| Show Utah Arizona company interconnection t IDAHO H r H ifs UTAH S S Lo an j I 7 r I I cz I 1 Salt Lake Cit J if I M I i Provo I 4 K r i I s' s I I Ire hi h I or S. I I J A 1 J i N M- M r Nephi Sigurd i I IL L e- e section I n under construction M Y a 1 r n Si urd urdA I I A I I io I 1 I O OI o 0 Pan Yo I C r city M 0 I M San Juan ker kerI I M t- t L r 1 Glen Canon Dam I 0 U I I uI c Canyon t I I I 1 I l' l Flagstaff Map l shows joint 23 million high voltage line project that tha t will connect Utah Power R Li Light t Co and Arizona Public Service Co systems Line will make available Glen Canyon power to people of Utah and Arizona and also transmit power to preference customers B Because peak power demands on the two systems occur at different times of the year integration will offer savings in the operations of both utilities Utah And Arizona I To Be Linked In Power ver Distribution Electric systems of U Utah Uta t a Ii h Power and Light Company and Arizona Public Service Company will b be physically interconnected at a point on the Utah Arizona horder border near Glen Canyon dam the two utilities informed the Bureau Dureau of Reclamation on Oct 1 Board of directors of both utilities have approved the 23 million project which in addition addition addition addi addi- tion to integrating g the two electric electric electric elec elec- systems will provide adequate adequate ade ade- I quate capacity to carry large blocks of Glon Gln Canyon power t tf to the people of Utah and Arizona Arizona Arizona Ari Ari- zona and also to transmit or 01 wheel heel power to 10 preference cus cus- tC The h high i g Ii h capacity transmission lines Jines will be in iii service service service ser ser- vice well in advance of the availability availability availability a- a of power from Glen Canyon generators the Bureau was informed Fulfills Commitments E. E M. M Naughton president of Utah Power and Light Company and W. W T. T Lucking president of Arizona Public Service Company Company Company Com Com- pany said that this project fulfills fulfills fulfills ful ful- ful- ful fills commitments by the two utilities in 1955 to Congressional al committees that they would utilize their existing facilities and also construct new transmission transmission transmission trans trans- mission facilities as necessary to market power from froni Colorado River generating plants Miles Of Line Mr AIr Naughton said that will construct miles of volt line from Salt SnIt Lake Lake City to a point on the Arizona border near Glen Canyon Cost of the line including substation facilities Will hp be 1 5 million n T This includes the cost of a line now under construe construe- between and Sigurd Sigur for service next year Mr Naughton also said that his Board further authorized that as additional units are arc in installed installed installed in- in stalled at Glen Canyon and to the extent that power allocations allocations allocations alloca alloca- to the Utah area require additional al facilities the U Uta Utah t a Power and Light Company will will build such facilities under such terms as may then b be c appropriate ate Will Benefit Doth Both States The two utility men said that he difference in climate be between between between be- be I tween Utah and and Arizona will provide great advantages thru integration of the two hLo systems They pointed out that the maximum maximum maximum max max- load on the Utah system occurs in the winter while that on the Arizona system occurs in the summer They explained a that utilization of this diversity through integration will result in economic advantages to the customers of both companies Purpose of Project Stated The primary purpose of the Colorado River Storage project is to enable upper basin states to conserve and put to beneficial beneficial beneficial benefi benefi- cial use their allocation of Colorado Colorado Colorado Col Col- orado river water Mr Naughton ton declared The project is of great im importance importance importance im- im to the state of Utah he said as it will provide wa water water water wa- wa ter to further develop Utah's natural and resources Use of our Company's facilities will increase project revenues reduce government expenditures and thereby increase funds available available a- a for water projects Revenues Re Go To Treasury Mr 11 Naughton pointed out that the 1955 legislation authorizing the project requires that revenues revenues revenues rev rev- from project electric power pow pow- er be used to pay back to the Treasury with interest the cost of the electric generating facilities facilities facilities facil facil- and in addition contribute funds to develop water projects such as Central Utah o |
