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<br />Moon lake Completes First Tie~ln
<br />Of Colorado And Missouri Basins
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<br />Moon Lake Electric Association, Inc.
<br />an September 20th closed the switches
<br />(In 53 miles: of transmission line con-
<br />necting the Moon Lake ayatem with
<br />lines served by the U.S. Bureau of Re-
<br />-clamation Big Thompson Project.
<br />This is the first tie to be made be-
<br />tween the Region Seven and RegIon
<br />Four generation systems of the Bur-
<br />eau of Reclamation. Big Thompson pro.
<br />ject power is thus transmitted to the
<br />Flaming Gorge construction, becoming
<br />the first Interconnection between the
<br />Upper Colorado and the Missouri sys.
<br />tems.
<br />Completion of the interconnection
<br />between Moon Lake and the White
<br />"River Electric's transmission lines at
<br />Meeker enables Moon Lake to r;ecelve
<br />power from the U.S.B.R. to supplement
<br />the company's own generation, and to
<br />provide e~ergency p<lwer if required.
<br />The availabilit). of Bureau power
<br />will enable Moon Lake to discontinue
<br />apcration of two 1,000 KW steam tur"
<br />bines at the Rangely, Colo. plant. Shul-
<br />ting down the steam turbines wlll af.
<br />1e<.:1 a great saving in Moon Lakes na-
<br />tural gas allowance, however, ther~
<br />will be little 01' no reduction of diesel
<br />generation as a result of the new lin.:>.
<br />During the ,past few months the load
<br />on the Moon Lake system has grow:l
<br />to the extent that all generating equip-
<br />ment has been running at near capa-
<br />city, with the result that the A~socia-
<br />tion ha~ been exceeding the amount
<br />of natural gas available for genera-
<br />tion. As a result of this, an excessive
<br />amount of fuel oil has been requlr(!d
<br />to operate the diesel generatOl's, whicn
<br />.are normally opersted on lower cost
<br />natural gas. Gas which has been di..
<br />verted to the sleam turbines can now
<br />be utilized in the dIesel engines at a-
<br />bout twice the efficiency of the steam
<br />plant.
<br />The transmission Une between Range-
<br />ly and'Meeker is designed to operate
<br />at 115,000 volts, but it will be operated
<br />at 69,000 volts until Flaming Gorge
<br />and Glen Canyon power is available
<br />in 1963.
<br />The line wili be of value in trans-
<br />mitting power from Flaming Gorg~
<br />Dam to Western Colorado after the
<br />Generatol'll at the dam are in operation.
<br />To speed constructicm time; the 53
<br />miles of line was divided into two sec-
<br />tions, and separate contracts were a-
<br />warded for each section. The Irby Con-
<br />shuction Co. of Jackson, Miss. was
<br />$uccessfullow bidder on the "A" se;:-
<br />tion of the line fram Rangely, to the
<br />midpoint of the line; Ilnd the I. O. Tei-
<br />gon Const. Co. of Princeton, Minn. was
<br />awarded the remaining part.
<br />Both fIrms started construction in
<br />May, and completed their section wit!}-
<br />ill the contract period.
<br />Merrick and Company of Denver
<br />Colorado, Consulting Engineers, de-
<br />sIgned the line. Edward LeCnyer of
<br />Merrick and Co. was resident engineer
<br />()f the line construction.
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<br />Jacob Curtis Heads
<br />Mountain View Assn.
<br />The membership, of .MVEA,_~onsist-
<br />. Ing of 21_8 persons personally_ in,atten.d'
<br />ance at the' recent ~ual- meetirtg, and
<br />1,267 persons represented by proxy,;
<br />re-elected the dlrectors whose terms
<br />of office had expired.
<br />Paul F. Ki;'g, representing the Black
<br />Forest Area was re-elected torepre:sent
<br />District #'l,; John p, Person, was reo .
<br />elected to':represent District #7;' and
<br />William F. Groff was re-elected' to rep- .
<br />resent District #11). .'
<br />The nominatlng committee consisted
<br />of the following members; T: M., Collier
<br />Jr.;,Ray Shook; Alex M. Johnson.
<br />At a re-organization.meeting, follow. .
<br />ing the annual meeting, Associatioil'ofw
<br />ficers were elected as follows: Jacob
<br />D. Curtis, President; A. T. Spaid, Vice
<br />President; William F. Groff, Secretary;
<br />John P. Person Assistant Secretary;
<br />Donald C. Colbert Treasurer. ".
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<br />Grundy Becomes
<br />Southeast Colo.
<br />Power Manager
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<br />James D,' Grundy
<br />At the regular Board Meeting held
<br />September 20, 1961 in La Junta, James
<br />D. Grundy; Assistant Manager, was
<br />named Manager of the Southeast Colo-
<br />J:ado Power Association.
<br />Mr. Grundy has been wIth the Asso-
<br />ciation-since 1947, serving in varIous
<br />capacities and from October 1952 was
<br />named Assistant Manager.
<br />Jim and his family reside at 1304
<br />Lewis, La Junta. They have two chil-
<br />dren, Nancy a freshman attending
<br />Ole~o Junior College and Kenneth, a
<br />junior at La Junta High' ~Ch?ol.
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<br />Engineering Firm Begins Electric
<br />Heat Operation In San Luis Valley
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<br />MONTE V1STA_A new business has
<br />opened in Monte Vista, that will cover
<br />all of Southern Colorado.
<br />Electric Way will be a sales engineer-
<br />ing firm for eiedl'ic heating and insu.
<br />lation work. The officials of the busi-
<br />ness have stated that they have signed
<br />COlltt'acts or al'C negotiating with ten
<br />eledrical power companies In the area.
<br />They will offer the suppliers of elec.
<br />trical power the service of measuring
<br />any home or business on their lines and
<br />make estimates as to'the costs of settIng
<br />up electrical heat for these customers.
<br />The compan~' will 'pl'Ovide a complete
<br />insulation service in connection with
<br />their heating service.
<br />Electrlc Wav 'Will be dealers for
<br />Chromalox heating equipment, thermo-
<br />stats, convector healers, fan driven
<br />units, radiant wall heaters, and celling
<br />heater units.
<br />A special service to farmers in the
<br />area wIll also be offered.
<br />They will measure and estimate the
<br />costs of operation and installation of
<br />(lellar ventilation and/or heating units.
<br />Chief personnel In the company in-
<br />(llude Robert McNitt who will handle
<br />Sales work: R. R. (Curley) Reynolds,
<br />who will serve as the appllance dealer
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<br />and Ronald Wadleigh, electric en.
<br />gineer.
<br />The new company has set up their
<br />shop north of Monte Vista on U.S.
<br />Highway 285.
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<br />Two More Rural
<br />Electrics Join
<br />In State Unity
<br />P:resident William A. ByelS :an.
<br />nounced at opening _seliSwns at the
<br />stale-wide meeting in Grand Junc-
<br />tion Sept. -27 !hat two of Colorado's
<br />llU'gesl rural elec1ric associations
<br />had Jusl Joined Colo:rado Rural
<br />Elechlc Association.
<br />He welcomed Ihe delegations pre.
<br />sent from Southeast Colorado Pow.
<br />.1 f:rom La Junta and San isabel
<br />Elechic at Pueblo,
<br />James D. G:rundy is manage:r of
<br />Southeasf, alld Edwa:rd E. GaUhe:r
<br />is manage:r of San Isabel.
<br />This brings the 101111 associatiOns
<br />now members of Colorado Rural
<br />Eledric Association 10 21.
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<br />McKenzie Heads Managers Group
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<br />I. W. Potterson, manager of Empire Electric Assn. at Cortel', holds papers
<br />upon which the state-wide managers association has been worklllg for the
<br />past year during his presidency. AI right, contemplating his duties for Ihe com.
<br />ing year, is the .new president -elected at Grand Junction. He is Manager
<br />Bruce A. McKenzie of Mountein Parks Electric Ann.
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<br />Cooperation Speeds
<br />Repair Of Lines Hit
<br />By Severe Snowstorm
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<br />soon fo'und their high-power sllOrt
<br />wave transmitter in"demand. YamPa's
<br />repair crew asked that they translUit
<br />requests for additional work crews and
<br />material to the,Green Mountain powel'-
<br />plant south of Kremmling. The requests
<br />were then telephoned_ from Green
<br />Mountain to the Mountain Parks Rnral
<br />.Electric Association headquartered at
<br />Granby.
<br />From Granby, calls went out to
<br />Grand Junction and Meeker rural elec-
<br />tric offices. Within a few hours addl-
<br />tionai repair crews and _trucks loaded
<br />with emergency repairs arrived in the
<br />Craig area.
<br />Twenty-four hours later norma1l1nes
<br />of communication by telephone were
<br />re-establiShed, and much of the outage
<br />on Y<l-mpa's rursl electric lines were
<br />back In operation.
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<br />The type of cooperation that keeps
<br />rural electric customers happy, even
<br />when near-disaster strikes, was demon-~
<br />strated in the Oak Creek area of Colo-.
<br />rado in late .!?eptember.
<br />Rural electric lines in the area suf.
<br />fered considerable damage and tele-
<br />phone lines, were out in all directionS
<br />from the heavy snowstorm which struek
<br />on a Fl'idllY. Hardest hit was the
<br />Yampa Valley rural electric in the
<br />Craig section.
<br />A four-man Bureau of Reclamation
<br />team had moved into tlie area to guard
<br />against transmission line failure. They
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<br />Highl1ne Electri<:: Board of Directors sealed leh,to right! Baxter W. Arnold,
<br />Ralph Newman, Marlin Sorensen, Joe Schmidt, Fred Cooper. Standing left to
<br />right: Lorin D. Lindstrom, Loren Colson, Elmer O,estmon, Lewis RhaCldes, Harold
<br />E. (Bill) Goddard, Gust C. Anderson, Fidele'Guenzl.
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