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Show 82 UPDATING THE HOOVER DAM DOCUMENTS INCOME Energy Sales kWh Net Amount Mills Net Per kWh 7,190,637 1,613,072 47,739.43 11,639.70 6.64 7.22 8,803,709 59,379.13 6.74 818.061.892 5.219.528.93 6.38 Contractor Other Sales to Public Authorities U.S. Dept. of Defense WAFB-2659 U.S. Dept. of Defense YPG-2660 Total TOTAL FIRM SALES In addition to the "Total Firm Sales" of 818,061,892 kWh and an income of $5,219,528.93, there were interchanges and other deliveries and sales during this period making a "Grand Total Power Sales" of 1.805,247,216 kWh which did not change the above income figures. However, there was other income (including $575,504.53 paid under protest and carried in a suspense account) of $417.97, $7,200.82, and $574,750.12, in addition to the aforementioned income of $5,219,528.93 during fiscal year 1977. E. Navajo Project E. 1 Background The Navajo Project (or Navajo Generating Station and Transmission System) was developed as a result of the authorization of the Central Arizona Project (CAP) as a part of the Colorado River Basin Project Act, Public Law 90-537, dated September 30, 1968, 82 Stat. 885. CAP requires the pumping of water from the Colorado River some 200 miles to the Phoenix area and an additional 100 miles to the Tucson area. For that purpose an annual average quantity of 1.2 million acre-feet would be pumped from Lake Havasu behind Parker Dam, which alone involves an initial lift of approximately 800 feet, and a total pump lift of 1,200 feet to the Phoenix area, and would require approximately 500,000 kW of power. The failure of the proponents of CAP to obtain Congressional authorization of new hydroelectric projects, such as Bridge Canyon and Marble Canyon Dams, due to concern over the impact of the scenic qualities of the Grand Canyon and other environmental factors, forced consideration of other alternatives to obtain the needed energy. The most promising was Federal acquisition of a share of the generating capacity in a large thermal plant to be constructed by a group of public and private utilities. Hence: Section 303 of the Colorado River Basin Project Act provided: "Sec. 303. (a) The Secretary is authorized and directed to continue to a conclusion appropriate engineering and economic studies and to recommend the most feasible plan for the construction and operation of hydroelectric generating and transmission facilities, the purchase of electrical energy, the purchase of entitlement to electrical plant capacity, or any combination thereof, including participation, operation, or construction by non-Federal entities, for the purpose of supplying the power requirements of the Central Arizona Project and augmenting the Lower Colorado River Basin Development Fund: Provided, That nothing in this section or in this Act contained shall be construed to authorize the study or construction of any dams on the main stream of the Colorado River between Hoover Dam and Glen Canyon Dam. "(b) If included as a part of the recommended plan, the Secretary may enter into agreements with non-Federal interests proposing to construct thermal generating powerplants whereby the United States shall acquire the right to such portions of their capacity, including delivery of power and energy over appurtenant transmission facilities to mutually agreed upon delivery points, as he determines is required in connection with the operation of the Central Arizona Project. When not required for the Central Arizona Project, the power and energy acquired by such agreements may be disposed of intermittently by the Secretary for other purposes at such prices as he may determine, including its marketing in conjunction with the sale of |
