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Show 68 UPDATING THE HOOVER DAM DOCUMENTS Gila Project Loads There are a number of Gila Project loads located within the Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation and Drainage District (WMIDD) area. Among these loads are Pumping Plants Nos. 1, 2, and 3 which have a combined maximum peak demand of around 20 megawatts and a monthly energy use of about 10,000,000 kWh. Relift and drainage pumps scattered throughout the area have a total load of about 5 megawatts and consume approximately 2,500,000 kWh monthly. Energy usage for the preceding loads is billed to WMIDD at 3.5 mills/kWh (S-l) rate. Service to Wellton Camp, which is the Gila Project maintenance base, and to the residences of Wellton-Mohawk ditchriders, who maintain the Gila Project facilities, totals 250,000 kWh monthly and represents approximately a 750 kW load. These loads are also billed to the WMIDD, but at 6.65 mills/kWh (S-l rate). On the Yuma Irrigation District (YID) system out of Gila Substation, the Yuma relift pumps comprise a small Gila Project load, 150 kW and 20,000 kWh per month, which is billed to YID at 3.5 mills/kWh (S-l rate). On the Yuma Mesa Irrigation and Drainage District (YMIDD) system, combined Gila Project load is approximately 7,000 kW and 2,500,000 kWh monthly, billed to YMIDD at 3.5 mills/kWh (S-l rate) except for a small amount being supplied to an office building at 6.65 mills/kWh (S-2 rate). Approximately 35 Gila Project saline and sump pump sites are located in the Wellton-Mohawk area and represent a 1 megawatt (MW) load and an approximate monthly energy consumption of 500,000 kWh. This energy is billed to the Yuma Projects Office at 3.5 mills/kWh (S-1 rate). Three Gila Project supply wells on the Yuma Projects system served off the 34.5-kV ties at Gila Substation create a load of about 288 kW and 180,000 kWh monthly. An arrangement between the Yuma Projects office and Yuma Irrigation District provides for this load to be billed to YID at 3.5 mills/kWh (S-l), with YID being reimbursed by the Yuma Projects Office. Some of the numerous Reclamation drainage wells located in the South Gila Valley are also on the Yuma Projects system served off the 34.5-kV ties at Gila Substation and are Gila Project, Wellton-Mohawk Division, loads. The total load for these Gila Project drainage wells is about 304 kW with a monthly energy consumption of around 190,000 kWh. These drainage well loads are billed at 3.5 mills/kWh to the Yuma Projects Office. Colorado River Front Work and Levee System Loads The portion of Reclamation's South Gila Valley drainage wells which are not Gila Project loads and are also on the Yuma Projects system served off the 34.5-kV ties at Gila Substation are Colorado River Front Work and Levee System (CRFW&LS) loads. The CRFW&LS drainage well loads total about 208 kW and approximately 130,000 kWh monthly, payable by the Yuma Projects Office at 3.5 mills/kWh (S-l rate). Energy used by the CRFW&LS pumped storage facility at Senator Wash varies from 250,000 to 1,000,000 kWh monthly, dependent on the water releases from Parker Dam and the water requirements of Yuma area farmers. This energy is billed to the Yuma Projects Office at 6.65 milis/kWh (S-2 rate). CRFW&LS wells served off the Yuma County Water Users' Association system have a combined monthly load of 2,500 kW and 1,300,000 kWh. This energy is billed to the Yuma Projects Office at 3.5 mills/kWh (S-l rate). Twelve drainage pumps constitute a 700 kW and 500,000 kWh monthly CRFW&LS load fed from the YID system. These loads are billed to the Yuma Projects Office at 3.5 mills/kWh (S-l rate). Parker-Davis Project Loads The Parker-Davis Project employee residential load for Coolidge, Mesa, and Tucson Substations, and for Davis and Parker Dams totals approximately 70,000 kWh monthly and is billed to the employees at the rate of 8 mills/kWh (LC-13 rate).' The Parker-Davis Project Phoenix headquarters building area, which * This rate is currently under review in accordance with a recent directive to increase Government housing and utility rates to be more in line with costs to the private citizens in the surrounding areas. |