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Show NEW POWER FACILITY and development of nuclear capability to make it safer and more productive, including includ-ing the breader reactor. It's almost a must power source." Plans call for placement of -a nuclear plant on the Green River near the city with that same name, he said. IF EVERYTHING goes as planned, UP&L will have more than enough coal sources into the 1980s, unless power problens in other parts of the United Stales, including includ-ing the southeast, mid-Atlantic and New England states force UP&L to give up some of its power at government insistence, Mr. Shoemaker said. "I don't know if we'll have to do that but if we're left alone we'll be better off," he continued. "They're (those other regions) actually looking down the barrel right now." ROSY AS that picture sounds, most consumers aren't too happy about a requested seven percent power rate increase. That would raise the average bill of about $30 a month, by $239. The company asked for a $21.7 million increase, or seven percent, last November, but has vet to hear Utah Power & Light has a new facility in West Layton to help meet the growing needs of customers from south . Farrnington to north Clearfield. It is managed by 30-year veteran Wayne Flint. the decision from the Utah Public Service Commission, but word must come by July, he said. It previously gained okay for a $33.8 million jump last August. IN SPITE of that unhappy prospect, Mr. Shoemaker said UP&L customers aren't paying overly high rates in comparison with other areas. In fact, the utility's rates stand in the middle for companies com-panies across the nation. While rates for Bountiful and Kaysville city power companies are presently lower, that will change when those firms can no loneer ob tain federally subsTdized power, he added. THE RATE increases have been "pretty much governed by inflation," Mr. Shoemaker said. 'The state is one of the fastest growing and we have to build faster than the average to provide service. We're really expanding and that pushes the need for cash." In addition, the cost of supplies keeps rising. If you still want to pay your bill, you can pay at the substation, sub-station, at the Satisfaction Center in Layton, Shelly's Book nnd Hallmark Shop in Clearfield, or by mail to Salt Lake City. |