Other Links
- April 2018 written testimony on “The Benefits of the Navajo Generating Station to Local Economies.”
- June, 2018 Relationship between CAP and NGS
- June 1, 2018 Letter from Assistant Secretary of the Interior regarding NGS
- June 13, 2018 Letter to Assistant Secretary of the Interior
- July 2, 2018 Letter to Assistant Secretary of the Interior with details on Impacts of NGS Closure on CAP
- August 13, 2018 Written Testimony to the Arizona Corporation Commission
The CAP lifts Colorado River water nearly 3000 feet from Lake Havasu to the terminus south of Tucson.
It takes about 2.8 million megawatt-hours (MWh) to deliver 1.6 million acre-feet of CAP water.
That makes CAP the largest single power user in Arizona.
Historically, CAP received much of its pumping energy from the Navajo Generating Station near Page, Arizona. (Learn more about NGS and CAP)
In February 2017 the utility owners of NGS announced that they did not intend to operate the plant after 2019, when the Navajo Project Participation Agreement and the plant’s land site lease with the Navajo Nation expire. (Learn more about the impact of NGS closure on CAP)
In 2017 the CAP Board of Directors created a Power Task Force to provide guidance on risk and diversification in a post-NGS power portfolio. (Learn more about the Power Task Force)