Marble Canyon Dam Project

Document: Graduate Paper, Arizona State University College of Business Administration, "Marble Canyon Dam Project", May 1963, page 4CHAPTER II HISTORY AND PRESENT SETTING The Marble Canyon Dam Project proposes to build six generating units at 85,000 kilowatts each for a total of 510,000 kw generating power to be used for the State of Arizona. The Arizona State Legislature in 1944 created the Arizona Power Authority. According to the findings of Edward B. Marsh of the Federal Power Commission: The Authority is a duly constituted agency of the State of Arizona, originally created as the agency through which the State of Arizona could contract with the Secretary of the Interior for the State's allotted share of power and energy from the Hoover Dam Power Plant. The Authority is presently performing that function and in addition is receiving and distributing other electric power developed from the waters of the main stream of the Colorado River at the Bureau of Reclamation's Davis and Parker Dams. Included among Arizona's customers are two municipalities, four irrigation districts, three electrical districts, seven electric cooperatives and a number of private utilities. The Authority is likewise able to construct and operate hydroelectric plants on the Colorado River at other sites. The Applicant has complied with the laws of the State of Arizona with respect to the use of water.1Epson Perfection 4870 Photo, 400 dpi, 8 bit, 1,892,703 byte