SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation will hold a meeting to update the public on the current status of the ongoing Cost Allocation Study for the Central Valley
Project (CVP). The meeting will focus on the methodology for the single purpose alternative for hydropower and will be held:
Monday, March 21, 2016, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Federal Building, 2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento, CA 95825
Cafeteria Conference Rooms C1001-C1002
To participate by phone: 888-322-5810, code 8540760#
In 2010, the Region began a process to develop a new cost allocation for the CVP. Cost allocation is a process to determine and distribute the costs of the
multi-purpose CVP facilities among the seven congressionally authorized purposes: water supply, flood control, navigation, power, fish and wildlife,
recreation, and water quality. The cost obligation for each authorized purpose will be determined and will be the basis for repayment requirements for
irrigation contractors, municipal and industrial contractors and commercial power contractors.
The last major CVP cost allocation was completed in 1970, with a minor update in 1975 which has since been subject to minimal annual changes related to
project water and power uses. The new allocation will replace the 1975 allocation in its entirety. Reclamation is leading the study in coordination with
other federal organizations including the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Western Area Power Administration. The study is
expected to be completed in December 2016.
For questions, please contact Brooke Miller-Levy at 916-978-5296 or bmillerlevy@usbr.gov. For special assistance
to attend the meeting or to be added to the email notification list, please contact Janet Sierzputowski at 916-978-5112 or jsierzputowski@usbr.gov.
For information on the study, please visit the project website at http://www.usbr.gov/mp/cvp/cvp-cost-allocation.html.
Source: Bureau of Reclamation
