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<br />~ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />The following tabulation for New Mexico is based on some classes of ultimate <br />consumers served by Plains Electric G&T Cooperative. <br /> <br /> ANNUAL ADDED <br /> ANNUAL ANNUAL CRSP ANNUAL <br /> LOAD COST ENERGY COST % <br /> (kWh) ($) (kWh) ($) INCREASE <br />Resident,ial II 6,000 264.00 3,216 5.44 2.1 <br />Irrigation 27 190,167 6,275.51 101,930 172.26 2.7 <br />Oi 1 Pumpi ng-':E/ 653,496 .23,525.86 350,274 591.96 2.5 <br />2. Impacts on the physical environment: <br /> <br />Neither the proposal nor any of the alternatives will have any effect on the <br />way the existing system of hydroelectric dams is operated under the CRSP. <br />Consequently there will be no change in the hydrologic regime of the Colorado <br />River drainage system. Reservoir fluctuations and river flows will not be <br />altered from their historic patterns as a result of the proposed rate adjust- <br />ment or its alternatives. <br /> <br />Soil erosion or reservoir siltation in the drainage basin will not be affected <br />by the proposal etther beneficially or adversely. Erosion and siltation will <br />continue to be an environmental concern in the Colorado River Basin regard- <br />less of which alternative is selected. <br /> <br />Air quality in the basin will not be affected either directly or indirectly <br />as a result of the proposed rate adjustment. <br /> <br />3. Impacts on the natural environment: <br /> <br />The proposed rate adjustment will have no effect on either the flora or fauna <br />of the Colorado River Basin either directly or indirectly. While there are <br />numerous pressures being exerted on these resources as a result of general <br />growth and physical expansion of the western economy, the analysis presented <br />above indicates that the rate adjustment will not affect that growth. <br /> <br />11 Based on a consumer using 500 kWh per month at an average cost of 44 <br />mills per kWh with CRSP serving 53.6% of the load (Plains G&T received <br />53.6% of their requirements from CRSP in 1978). <br /> <br />l! Based on a 100 hp load @ 58.2% load factor for pumping in the summer <br />season at an average rate of 33 mills per kWh with CRSP serving 53.6% of <br />the load. <br /> <br />II Based on a 100 hp load at 10% load factor at an average rate of 36 mills <br />per kWh with CRSP serving 53.6% of the load. <br /> <br />12 <br />