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EMD-82-76 1 (1982-04-27)

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                    UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
                           WASHINGTON, D.C. 20I  


a4may AND MIPRAL
                                                 April 27, 1982

    B- 207121l B


    The Ponorable Bank Brown                             118216
    House of Pepresentatives

    Dear Mr. Brown:

         Subject: 7 Information on the Request for the Western Area
                   Power Administration to Sell Some Transmission
                   Lineoq, ((EMD-82-76)
         As you requested, we reviewed the Platte River Power Author-
    ity's (PRPA's) proposal to purchase certain Western Area Power Ad-
    ministration (WAPA) transmission lines. To date, the proposal has
    'been denied. We recently briefed your staff on this matter and,
    at your request, are providing the results of that briefing in this
    ,!letter.

    BACKGROUND

         WAPA is a Federal electric power marketing agency with a
    service area of about 1.3 million square miles in 15 Central and
    Western States. It sells power to over 460 wholesale power
    customers who service millions of retail customers within the 15
    State area. WAPA also operates and maintains about 16,000 miles
    of high voltage transmission lines, over 200 substations, and
    various power facilities.

         PRPA buys most of its power from WAPA and constructs, operates,
    and maintains electric generating plants, transmission systems, and
    related services for four municipalities in northern Colorado--Fort
    Collins, Loveland, Longmont, and Estes Park. Its predecessor was
    formed in 1966 as a non-profit corporation and was reconstituted
    in 1975 as a political subdivision of Colorado. PRPA fulfills
    its power and energy requirements through:

         1. A contract with WAPA which provides most of PRPA's
             power needs.

         2. An 18-percent share in the electric power from its
             joint ownership in the Yampa Project (coal plant)
             near Craig, Colorado.


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