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Show 78 UPDATING THE HOOVER DAM DOCUMENTS D.6 Reallocation of CRSP Power On September 21, 1975, the Department of the Interior approved new allocations of CRSP power for both Northern and Southern Division CRSP customers (part of the Southern Division includes Parker-Davis Project customers) and for the Parker-Davis Project customers. The allocations were substantially in accordance with Interior's proposal of March 20, 1975, 40 F.R. 66, pages 15101-15104. Prior to the reallocation, the CRSP power available to Southern Division customers was 213,350 kW during the summer season. The largest single summer allocation was 101,900 kW to the Salt River Project. The second and third largest allocations were 28,500 kW to Nevada's Division of Natural Resources and 12,300 kW to the Arizona Electric Power Cooperative. The remaining 70,650 kW was divided among 23 customers in quantities ranging from 200 to 10,400 kW. Of the 60,750 kW of CRSP power available during the winter season, the largest allocations were 29,550 kW to Salt River Project, 12,450 kW to Nevada and 5,850 kW to Arizona's Electrical District No. 2. The remaining 12,900 kW was divided among 22 customers in quantities ranging from 10 to 2,100 kW. The reallocation of September 21, 1975, divided 240,000 kW during the summer season and 84,000 kW during the winter season. In addition to generally larger allocations to the 26 prior customers, one new customer was added, the Ak-Chin Indian Community. Short-term allocations to Queen Creek Irrigation District and San Tan Irrigation District were extended. The reallocation of 84,000 kW during the winter season went to the existing 25 customers with only the Ak-Chin Indian Community receiving a new allocation of 3,300 kW. In addition to the 213,350 kW of summer allocation and the 60,760 kW of winter allocation, there were available to Southern Division customers an additional 26,650 kW and 23,240 kW during the summer and winter seasons, respectively. These additional kWs were originally allocated to preference customers but not placed under contract with those preference customers to whom they were allocated. In 1975 these additional kWs were reallocated to the preference contractors and to a single new preference customer, the Ak-Chin Indian Community. Lists of the CRSP customers (and the Parker-Davis customers) for both the summer and winter seasons before and after reallocation are set out in the chapter dealing with reallocation of the Parker-Davis Project power and are not repeated here. The background and reasons for the reallocation are set out in a memorandum of August 20, 1975, from the Commissioner of Reclamation to the Secretary of the Interior. Firm Electric Service Contracts Contract offers were made to all entities in the Southern Division which received an allocation of CRSP firm power on September 24, 1975, from the Secretary of the Interior. There are 25 CRSP contracts (including the Arizona Power Pooling Association (APPA) integrated contract) of which 14 were signed as of July 1, 1977, and 11 had not been signed (six are litigants in the Arizona Power authority (APA) withdrawal suit.) Seven Letter Agreements were signed as of July 1, 1977- D. 7 CRSP Withdrawal Suits A lawsuit in opposition to the withdrawal of CRSP power was filed by Arizona Power Authority, Electrical District No. 3, Electrical District No. 4, Electrical District Number 5, Pinal County, Electrical District Number 6, Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation and Drainage District, Roosevelt Irrigation District, and the City of Safford, in December 1971. At a later date Electrical District Number Two intervened on behalf of APA, et al., and the Northern Division Power Association intervened on behalf of the United States. In March 1975, a decision was rendered in favor of the United States. In September 1975, an appeal was filed by the Plaintiffs. The first hearing of the appeal was held December 19, 1975. The Plaintiffs still contend that the Secretary was not acting within his authority when he made an allocation which contained a preference based on geographical boundaries. |
