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Show 424 INTERNATIONAL TREATIES United States of America, for the year for which the determination is made, being less than the load estimate for the preceding year. 7. In computing the increase in dependable hydroelectric capacity and the increase in average annual hydroelectric energy, the procedure shall be in accordance with the three steps described below and shall encompass the loads of the Pacific Northwest Area. The Pacific Northwest Area for purposes of these determinations shall be Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana west of the Continental Divide but shall exclude areas served on the ratification date by the California Oregon Power Company and Utah Power and Light Company. Step I The system for the period covered by the estimate will consist of the Canadian storage, the United States base system, any thermal installa- tion operated in coordination with the base system, and additional hydroelectric projects which will provide storage releases usable by the base system or which will use storage releases that are usable by the base system. The installations included in this system will be those required, with allowance for adequate reserves, to meet the forecast power load to be served by this system in the United States of Amer- ica, including the estimated flow of power at points of inter-connection with adjacent areas, subject to paragraph 3, plus the portion of the entitlement of Canada that is expected to be used in Canada. The capability of this system to supply this load will be determined on the basis that the system will be operated in accordance with the estab- lished operating procedures of each of the projects involved. Step II A determination of the energy capability will be made using the same thermal installation as in Step /, the United States base system with the same installed capacity as in Step I and Canadian storage. Step III A similar determination of the energy capability will be made using the same thermal installation as in Step I and the United States base system with the same installed capacity as in Step I. 8. The downstream power benefits to be credited to Canadian stor- age will be the differences between the determinations in Step II and Step III in dependable hydroelectric capacity and in average annual usable hydroelectric energy, made in accordance with paragraphs 2 and 3. |