ <br /> <br />this goal benefit all municipal water <br />custome,,-. <br /> <br />The S~\\'f\ hils secured long-term <br />contracts for electric t'nlT!{>' fmm the <br />Colorado Ru"t'r Commission al rates far <br />bdow the turrent <br />"SplIt" market ralt'. <br />Thl.... re~l'r\"t,d <br />"hlock of power" <br />prfwides thl' <br />S:'\\'\I-\ the <br />rdiabihty Jl('("e~sary <br />to enSUrf.' <br />unintt'rrup\t'd waler <br /> <br /> <br />ent'r!{\'are <br />rdiabdlt.... ilnd eost <br />efficiency. The <br />\\~ter .-\uthl/rit\" <br />const<mtl~. seeks <br />arran\o(t'nll'111s that <br />wdl benefit lllemlJt'r <br />i\~l'n(il''''' and <br />ultim,ltdy <br />custolllers. Tht' <br />S;'\\'C-\ i.... not a profit-dnH'n orgaOl/alion: <br />therefore. Its solt' In!t'rc....t is to ....c(ure <br />reliable. low-cn....t dertnc t'nerg:"; liJr lt~ <br />operalil)ns, As delivt'r~' cmh are rcllt'cted <br />in water raLt's, the S:'\.\\~\s e1T0I1s toward <br /> <br />St.r....Ke. <br /> <br />..-\ddltlOnalk. the <br />S:'\\\'..-\ Is revil'w- <br />ing proposals <br />related to both <br />additIOnal long- <br />term contritcl.... and <br />partial owner:<hip nf <br />a flll\\'t'r-~t'lleratlllg <br />fanht~.. The 5:'\\'\:..\. will continue to <br />t'\plor(' opportunitlt':'o 10 emUfe power <br />reliability MId mana~c tht' impads of <br />\'olatile l'nefgy cost.... to its memht'r agencies <br />and their cu~lome"-. <br /> <br />I <br />