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. . -' .-" South Canal should be based upon an eleven month generating period. This would reduce the competing applicants' estimated generation by one-twelveth, to an estimate of slightly more than 76,000,000 kilowatt-hours. Furhter, the UVWUA hereby states that even th i s generat i on wi 11 be imposs ib1e unless the competing app 1 icants present an acceptab le operating agreement to the UVWUA Board. In correspondence with the FERC, the UVWUA has stated that such an agreement is imperative to protect the UVWUA's ability to meet it primary objective of supplying water for domestic, municipal and industrial, and irrigation use to the over 23,000 residents of the Uncompahgre Valley. If such an agreement is not reached, the competing applicants can only claim hydropower benefits for a seven-month period, or approximately 60,000,000 kilowatt-hours. The additional power and energy of the AB Lateral Hydropower Project is due to two factors. First, the Applicants (which include the UVWUA) have di 1 igent1y searched the region and performed the necessary studies to take full advantage of the elevation differences between the West Porta 1 of the Gunn i son Tunne 1 and the Uncompahgre Ri ver. Second, the construction of the Ridgway Dam on the Uncompahgre River will allow the UVWUA to alter its present operations of the Gunnison Tunnel and South Canal in. order to supply water to this project. The UVWUA has purchased the storage rights to over 10,000 acre-feet of water stored in the Ridgway Reservoir for purposes of irrigation. In addition, the UVWUA controls the releases of an additional 10,000 acre-feet from that reservoir. This water can be used, only at the discretion of the UVWUA, to supply irrigation water to the Uncompahgre Irrigation Project. Hence, its availability and use will offset demands from the South Canal, which 15-8