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JM ar, "Baelty -- "'`Ulo,, ft, , M7S ' V s- D'po,,m*"' < " '"'"'O' ",,d. (or rf.ct.ic capacity from I9S0 ta l,( wote shed oteo. ,n western stales experiencing' poclly needed,may be supplied through transmission I Reclamation Bureau Looks Population growth tr show huge potential for At West's Power Future 22 ,,a,e' wm' fIncreased power demarrdrfj MiuiwS River. Hydro capacity. fourfold expansion o by 1975, will not most ! half total demand. So- J< must make up the differs carry ma[or part of the| 90l5_ Ytfro 9 Eslmoto of ineroosed power demands by 1975 rests on expected population growth ond Increased Industrialisation. Western population grows foster than notion's Unofficial bstimatcs of l resu of Census place nallonsi riott in 1975 between 150 and lion people compared with 151 in 1950. Percentagewise, tbo22 tales have grown consistent)!rj than (he nation as a whole, to 1950, theso states increased compared to the notional U9&* cific Coast states chalked up l?j| 379# for Waabington, 39.69S f.r' gon, and 53.3% for California, for the nation. In 1950, the S3 90 ENOINEEIINO AND MANAO CMENT SECTION RVOoi 4B.200.000 people. > reaches nbwut 71.5 mil- Annual energy con_-JsSir'cipi" hM JuTMP'!d ,rom SSK&JSiw* I" "88 k"'hr " 1Ml- SiSyffiRrdimntion eslimetci that S"!ll retch .. but 7500 ^ffiSVeslern elnlea win thair i (L'industrioJ development this well be 8500 kwhr per "iJoiai western annual energy %U s estimated ai about 550 F- 3- Thls wiU neCd !pfi& capacity "^out ^ m^JOn ^SriokMaedi. Klecuometallurgi- 5[3tctrocbemical induilrlea form SffiSt part of the West's Indus- "'Wy/ Their products have enor ,ppeUias for eleotrical energy, pCeo'ersl manufacturing methods jorrand more to electricity--for Xiftwelding and heating. In 1950, 3 Pacific and southern watershed Oreos in 1975, expected to need more energy than they generate, could bo supplied from caol-rleh Interior states by transmission RmSfo'-indnstrlal worker used 13,- tegWuif'pcr year. This could very well "iPSyjW75. Combined effect of in^oiiiiiation and increased work- J $ expected to increase indus_unpUon In the Weil ns shoVn according to Reclamation JeMNatiinstes, *' DsttMiirUsa. In 1950, the average cldV1830 kwbr per year. Bui ^..ejecUicsl utilisation in the home [ffifftSp' saturated we can expect ^Sjj'ods increases in electrical appli- isaHFpr Instance, o St. Louis dem* ^tiqn/.homc in 1952 used 24,000 .ftn'ually, Including 13,980 kwhr mt|pump heating. By assuming the graverage western home would use this amount the Reclsma- |~@iiteitt figures an annual demand p^jO-liiilion kwhr, Fig. 6. M' Uwi. An increased number of 4 Energy In recoverable- reserves of cool ond lignite can be sent by rail or trans mission lines to energy-hungry oreos. Energy figures ore million billion Btu s ggtercjiJ establishments and greater sSfjsir.conditionlntL electric heating, pwingperated equipment ond higher ^gjMjtevets will ptobahly send com- , SrSj;needs up to B5 billion kwhr by farm homes represent ASS^L - hiagest percentage growth ior WlS&W^lectrica) uses. These homes r 'ffkat need for refrigeration, nd laHor-savlng maPSSgW'f 1975. this type of load 50 billion kwhr an- se;S*-6- *$|[racou> uses, like railroads, gr&rifcbtlng, raillsss trolleys, air establishments, all will `mounts of electric energy, contribute to the increased fSa we3tern states. Fig. 6. r*- The Bureau estimates hSSS'fyF'' *l#l ,ota* ultimate hydro flffig,.!00 million kw, with 80 million