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Table 2.1 <br />Historical Power Generation and Water Use <br />Hayden Station Units 1 and 2 <br /> <br />Year Energy <br />Production <br />GWHR Water <br />Diversion <br />acre-feet Acre-feet/ <br />GWHRi <br />Capacity Factor <br />1985 3,118 4,935 1.58 79.8 percent <br />1986 2,962 4,689 1.58 75.8 percent <br />1987 3,463 5,687 1.64 88.6 ercent <br />1988 2,976 5,215 1.75 76.2 percent <br />1989 3,295 5,837 1.77 84.3 ercent <br />Av 3,163 5,273 1.66 80.9 ercent <br />`GWHR = Gigawatt-hour <br />There are also storage decrees for several on-site, off-stream reservoirs integral to <br />operation of the Hayden Station power plant. The majority of the diversions to storage in <br />these reservoirs is reflected in the historical diversions from the Yampa River through the <br />Colorado Utilities Ditch and Pipeline. The Hayden Station Partners also own a contract <br />right for 5,000 acre-feet of storage in Steamboat Lake which can be released for <br />industrial use at Hayden Station. Historically, there has not been a need to utilize this <br />back-up storage reserve. Refer to the documentation describing Steamboat Lake for more <br />information on this agreement. <br />2.7. Craig Station Ditch and Pipeline <br />This structure (WDID 440522) diverts water from the Yampa River for industrial use at <br />the Craig Station power generation facility. The following absolute water rights are <br />owned by Tri-State and the other Yampa Proj ect Participants (the operating consortium <br />for Craig Units 1 and 2): <br />Adjudication Administration <br />WDID Date Appropriation Date No. Amount <br />440522 03-30-1964 09-30-1961 40815.0000 45.70 cfs <br />12-31-1974 11-01-1972 45290.44865 44.93 cfs <br />The first water right listed was transferred from the Wessels Canal, a conditional water <br />right that was originally decreed for diversion in the vicinity of what is now Stagecoach <br />Reservoir. As a term and condition of that transfer, the amount diverted at the Craig <br />Station is limited to the amount of water physically and legally available at the original <br />point of diversion. This right carries the same priority date as the senior storage decree <br />for Stagecoach Reservoir (the Bear Reservoir decree for 11,614 acre-feet). Pursuant to a <br />1992 Agreement between the UYWCD and Tri-State, the use of the Wessels direct flow <br />right was granted priority over the Bear Reservoir storage decree at times when there is <br />Yampa River Basin Information 2-6 <br />