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Show Glen Canyon Power Plant Capacity Now Exceeds 1 Million Kilowatts A full load teat conducted conduc-ted by the Iliileail of Kec-lanialion Kec-lanialion thl:' wcrk established estab-lished that the Glen Canyon Can-yon hydroelectric power-plant power-plant will produce 1 ,().'! I, -(100 kilowatts al. the present pres-ent elevation of Lake Powell. Pow-ell. This capacity is 81,000 kilowatts greater than the nameplate or total rated capacity of the eight, generators. gen-erators. The Glen Canyon powerplant is a unit of the Colorado River Storage Project in northern Arizona. Ari-zona. This year Lake Powell elevation increased 2 feet over the previous maximum maxi-mum level and is now at elevation :'.C01 feet abovo mean sea level. Present to-tol to-tol storage in the reservoir is 1 1,257,000 acre-feet. Ac-iiccording Ac-iiccording to the Bureau's operation plans and assuming assum-ing near - normal water years, the Glen Canyon plant capacity will hereafter here-after equal or exceed 1.000.000 kilowatts. Bureau officials staled that loading load-ing on the Glen Canyon plant is below the full plant capacity thereby pro-vidinp pro-vidinp a reserve power source for the areas nerved nerv-ed by the Colorado Liver Storage Project.. Flaming Gorge and P.liie Mesa, the other two major maj-or hydroelectric power plants of the Colorado Ri-ver Ri-ver .Storage Project pres. enlly in operation, also have full rated capability with existing slorape. Their capacity is 127,000 MNd 70,000 kilowatts, respect re-spect ivcly. The generation of electric elec-tric power by the CRSP hydroelectric plants will |