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LAWA moves forward with full electrical supply plan for water treatment plant; board approves interconnect study
Summary
The authority's technical advisory committee recommended and the board approved pursuing full electrical service for the treatment plant (estimated 11 MW capacity), favoring a Western Area Power Administration interconnect study over local-only generation because of lower life‑cycle cost and higher reliability.
The Lake Agassiz Water Authority voted to pursue full electrical service for the planned treatment plant and to initiate the interconnect and application work needed to secure power allocations.
The technical advisory committee reviewed three options for delivering power to the treatment plant: (1) full electrical service via Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) and local interconnect (50‑year life‑cycle cost estimate $68 million), (2) reduced local service supplemented with on‑site generators (LCC ~$93 million), and (3) fully on‑site generation requiring fuel…
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