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Lake System Under Producing Estimated Hydroelectric Power
JOPLIN MO AP Only four of 21 lakes in the Southwestern Federal Power System generate enough hydroelectric power to repay the federal government as required by law local tourism officers say. Seventeen lakes are not self supporting due to Army Corps miscalculations. OPA executive manager Tom Heter says costs exceed estimates and hydro potential was overstated by about 10 percent. Total owed about 984.2 million for 15 dams. cost efficient lakes cited include Norfolk Beaver Greers Ferry Fort Gibson. Corps had no immediate comment.
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Joplin
Army Corps of Engineers
Tom Heter
Ozarks Playground Association
Texas
Oklahoma
OPA
Norfolk
Beaver
Greer's Ferry
Fort Gibson
Bull Shoals
Stockton
Table Rock
Blakely Mountain
Broken Bow
Dardanelle
DeGray
Dennison
Eufaula
Robert S. Kerr
Keystone
Narrows
Ozark
Sam Rayburn
Tenkiller Ferry
Webbers Falla
Witney
Corps of Engineers
CPA
The
Southwest Power Administration
SPA