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<br />. <br /> <br />COLORADO RIVER STORAGE PROJECT <br />TRANSMISSION DIVISION <br />(Continued) <br /> <br />New Mexico <br />Four Corners and Albuquerque <br /> <br />Utah <br /> <br />Flaming Gorge, Heber, Sigurd, and Vernal <br /> <br />Wvominq <br />Pilot Butte <br /> <br />REMARKS: <br /> <br />The five major utilities in the Upper Basin States have proposed that <br />the Federal Government build only a portion of the transmission <br />system and that the utilities build the remaining lines or utilize exist- <br />ing lines to wheel project power to the pOints shown on the attached <br />map. FOllowing are the lines which the utilities feel the Federal <br />Government should build, and the initial portions of these lines are <br />presently programmed as indicated under "Costs:" <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />One 230-kv line Glen Canyon - Four Corners <br />Two 230-kv lines Four Corners - Curecanti"Poncha (near Salida) <br />Wood pOle lines as needed from Flaming Gorge to serve Vernal, <br />Rangely, and Craig and to interconnect the storage proj~ct <br />with existing Colorado- Big Thompson Proj ect facil~tie$. <br /> <br />Based on the aforementioned utilities' proposal and the wheeUng <br />rates offered by the utilities, the Bureau of Reclamation is npw ' <br />studying the proposal and its relationship to the following factors: <br /> <br />1. Ability of the proposed system to serve preference <br />customers. <br /> <br />2. Integration of Federal power facilities. <br /> <br />3. Effect on the project feasibility, payout, and <br />irrigation assistance. <br /> <br />After a decision has been reached regarding the wheeling proposal, <br />further detailed programming of transmission construction wiU be <br />undertaken. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />-19- <br />