[ITEM 102] BOULDER CANYON PROJECT CONTRACT FOR JOINT USE OF DOUBLE-CIRCUIT, 33,000VOLT, TRANSMISSION LINE IN VICINITY OF BOULDER DAM THE UNITED STATES AND SOUTHERN NEVADA POWER COMPANY DECEMBER 15, 1936 (I2r-6794) THIS AGREEMENT, Made this 15th day of December, 1936, in pursuance of the Act of Congress of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388) and act of December 21, 1928 (45 Stat. 1057) and acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto, between THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, hereinafter styled The United States, represented by the contracting officer executing this contract, and the SOUTHERN NEVADA POWER COMPANY, hereinafter styled the Contractor, having its principal place of business at Las Vegas, Nevada. WITNESSETH THAT: 2. WHEREAS, the Contractor is constructing a three-phase 33,000-volt transmission line from the Boulder Power Plant to Las Vegas, Nevada; and 3. WHEREAS, the United States is constructing a double circuit 33,000-volt transmission line from a transformer station, located near the downstream end of the highway tunnel to the power plant, to a point on the existing Boulder City-Boulder Dam 33,000-volt transmission line; and 4. WHEREAS, it is desirable to minimize the number of transmission lines through the congested and difficult area in the vicinity of the dam; and 5. WHEREAS, the Contractor's circuit can be installed on one side of the double-circuit transmission line of the United States and thereby avoid the construction of a separate pole line by the Contractor. 6. NOW THEREFORE, It is agreed, that— 7. The United States will construct, operate and maintain a double-circuit, 33,000-volt, wood-pole, transmission line from a transformer station, located at the Colorado River near the downstream end of the highway tunnel to the Nevada wing of the Boulder Power Plant, to pole number 19 of the existing single-circuit, 33,000-volt, transmission line from Boulder Dam to Boulder City. The United States will install, operate and maintain one 33,000-volt, three-conductor circuit on the said double-circuit pole line, and the Contractor shall have the right to install one 33,000-volt, three conductor circuit in the other position on the said double-circuit pole line. The Contractor shall furnish, install and maintain the conductors, insulators, insulator pins and insulator hardware required in connection with its circuit. 8. All equipment, material and/or work in connection with the Contractor's circuit shall conform to specifications and plans acceptable to and approved by the Chief Engineer of the United States Bureau of Reclamation, and shall be maintained in a safe and satisfactory condition. The United States may terminate this contract at any time if, after reasonable notice of non-conformity with the plans and specifications, or of unsafe and/or unsatisfactory condi tions, as conclusively determined by the Chief Engineer of the United States Bureau of Reclamation, the Contractor fails or refuses to make such changes. as may be required by said Chief Engineer. 9. The Contractor shall pay one hundred and seventy-five dollars ($175.00) per year for the use of the said double-circuit pole line of the United States for supporting the Contractor's 33,000-volt transmission circuit. Payment will be due and payable on the tenth day of January of each year for the previous year. Payment for a fractional part of a year at the beginning or end of the contract period shall bear the same ratio to one hundred and seventy-five dollars ($175.00) that the number of days that power service is actually rendered to the Contractor over the said circuit during said fractional year bears to three hundred and sixty-five (365). 10. The Contractor shall assume all risk of loss or damage and shall indemnify and save harmless the United States, its officers and employees, from any liability, loss, damage, or judgment on account of, growing out of, resulting from, or in any way connected with, the installation operation, or maintenance of the Contractor's circuit on the said pole line of the United States. 11. This contract shall become effective upon the date when the regular delivery of power from the Boulder Power Plant to the Contractor is begun and shall remain in effect to and including December 31, 1946; Provided that it may be cancelled by either party at any time upon six months' written notice to the other party. 12. This contract shall not be transferred to any other person or persons without the consent of the United States. 13. No Member of or delegate to Congress, or Resident Commissioner, shall be admitted to any share or part of this contract, or to any benefit that may arise herefrom, but this restriction shall not be construed to extend to this contract if made with a corporation for its general benefit. 14. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this agreement to be executed in duplicate by their properly authorized officers, the day and year first above written. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, By R. F. WALTER, Chief Engineer. SOUTHERN NEVADA POWER COMPANY, By S. J. LAWSON, Vice President and General Manager. [SEAL] Attest: C. S. WENGERT, Secretary. |