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Testimony on S. 854 on Behalf 



of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power 



Before the Senate Public Lands, National Parks and 



Forests Subcommittee of the Energy and 



Natural Resources Committee 



by 



Eldon A. Cotton 

 Assistant Chief Engineer - Power 



June 24, 1987 



Mr. Chairman, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power 

 (LADWP) appreciates the opportunity to submit for the record 

 testimony regarding the proposed 51,710-acre exchange of public 

 land in Clark County and Lincoln County, Nevada, for 4,660 acres 

 of land in Florida. The LADWP 's concerns relate specifically and 

 only to electric transmission corridors within the Nevada land 

 to be exchanged. This potential exchange would seriously impact 

 the two proposed White Pine Power Project (WPPP) transmission 

 lines, the Intermountain Power Project (IPP) Line 2, and the 

 Western Area Power Administration Inland Intertie Project, as well 

 as result in closure of the major north-south utility transmission 

 corridor in eastern Nevada. 



One of the projects that would be adversely affected by the 

 proposed land exchcinge is the WPPP. The WPPP is a proposed 

 1500 megawatt coal-fueled generating facility and associated 

 transmission lines to be located in eastern Nevada to help meet 

 the future electrical needs of Nevada and California residents. 



The White Pine County community is a strong proponent for the WPPP, 

 Community participation throughout the WPPP development phase has 

 been instrumental in creating a project that will have a positive 

 social and economic impact on White Pine County. The construction 

 ar.d operation of this $2.5 billion project would result in 

 significant economic benefits to White Pine County and the State 

 of Nevada. LADWP, as Development Manager for the IVPPP, has been 

 working with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) , as Lead Agency, 

 since 1980 on the routing and environmental assessment of 

 corridors from the proposed WPPP site in White Pine County, 

 Nevada, to southern Nevada. The WPPP participants have expended 

 approximately $23.5 million to date on the Project development 



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