Show Claim Private Power Pool Could Aid Lake Loke Powell The Rocky Mountain ties say they can substantial 17 11 aid the government in hold lag Ing water wi in Lake Powell to operate Glen Canyon Dam UNDER A PLAN unveiled this week the owned investor utilities could supply power to hoover Darn Dam customers over overl l high gh voltage I ion o ii line interconnections thus say say- mi Ing water that could be stored t it t upstream Lake Powell behind be- be hind bind Glen Canyon Darn Dam The suggestion came caine after representatives of the five companies met in day long session at the Utah Power I IL LIght Co E E. M. M Naughton UP L president said the meet lag ing was wU held in response to a request of Gov George Georgo D. D ClYde a long member of the Colorado River WE fIm G GOVERNOR called at to the severe drought conditions on the tho Colorado River watershed and ex cx- that earliest possible I generation of electricity at atGlen atGlen Glen Canyon Darn Dam is impera tive te REVENUE from pow power e r lal aal s is needed to start paying the tho costs of the tho project a and d particularly to aid I in developing water use pro eels of the region such as Cen Cen- U Uh h ho said PRESENT criteria for filling Lake Powell provide that no water may be stored in Lake Powell when Lake Mead store stor age drops to 14 million acre acre- feet Fear has been expressed that this critical point could be reached by about April 1 Mr Naughton reported that preliminary studies by the companies indicate that they can provide displacement power pow pow- er that would otherwise La generated at Hoover Dam to satisfy firm power commit commit- meats ments of the Bureau the object ob ob- being early water storage in Lake Lako Powell OUR UTILITIES have reserve ye- ye serve steam electric generate general jag ing capacity and their operations opera opera- can be pooled and by utilizing their J high gh voltage interconnections which will permit us to provide substantial sub sub- assistance to the te pj oct Mr Naughton aId |