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Power Drain: References

[1] Energy Information Administration. 2005. Basic Electricity Statistics.
Table 5: Average monthly residential use, by state. US Department of Energy. Available at: http://www.eia.doe.gov/neic/quickfacts/quickelectric.html

[2] City of Chico. 2006. Municipal Service Review. Available at: http://www.chico.ca.us/_mod_resource/content/Planning_Services/
Municipal_Service_Review_(Final)_October_2006/Chap_3_Growth
__Population.pdf

[3] Bureau of Reclamation. 2002 and 2003. Annual Irrigation Ratebooks:
Schedule of Irrigation O&M Costs (Schedule B7). Available at:
http://www.usbr.gov/mp/cvpwaterrates/ratebooks

[4] Bureau of Reclamation. 2002 and 2003. Project Use Energy:
True Up of Estimated Costs Posted to Actual Costs. Obtained via Freedom of Information Act Request.

[5] Bureau of Reclamation. 2007. About the CVP. Available at: http://www.usbr.gov/mp/cvp/about.html

[6] Environmental Working Group. 2004. California Water Subsidies. Available at: http://www.ewg.org/issues/siteindex/issues.php?issueid=5017

[7] California Department of Water Resources. 2005.
California Water Plan Highlights. Department of Water Resources. Bulletin 160-05. Available at:
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[8] Friends of the Trinity River. 2007. Trinity Division History. Available at: http://www.fotr.org/tdhistory.html

[9] Bureau of Reclamation. 2007. Central Valley Project: Delta Division. Available at: http://www.usbr.gov/dataweb/html/delta.html

[10] Bureau of Reclamation. 2007. Central Valley Project: Shasta/Trinity River Divisions. Available at: http://www.usbr.gov/dataweb/html/shasta.html

[11] Bureau of Reclamation. 2007. Annual Irrigation Ratebooks:
"Schedule of Irrigation Estimated Project Use Energy Costs, Storage, Conveyance and Out-of-Basin Pumping"
and "Schedule of Estimated Irrigation Project Use Energy Costs Direct Pumping." (Schedules A-10 and A-11.)
Available at: http://www.usbr.gov/mp/cvpwaterrates/ratebooks

[12] Calfed Bay-Delta Program. 2005. Issues with Delta Drinking Water Treatment. Available at: http://calwater.ca.gov/Programs/DrinkingWater/adobe_pdf/Initial_Assessme...
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[13] Watershed Enforcers vs. California Deparment of Water Resources. California Superior Court. Judgement granting peremptory writ of mandate. Filed April 18, 2007. Case no. RG06292124.

[14] Bureau of Reclamation. 2007. Central Valley Project: San Luis Unit. Available at: http://www.usbr.gov/dataweb/html/casanluis.html

[15] Bureau of Reclamation. 2007. Central Valley Project: Friant Division. Available at: http://www.usbr.gov/dataweb/html/friant.html

[16] Martin, G. 2006. Sick San Joaquin River on brink of a new life: Historic settlement will let water flow to delta year-round. San Francisco Chronicle. Thursday, September 14, 2006

[17] Bureau of Reclamation. 2007. Annual Irrigation Ratebooks. Available at: http://www.usbr.gov/mp/cvpwaterrates/ratebooks

[18] San Luis-Delta Mendota Water Authority. 2002 and 2003. Summary Delivery and Cost Information. Obtained by public records act request.

[19] Tehama-Colusa Canal Authority. 5- year water deliveries to agencies: 1997-2001 and 1996-2000. Obtained by public records act request.

[20] Pacific Gas & Electric. 2006. Current and historic electric rates. Available at: http://www.pge.com/tariffs/electric.shtml#RESELEC

[21] Pacific Gas & Electric. 2005. PG&E's Integrated Demand Side Management (IDSM) Strategy for Agricultural Customers. Patsy Dugger, Senior Program Manager Supervisor. Agriculture and Food Processing Program. Available at: http://www.aceee.org/conf/af05/05agduggerIIa.pdf

[22] Environmental Working Group. 2004. California Water Subsidies. Available at: http://www.ewg.org/issues/siteindex/issues.php?issueid=5017

[23] Energy Information Administration. 2005. Electric Sales, Revenue, and Average Price. Tables 6 and 8. US Department of Energy. Available at: http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/esr/esr_sum.html

[24] California Public Utilities Commission. 2007. PUC Mission. Available at: http://www.ferc.gov/about/about.asp

[25] Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. 2007. About FERC. Available at: http://www.ferc.gov/about/about.asp

[26] Personal communication. March 29, 2007.

[27] Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. 2007. What FERC Does. Available at: http://www.ferc.gov/about/ferc-does.asp

[28] Michaels, R. 1997. Stranded in Sacramento: California Tries Legislating Competitive Electricity. Regulation. The Cato Review of Business and Government. Spring 1997. Available at: www.cato.org/pubs/regulation/reg20n2i.html

[29] Oregon Public Utility Commission. 2006. Commission Sets Rates for Klamath Falls Irrigators. April 12, 2006 press release. Number 2006 Ð 005 UE 170. Available at: http://www.puc.state.or.us/PUC/news/2006/2006005.shtml

[30] California Public Utility Commission. 2006. PUC Adopts Transition Plan for_Klamath Irrigation Project Customers. April 13, 2006 press release. Available at: http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/Published/News_release/55265.htm

[31] Oregon Natural Resources Council. 2002. Rate Payer Ripoff. Electric Power Subsidies in the Klamath Irrigation Project. Available at: www.klamathbasin.info/RatePayerRipoff.pdf

[32] Western Area Power Administration. 2007. Frequently asked questions about power marketing. Available at: http://www.wapa.gov/about/faqpm.htm

[33] Western Area Power Administration. 2002. Statistical Appendix to 2002 Annual Report. Available at: http://www.wapa.gov/newsroom/sa02/sa2002.htm

[34] Western Area Power Administration. 2003. Statistical Appendix to 2003 Annual Report. Available at: http://www.wapa.gov/newsroom/sa03/sa2003.htm

[35] Western Area Power Administration. 2007. About Western: Financial information. Available at: http://www.wapa.gov/about/finance.htm

[36] Wahl, R. 1989. Markets for federal water. Subsidies, property rights, and the Bureau of Reclamation. Resources for the Future. Washington, DC.

[37] US Department of the Interior. 1994. The Impact of Federal Programs on Wetlands. Volume II. Available at: www.doi.gov/oepc/wetlands2/v2ch4.html

[38] Western Area Power Administration. 2002. Annual Report 2002. Available at: http://www.wapa.gov/newsroom/pdf/annrep02.pdf

[39] Western Area Power Administration. 2003. Annual Report 2003. Available at: http://www.wapa.gov/newsroom/pdf/annrep03.pdf

[40] General Accounting Office. 1996. Power Marketing Administrations. Cost recovery, financing, and comparison to non-federal utilities. September 1996. GAO/AIMD-96-145. Available at: http://www.gao.gov/archive/1996/ai96145.pdf

[41] Bureau of Reclamation. 2007. San Luis Drainage Feature Re-evaluation, Record of Decision, March 2007. Available at: http://www.usbr.gov/mp/sccao/sld/docs/sld_feature_reeval_rod.pdf

[42] Environmental Working Group. 2005. Soaking Uncle Sam. Why Westlands Water District's New Contract is All Wet. Available at: http://www.ewg.org

[43] Natural Resource Defense Council. 2004. Energy down the drain: The hidden costs of CaliforniaÕs water supply. Available at: http://www.nrdc.org/water/conservation/edrain/contents.asp