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Show 5. Transmission Division The purpose of the Transmission Division is to deliver Colorado River Storage Project power to major load centers or to delivery points from which other agencies may transmit the power to load centers, and to interconnect the generating plants of the Colorado River Storage Project with each other and with other adjacent Federal, public, and private utility transmission systems. Construction Activities The 1,300 miles of CRSP backbone transmission lines necessary to handle the first CRSP power from Glen Canyon and Flaming Gorge are either completed or under construction. Construction of the major substations - Pinnacle Peak, Curecanti, Hayden, and Shiprock - is also underway. The Vernal Substation is completed. Work is also proceeding on additions at Green Mountain switchyard and at Mesa (Arizona) Substation. On November 11, 1963, the first production of commercial hydroelectric power by the Colorado River Storage Project began at Flaming Gorge Dam from the first of three 36,000-kw generators. The remaining two generators are scheduled to go into service at three-month intervals. The completed lines are: Blue Mesa-Gunnison, Blue Mesa-Curecanti, and Curecanti-Montrose 115-kv lines; the 138-kv line from Flaming Gorge to Vernal; the 138-kv Vemal-Hayden-Oak Creek and Kremmling-Green Mountain lines; the 138-kv Artesia-Rangely line, and the 69-kv Kremmling-Gore Tap line; the Ship-rock-Cortez section of the Shiprock-Curecanti 230-kv line; and the Morrow Point-Curecanti 230-kv line. Percentages of completion as of the end of September 1963 for the remaining transmission lines and the substations are shown below: Percent Lines Complete Curecanti-Hayden 230-kv ................................................ 72 Glen Canyon-Shiprock 230-kv.......................................... 91 Cortez-Curecanti 230-kv .................................................. 68 Glen Canyon-Flagstaff-Pinnacle Peak 345-kv.............. 54 Pinnacle Peak-Mesa 230-kv ............................................ .8 Hayden-Archer 230-kv...................................................... 4.7 Shiprock-Four Corners Plant 230-kv.............................. 55 Substations Curecanti ________.........._................................................. 31 Hayden................................................................................. 48 Pinnacle Peak................................................................... 74 Shiprock.............................................................................. 5 The Colorado River Storage Project Power Operations Office 51 |