Electrical Power for Valdez and the Copper River Basin-1981

list was classified into the 76 most economical, Allison Creek was notincluded. Higher fuel co~ts have since changed the economic outlook.Allison Creek project has not previously been studied as a lake tapscheme, other than in the above mentioned, Corps report. However, theproject with a dam has been included as an alternative or an adjunct toSolomon Gulch in studies by Robert W. Retherford Associates (see bibliographyitems 8, 10, 15). Retherford, as well as the Corps, concludedthat the scheme with a dam was not feasible.Load forecasts of the Valdez/Glennallen area have been reported inseveral reports •. Copper Valley Electric Association and REA jointlystudy future loads about every two years. Results are shown in severalSolomon Gulch studies and in the Robert W. Retherford Asssociates reportsof po~er supply (see bibliography items 1, 3, 9, 10, 11, 15, 17, 18).The ,Upper Susitna River Project Market Study completed by APA in 1979and the Alaska Water Study Committee S.C. Alaska Level B Phase I studyinclude sections on the Valdez/Glennallen area.2