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Show DedtlFD SGDTDCG ffroUTTD (Uftalh Power LSglhift (C0 More than ever before in our history, our energy supply has become a matter of national and very personal concern. The problem is receiving priority attention at all levels of government, in corporate executive offices, in the news media, and at the family dinner table. It is a complex matter, encompassing all of the major fuels in common use today petroleum, coal, natural gas, and nuclear. Much of the information reaching the public relates to national or regional shortages of electric power. As the supplier of electric energy to over a million people in the Intermountain Area, we are receiving an increasing number of inquiries concerning the status of the energy supply here, and we are taking this advertisement to answer the most frequently asked questions from our customers on this subject. QUESTION: Is there or will there be a shortage of electricity QUESTION: Is it durable for UP&L customers to reduce in UP&LCo's area this winter? their use of electricity? ANSV"ER: Barring some unforeseen catastrophy, no. We ANSWER: We believe that all energy should be conserved have an adequate supplv of electricity for our customers for and used prudently and not wasted. Even though we have the present and foreseeable future. America's coal resources ample electricity in our area, some utilit.es are experiencing have been estimated to be large enough to last the nation shortages of electricity for a variety of reasons and are taking for over 200 years and there are verv large deposits of coal in emergency measures to limit its use. At this time we are our service area. UP&LCo. uses coal to generate more than assisting neighboring utilities to meet their shortages which 90 percent of the electricity supplied to its customers. Utah's have occurred primarily because drought conditions have coal is a high quality, low-sulphur fuel, highly prized by resulted in lack of adequate water to operate their hydroelectric electric companies everywhere. generating stations. QUESTION: The President is asking electric utilities to QUESTION: What happens to the electricity saved bv discontinue burning oil and start burning coal conservation in LT&LCo's service area? wherever feasible as soon as possible. Has UP&LCo. complied? ANSWER: The energy saved by UP&L customers is sorely needed J)V nearby power-short areas, and it is sold to them. ANSWER: Yes. As a matter of fact, due to expiration last year of a contract supplying oil for two units of our Gadsby Plant in Salt Lake City, we changed from oil to coal in QUESTION: Specifically what do you recommend as to September of 1972. These units formerly used about electric Christmas decorations? million barrels of oil per year. Many electric generating plants . .,,-r-n t i . i . . i ., , . , , i .i .i ANSWER: If electric decorations are outside, in other parts of the nation now burning oil recently converted . ... , - . . u , . , . , i u i . , ,. thev should be turned off. It should be noted that electric from high-sulphur coal to low-sulphur oil to meet the new , ,' , i . . ,i , , 6 . , , .. ... , .. . , , iflhting produces heat; in fact, the beating requirements environmental protection regulations relating to sulphur h ' . , ' , ... , .. .. i i . .... . . r ,, ., " iii of some commercial and ollice buildings arc largely dioxjde emissions. Now they are asked to convert back to ... . c . . f i1.(r:..:(v. ... ... , , , . , , . . met by their lighting. So it is not a waste ot elect ruitv coal, but many of them have lost their coal supply contracts. J ,. . . . . , ., .. . . ,,r . . , ... ., . r, m , ... to burn lights inside buildings insulated We are not faced with that problem. Over 90 percent of the . , . . , i i tttiot i- . , i .i to electric heating standards, electricity UP&LCo. supplies to customers is being generated using a high quality, low-sulphur coal; about five percent is from hydroelectric generation; the remainder from gas and QUESTION: What about safety and security lighting should oil. The only electric generating units using oil are: The tl,js kind of lighting be turned off? oldest units at Gadsby Plant; the relatively small and older . .r.,,.r.T, r r , . , . i v . Jordan Plant (which is used only in emergency situations) ; ANSW ER: The President has requested e iminating and the small Little Mountain gas and oil turbine which .l'fl"or 1mlive I'K"tmR. L ectnc post lights ami area supplies both steam and electricity to a chemical company automatically controlled to come on at dusk and go on the Great Salt Lake. It is not feasible to convert these 'f at wt're (lt'sl'Km'(1 "n1 W,M '-V UI &LCo. to provide units to coal safety and security. If a customer who has had one ol these lights installed decides that he did it for decorative purposes rather than safety, he is the one best qualified to make this QUESTION: Do you see any problem that could create an decision energy shortage here? ANSWER: Yes. We could have a shortage by 1977 if QUESTION: What is UP&LCo. doing to provide an adequate certain time-consuming approval procedures are not , of c.,w(rit.ity in tllc future7 accelerated. It has become increasingly difficult to get federal government approvals necessary to start construction of ANSWER: We are actively pursuing plans which will additional plants on time. The time required to plan, provide adequate electric energy for our growing economy engineer, build, and bring a new electric generating plant and population. We have sites selected, fuel and water, and into service has increased by some three years from five equipment on order for the next three generating units which to eight years. There is a time-consuming profusion of should be adequate to meet our customers' requirements governmental reviews at every level which must be completed through the early HISO's; and we are prepared to meet all prior to start of construction. Unless we begin construction present environmental requirements for these plants. Wo of a second unit at Huntington by Mach of 1974, it is also have long range plans to provide electricity needed in possible that our area will be short of power in 1977. Such (he future. We are actively pursuing plans to make geothemial a shortage would be due to too much regulatory delay, not steam general ion a reality for our area. Our research and due to a shortage of fuel. Material shortages and labor development efforts are directed toward assuring our problems might also delay the completion of new generating customers full benefit from any technological advances in facilities. ''o generation of power, including nuclear and solar energy. It has long been the policy of our company to discourage waste of materials, supplies, and energy, and that policy was re-emphasized earlier this year. In recognition of the existing energy situation locally and nationally, we have adopted the slogan: "Use what you need but need what you use." And this sums up oin- message to our customers. Sincerely, (f (JxJM E. A. Hunter, President 9 t j I Order by Nail from The Times-Independent I Western Book Shelf I Pearl Baker's popular "Wild Bunch : Robber's Roost" the story of Butch Cassidy and other outlaws in southeast ern Utah. " ; "Trail on the Water", another book bv '" Green River's Pearl Baker, the story : of Bert Loper and his exploration of Western rivers." "The Moab Story" by Otho Murphy. Moab's ; history through the days of the uranium ; boom. "Mexico", by Antonio Marine Vila with an introduction by F.A. Barnes. The life and soul of Mexico captured in photos of its people and country. "Don't Fence Me In" by Marguerite Lathrop. Life of frontier Montrose intermingled inter-mingled with tales of sheep killings, snow-slides snow-slides and the plight of the Navajos. "Cattle Country Adventure" by H. Elwyn Blake. The story of an honest cattleman cattle-man forced to move his family and cattle from Colorado to a new range in Utah due to false charges against him. COPIES OF THE "WILD BUNCH" Ea. $6.95 PLUS S.55 FOR TAX AND MAILING COPIES OF "TRAIL ON THE WATER" Fa. $6.95 PLUS $.55 FOR TAX AND MAILING COPIES OF 'THE MOAB STORY" Ea. $1.75 PLUS $.25 FOR TAX AND HANDLING COPIES OF -MEXICO" Ea. $3.95 PLUS $.45 FOR TAX AND HANDLING ' COPIES OF "DON'T FENCE ME IN" Fa. SS.00 PLUS $.65 FOR TAX AND MAILING COPIES OF "CATTLE COUNTRY ADVENTURE" ADVEN-TURE" Fa. $5.95 PLUS $.50 FOR TAX AND HANDLING DMB MUNDSN ACCOUNTING OPEN f 1 HOURS I MONDAY J ."'I- 9 a.m. 1 THRU r' to 1 FRIDAY ) 6 p.m. j & BOOUHEBPimSBRmB Announces the Opening of Their New j Business Office at 50 East Center - WE MIL PROVIDE THE F0U0MNG SERVICES - ACCOUNTING SERVICES Cost Systems, Analysis, Projections COMPUTERIZED BOOKKEEPING Can do all or part of your books without disturbing vour present system and here locally. ' 5 FAMILY BUDGETING COUNSELING A service in helpiiu; you manage your finances. H & R BLOCK INCOME TAX Area Manager SECRETARIAL SERVICES Letters typed. Rilliii.;s, Mailings. Copim- Filim: S stems, ami other related Services. . ... TELEPHONE ANSWERING SERVICE f For more business and better service to our customers or just A convenience for vou ' ? 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