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Reclamation awards $9.9 million contract

Media Contact: Kara Lamb, (970) 962-4326, klamb@gp.usbr.gov
Michael Odle, modle@gp.usbr.gov

For Release: September 09, 2008

Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Robert Johnson announced today the award of a $9.9 million contract for generator overhaul work at the Flatiron Power Plant, 10 miles west of Loveland, Colo. The contract was awarded to National Electric Coil of Columbus, Ohio.

The company will remove and replace existing windings and stator cores for two of the three units at Flatiron Power Plant. Windings and stator cores are the main electrical components of power generators.

"Flatiron is an essential part of the overall Colorado-Big Thompson Project for both water delivery and power generation," said Johnson. "These upgrades will help ensure our facilities remain safe and reliable well into the future."

The Colorado-Big Thompson Project provides water to more than 725,000 people and 620,000 irrigated acres in northeastern Colorado. Six power plants along the project, including Flatiron, generate an average of 759 million kilowatt hours of electricity a year, enough electricity to power 58,000 American homes.

Flatiron Power Plant, which began operations in 1954, is managed by the Eastern Colorado Area Office, which overseas both the Colorado Big-Thompson and Fryingpan-Arkansas Projects, as well as other Reclamation activities in eastern Colorado.

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Relevant Link:

Eastern Colorado Area Office Home Page