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<br /> <br />I <br /> <br />'- <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />spillw,lY <br /> <br />. <br />repilJrs durin'] 191'4. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />7 <br /> <br />Both 9('n"r~tion and trilnsmisr;ion filcility Mlditions are <br /> <br />] plnnnrd hetween 1987 nnd 1991 that will increase the fiscal <br /> <br />4 year 1981 power investment from $538,215,000 to about 1.1 <br /> <br />5 l)i]]iorl ~o]]ars. Tt\crc arc 2 principal arlditions projected in <br /> <br />'i tll(! risen] Yf'i:!r 'P.l study thi'lt account for most of the <br /> <br />7 ildditionCll investments shO\m here, Over 475 million dolliHS in <br /> <br />f1 I'ower costs ilre ,lssocL'lrl'C1 wi th the Central Utah Project, the <br /> <br /><) Bonneville Unit generating fncillty and almost $95,000,000 hilS <br /> <br />]() hcerl irlrltJ~p(l for tl10 l~('~itern Colorado 3~5-kv transnlission <br /> <br />11 sysl.em. The total po\vc'r investment of $1.1 billion Is about $42(' <br /> <br />17 mill ion <]rci'tpr than wns in the 1977 study. <br /> <br />]] <br /> <br />As a result of the increase in power investments, interest <br /> <br />14 exp('nses also incrensed. The total interest cost In the 19P.l <br /> <br />15 study Is over $5GG million, an increClse of about $21G million <br /> <br />lG since 1977. Four interest rCltes hilvc been used in the'rl stud~. <br /> <br />17 The current interest rate of 9.357 percent applies to the <br /> <br />lR ~estern Colorado 3~5-kv transmission system. An increase In <br /> <br />19 power investments also increAses replacement costs. Tn <br /> <br />20 addition to having more fClcilities to replace, costs "ra higher <br /> <br />'1 ns a resll]t of inflation. <br /> <br />TnflCltion, of course, affects the <br /> <br />72 rstimntpd costs for Clll of the future Investments. <br /> <br />21 <br /> <br />Tn the 1977 study, ,l,.nuary '77 cost levels were used to <br /> <br />24 project future rerl~cernent costs while J~nuary, 1981 cost <br /> <br />25 levels were used hy Western and estimated October '81 cost <br /> <br />13 <br /> <br />Tntermountaln Court Reporters <br />2G3-l39fi <br />