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Show i' ' ;"t v v - , - 1 -," "! ; . f " l - . - , j ' ! - , -""I . , :- r V "' : J : ! FAST COMUmCATIOfJ i - I By TOM BUSSELBERG ! UYTON - From a site the old sugar factory in , u. power crews fan out : day to hook up new ! residential customers and to : "fir and extend lines. I EV ARE part of the Utah w Light crew working ! of new facilities for the &?islrict 0ffice at 5 , Muaawest Sugar Street i 181 serves thousands of cus-I cus-I "is from South Farming-j Farming-j "nto Clearfield. I Jl operation, overseen by ; r veteran Wayne Flint, ; serves as district tentative, was called for use of area expansion I 1 Hi co"ditions over-i over-i 2 ? 31 ,he old 'oration I ;Frt Lane Shopping been the o the game for the ; Coun i' i' Prov'des Davis Cnth10wer except for lUlandKaySv,llePand s most of Utah and fStern Idaho and ?,tern Wyoming. CsLesently serve cus- ! es!rom north of Center-J Center-J north of Clearfield but Wlv.n.p 1 we can even" CaWeberCounty "on" u T La"ton sibsta-'"liinHkh sibsta-'"liinHkh 'i"' said- "The .t(j me storeroom and office Mabel co"structed of lm E ' and cosl about DDlTIONtoan office pL''nciud engineers saiiSners map new in-itr" in-itr" areas, two service !tid'in entrating on alaSerVlce "ew ts 0 areas. several line fre?,t0SJX peP,e irk to timber crews .teP WitH 'he jCP billing, the "Wnaf , , a computer 'lediatei' disPsal to ,atey Provide current information. And a "Blue Steak" machine similar to a teletype provides data for UP&L, other utilities and government agencies on underground un-derground cables and lines to minimize problems in construction con-struction and expansion of equipment, Mr. Flint added. THE NEW facility is all part of a company-wide effort to more than keep up with demand and provide reliable service, said Jim Shoemaker, public affairs manager in Salt Lake City. "The company objective is to try to have 20 percent reserve generating capacity so when there is malfunction, we don't have to go into a blackout or rely on another company to provide power." Construction is moving as scheduled on plants -in Hunter, in eastern Utah, with two more planned for later construction in that area. ABOUT 96 percent of the utility's power is generated from coal and UP&L is working to consolidate all coal properties. In addition to the four plants under construction con-struction or on the drawing boards, more are planned, he said. State officials have identified six sites where the utility may locate plants if environmental, water and other factors make them feasible. Other power sources include oil and gas and company com-pany officials are awaiting results of an experimental geothermal plant at Roosevelt Springs in Central Utah. If tests show sufficient power potential, the utility will move to obtain power from that source. Results should be forthcoming within a year or two, Mr. Shoemaker said. "AT THE moment, we aren't planning nuclear power until into the 1980s," he said. "We have some uranium claims staked and are participating in research If you've got a billing problem other than that the bill is too high and payment date is too soon, maybe UP&L employee Kathy Weathers can get to the bottom of the problem with the aid of computer technology- at the utility's Lay ton office. |