 As early as 1948 , U.S. Government officials eyed the Rampart site for its hydroelectric potential . A report by Joseph Morgan , chief of the Alaska Investigations Office for the United States Bureau of Reclamation declared , " The demand for electric power supply in the [ Alaska ] Territory is expanding so rapidly that new installations of hydroelectric power plants are needed . " Morgan 's report listed 72 potential hydroelectric power sites in Alaska , but the Rampart site was one of the few to have a potential capacity of more than 200 @,@ 000 kilowatts . 
