Show Reclamation Power Sales Reach 1 Month Million Within four years nearly one million kilowatts of electricity enough crough to supply the needs of 15 million per per- persons sons bons will be delivered hy by the Bureau of Reclamations Reclamation's Colo Colo- Colorado rado River H CI Storage Project fa fa- fa facilities for hones homes farms and industries in the Colorado lla Basin in the Department of oC the Int said baid today In a special yearend year UI l mary Floyd E Domin Dominy Com of Reclamation re- re reported reported ported that 92 p power systems systems h have e signed contracts for deli deli- v ry of oC O by the summer of 1971 of louse customers 1 Mr Dominy noted are arc alread power lOwel but in lesser lesber amounts THE LIONS LION'S share of the power 9 OOOO kilowatts Is al- al already already ready installed at the Glen Can Can- Canyon yon po at Glen Canyon CanyonDam CanyonDam Dam on the Colorado River at atthe the Utah Arizona border and the Installed capacity of oC the I Flaming Gorge facility at Fbi ming Gorge Gorg Dam on the Green I River Rivel in northern utah is OO kilowatts The two power power- I plants of the I Unit Jibe Blue Mesa and Morrow Point on the Gunnison in west western Colorado will vill be con about kilowatts by 1970 however water sup sup- supplies supplies plies have not yet et permitted generating full ultimate capa capacity city of the plants The hulk of the power will besold be besold sold to municipalities cooperatives tives and other othel type preference r I customers althougH over ovel kilowatts kilO will he be sold under 1000 short term short term contracts to private power companies In Wyoming Colorado Utah Arizona Calif Calif- California ornia ornia and Nevada evada pointed Commissioner Doniny Dominy point cd out that revenues rc from the sale or of Project potter PO reached I I a new milestone in 1966 when the first 1 L million month was recorded |