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Southwestern operates and maintains 1,380 miles of high- Voltage Transmission Line s, 24 substations, and 46 Microwave and VHF radio sites from field offices. Around-the-clock power scheduling and dispatching is conducted from the Operations Center. Southwestern's rates, by law, are designed to recover the costs of producing the power. These costs include repayment of the dams' initial construction, with interest; repayment of the transmission system construction, with interest; major replacements; and both the Corps of Engineers' and Southwestern's annual operating and maintenance expenses. Annual revenues vary with water conditions, but generally average about USD $100 million. Southwestern returns the revenues to the U.S. Treasury , and of that, about USD$40 million is applied toward interest and repayment of the Federal investment. EXTERNAL LINK
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