Show People are dying for your hG help lp Give we blood f 1 t j q n n a Growth brings prosperity to Utah w m w and growing pains to UPLa 1 0 1 f tr 1 Ai i f he ht gait lt fake t a i t fl hn ion A Wednesday Morning Ma- Ma 10 10 1978 1979 Pae 18 I In 1 i Public Approval of Growth o I it f 1 0 t. t R Reflected e fl in In U Utah t al Fo Figures 1 tributaries tJ of statistics advantages of oC higher Utah census 1 Separate d' d f f reached a fascinating confluence last figures 1 0 j 71 weekend in Utah The mainstream J Conceivably younger generations f i c-i Yi i i conclusion to celebrate J t f tl seems sense economic opportunities therefore there there- I t growth growt h tore fore a better quality 0 of f W life We e I in n cA f i 1 vif p As it turns out probably the most population imputation growth Back then to the f p JJ I 4 t prominent figure flow came from Crom a Utah Foundation conclusions ye t. t e o- o f t i f Utah Poll conducted by J J. J Roy Boy t 1 i 6 K H fJ 49 Utah has x while hile hile its 11 population was t r Bardsley for Cor The Tribune Published averaging a 25 percent addition the thelast S Sunday Sunda da the poll pon found Cound most Utah Uta last seven years witnessed a 1565 r if residents saw more ore value than detriment detri percent leap In business activity r 1 f I ment merit in Utah's Utah s rising population Adjusting for Cor 56 1 percent Inflation If t i Interestingly this popular feeling from Crom 1970 to 1977 the gain is still 1004 1001 4 J Jl a j t's s 's y was confirmed by another almost percent Sales volume last year J Jr i t simultaneous statistical survey statewide reached a post recession post recession f fy r In a Monday release the Utah hi high go h of C ib so 3 3 bill billion Ion a 10 percent t r real e al 3 No r 5 I annual rate adjusted for 6 65 5 t 1 growth a Foundation a private tax research 0 J. J j I Inflation n CI a tl on b between e t 67 and an d 77 asserted that steady population h group i fy- fy ja Moreover keeping jobs are arc r l j i tion growth growth has helped sustain an pace y extraordinary Utah economic resurgence re re- Another stati statistic tlc from Crom Utah Job 1 J r Inflation contributed but Service Service- disclosed that as of oC last t I expanding local consumer markets April Utah had reduced its unemployment i. r rr r led Utah to its seventh consecutive total from 6 to 5 52 2 percent I 4 j 1 year of oC double-digit double business gain the since shoe spring a year ago The number Foundation disclosed ed of oC at work had increased increased i f k 4 a 5 53 3 percent gain from Crom April For th the e pe period s since In ce 1970 1870 19 70 Utah's ta h. h s 1977 and the outlook was for no J 0 Hi population has recorded an average a f Q S sudden reversal l In n the job picture a I f growth gro rate of oC 2 25 5 percent The ed Again Agam untypical a p population expansion 1 nation at the same time has had only sion slon ha has ha not yet et become a complicating f a 9 9 percent population increase Utah 4 e ing factor economically in Utah residents generally are not alarmed oj sari I The associated obviously obvious question there therl by the trend and economically isn't yet cause to be Iy ly is w x hether economic prosperity is 0 j 1 n 1 the best test or only gauge of quality i Answering the Ute question do existence Further isn't there a point C you think the population growth In ol of diminishing returns m in this more r Utah has tas helped or harmed the people equals financial growth i p quality of oC life In the state 52 percent formula of those participating in the Utah Poll Unfortunately balance sheet data t p said helped Thirty one chose is clearer for Cor analyzing the past than harmed 12 percent decided there the future As they trickle and pour had hod been no change An overwhelming overwhelm overwhelm- from marketplace uplands the fig fig- figures ing number 81 percent of the ures urea form Corm a river of oC wide deep satisfied majority were in the 18 20 satisfaction Forward looking Forward looking public year old age group Sixty-six Sixty percent policy must mut determine If they eventually were aged 21 2129 29 After age 45 45 considerable consid consid- ally lIy could turn Into an ugly rampaging erable euble doubt crept in about abolt the ing tog torrent While most support the population increase as helpful must increase generating capacity to meet new demands Utah's population growth al almost almost almost al- al most three times the national average average average aver aver- age since 1970 has 1970 has brought with it welcome economic prosperity Business activity has more than doubled with employment keeping pace And a majority of Utah residents residents resi residents resi- resi dents feel that this growth has helped rather than harmed their quality of life The growth story Is s clearly inter interpreted prated in the Tribune editorial re reprinted reprinted reo re- printed on this page Also to be found among the facts and figures is the line bottom-line reason why Utah Power must build new generating plants and transmission lines con con- population and economic growth means a mounting demand for power which can ca be supplied only by Increased generating capacity An ample dependable supply of electric power is absolutely Indispensable indispensable indispensable indis Indis- to economic prosperity More employers more Jobs Accompanying Utah's 2 25 5 percent percent percent per per- cent annual increase In n population has been remarkable growth in the number of new employers providing jobs to both the unemployed and our yOung yc-ung people graduating from schools and colleges No longer must they leave the state stale to find stable employment The combined population eco boom has also meant many more new homes for newly married couples new residential customers Last year the 2 5 percent population population population lation growth figure translated to new residential customers in Utah This Is equivalent to the number of electrical hookups In a city larger than Logan The average amount pf pt el trie ity used by Utah Powers Power's residential customers is about kilowatt hours kwh per year or some kwh for forthe the residential customers Commercial Industrial needs The producing job-producing commercial and industrial growth that went along with Utah's rising population last year required kwh more than in 1976 Thus it is clear that new gen gem generating plants must b be completed to keep up with the increasing demand for electric service There are no indications that the areas area's rate of growth will decline Plants much more costly New generating plants today are 4 times as costly to build as were plants 10 years ago But build them we mUl must t Utah Power Is legally bound to provide electrical service to any customer In Its service area who requests It It To fulfill this re responsibility responsibility re we must have additional generating capacity Unfortunately the he need for higher rates is a direct result of the phenomenal growth which has brought continuing prosperity to the area rf r LA f j f II lab r I I punier LI HT aNT F y f ft t if l t iI r 5 gI i Via hA |