WAPA Questions and Answers-II
From Glen Canyon Dam AMP
DATA SOURCE: Aspen Journalism -News LINK
- Q : What is the annual revenue from Glen Canyon electricity sales? A: around $150 million.
- Q : What are the revenues from Glen Canyon electricity sales primarily used for? A: Primarily used to buy down the cost of building the dam, which was completed in 1966. The revenue is also used to subsidize other projects, including salinity control efforts in the Paradox Valley west of Telluride and water for endangered fish on a 15-mile stretch of the Colorado River between Palisade and Grand Junction.
- Q : Glen Canyon’s eight turbines this year (2013) will generate enough power to run how many homes? A: 320,000 homes, according to the Western Area Power Administration.
