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Article: United States: Hydroelectric power to be a boon for Marana.
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- August 21, 2008
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Byline: kavita03
Marana officials expect to save as much as $5 million in utility costs over the next 20 years after the Town Council approved a contract to use an allocation of hydroelectric power.
The one megawatt of power, which Marana will get annually for 20 years beginning Oct. 1, comes from the Parker-Davis Project. That project generates hydroelectric power with a dam on the Colorado River near Lake Havasu City.
"Were very fortunate that we happen to be in a good spot," Marana Utility Director Brad DeSpain said of Maranas proximity to power lines running from the Parker-Davis Dam to a power plant in Cochise County run by the Arizona ...