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CHAPTER II PLAN OF DEVELOPMENT The Bridge Canyon Project is planned to produce peaking power and energy which will be required by commercial loads in the Lower Colorado River Basin power market area, and to supply a portion of the power and energy to the water-pumping projects of the Pacific Southwest Water Plan. The powerplant would be interconnected with other hydroelectric plants on the Colorado River, and its output would be integrated with generation from these other installations. The commercial peaking power and energy available from Bridge Canyon would be utilized to meet the expanding power demands of the area and to earn revenues for a basin account which may be used to provide financial assistance for development necessary to augment the area's inadequate water supply. The portion of the output of the 1,500,000-kilowatt Bridge Canyon Powerplant available for commercial sale would provide part of the capacity that will be needed to meet the projected 1975 peakload demand of 23,000,000 kilowatts. In addition to the generation of power, the plan of development provides for silt control, recreation, fish and wildlife conservation, and benefits to area redevelopment. The principal features of the plan would be: (1) Bridge Canyon Dam and Reservoir; (2) Bridge Canyon Powerplant with an installed capacity of 1,500,000 kilowatts; (3) an electrical transmission system; and (4) Coconino Dam and Reservoir. Owing to the inaccessibility of the inner gorge, the initial activity would be the construction of access roads and of community facilities for the workers 15Epson Perfection 4870 Photo, 400 dpi, 8 bit, 14,190,592 byte