Abstract
The purpose of electric power in the Central Valley project was first declared by Congress in the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1937, Section 2 of which reauthorized the project and transferred it from the Secretary of War to the Secretary of the Interior.' Generation and sale of electric energy are authorized as a means of financially aiding and assisting the water features of the project. Project reservoirs are to be used, first, for river regulation, improvement of navigation, and flood control; second, for irrigation and domestic uses; and, third, for power. How this power shall be marketed presents a question of vital concern not only to California but to the entire nation. For the alleged purpose of disposing of project power, the Bureau of Reclamation proposes to construct a huge federal power system in northern and central California, consisting of hundreds of miles of transmission lines, substations and a large steam-electric generating plant. The cost of these facilities would exceed $80,000,000. The area which the Bureau proposes to serve is now completely served by the interconnected system of Pacific Gas and Electric Company.
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