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<br />Summary Report on the Operation of Missouri River Main Stem Reservoirs
<br />
<br />Mr. Tim Waara, Chief of the Reservoir Control Center, Missouri
<br />River Division, Corps of Engineers, told the Committee that the com-
<br />pletion of the Northern Pacific relocation on North Dakota's shoreline
<br />of Oahe Reservoir had removed the last obstacle to full use of all
<br />main stem reservoirs on the river. This accompanied one of the
<br />greatest June rises of record on the upper Missouri. This rise, with-
<br />out the main stem system of reservoirs, would have been characterized
<br />as one of the worst summer flood years in the history of the Basin.
<br />It is estimated that the reservoirs and levee system prevented nearly
<br />$500 billion in damages.
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<br />As a result of the tremendous inflow into the main stem reservoir
<br />system, initial fill of the system was accomplished by the end of July
<br />1967. During the 12 months ending in July 1967 generation of electrical
<br />energy totaled 8.8 billion kilowatthours; freight shipments on the
<br />Missouri River navigation projects, extending from Sioux City to the
<br />Mouth, reached a record of 2,556,000 tons in 1966. Recreational use
<br />of the lIk~in stem projects increased with visitation during 1966 total-
<br />ing 4,940,000. Full service tD all authorized functiDns has now been
<br />achieved and barring the occurrence of severe drought periods a con-
<br />tinuation of this service can be expected in the years to come,
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<br />Annual Power Report of the Bureau of Reclamation
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<br />Mr. George Le,ds, Regional Supervisor of Power, Bureau of Reclamation,
<br />Region 6, Billings, Montana, told the Committee that the year just passed
<br />had achieved a record for power production in the Missouri River Basin.
<br />Water supplies were abundant. Power and energy production, as well as
<br />revenue, reached record levels,
<br />
<br />With the completion of Yellowtail Powerplant in Montana the nUlnber
<br />of Federal hydropower plants in the Missouri Basin now totals 23 with
<br />a total nameplate capacity of 2,740,350 kilowatts.
<br />
<br />Total sales of all classes of power for the entire system exceeded
<br />10.5 billion kilowatthours with revenue in excess of 46.6 million for
<br />fiscal year 1967. Total sales for fiscal year 1968 should approach
<br />11 billion kilo"atthours with revenue of 48.7 million.
<br />
<br />Successful efforts were made during the year to close the trans-
<br />mission ties betlveen the East and West in order to obtain the benefits
<br />of interconnected operation. It was shown that many benefits could be
<br />obtained from this type of interconnection; however, the experiment
<br />also pointed out that interconnected systems share not only benefits
<br />but the problems originally incident to the original systems. The
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