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Luke Air Force Base in Arizona, the City of Boulder City, Nev., and the Fort Mohave Indian Tribe in California are a few of the customers that depend on the reliable hydroelectric power of the Desert Southwest Region. These customers count on the Region's competitively priced resources to meet the electrical needs of residents, businesses and industries in the West.
Delivering power The Region sells and delivers power from the Boulder Canyon and Parker-Davis projects, which are operated by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's Lower Colorado Region. The projects include powerplants at Hoover, Davis and Parker dams. We also transmit power over the Pacific Northwest-Southwest Intertie. We deliver this energy through 59 substations and more than 2,600 miles of Federal transmission lines. We also sell the excess generation of the Central Arizona Project's Navajo coal-fired plant in Page, Ariz., and surplus CAP transmission. Providing services Even in the midst of record heat waves and torrential flash flooding, we continue to meet the demand for electricity. We accomplish this by ensuring environmental protection; establishing system security and employee safety; operating and maintaining the transmission systems; scheduling and routing power; administering contracts and setting rates; and analyzing hydroelectric resources. Besides our Regional office in Phoenix, we work from five duty locations: Coolidge, Flagstaff, Page and Yuma, Ariz.; and Boulder City, Nev. In the Desert Southwest Region, we are committed to serving our customers in many diverse ways. For example, our field crews help customers quickly restore service after storms or other major disturbances. We also encourage customers to comment on how we should operate our system in the future. In addition, we provide technical assistance through our Energy Services program. Finally, we help customers plan for future power needs. Eyeing the future Part of operating efficiently involves seeking ways to address the growing need for more power in the Southwest. While Western has finite resources, we are attempting to assist our customers in finding new energy resources. Our Region will continue to foster the efficient, equitable and reliable use of existing and future transmission facilities by participating in regional transmission associations and reliability organizations, including the Western Electricity Coordinating Council. Similarly, Western and other transmission providers will continue to help develop the Region's independent system operator. As we work amid the unprecedented change in the industry, we recognize the importance of strong customer relations and flexible, superior service. We look forward to building upon our existing relationships and creating new ones.
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