Show Moon Lake Electric asks customers to conserve power ne because ause of the drought con conditions Jn In th the he West and the generator outage of Utah Utah Power t Light Company's Huntington Plant Moon Lake Electric is having to purchase oils oil fired generation This type of or generation is costing much more than the fired coal power normally used As an example the normal purchase price for Moon Lake is mills per hour During February these same hours cost mills per kwh or an increase of 50 percent Moon Lakes Lake's major power supplier the Bureau of Reclamation has asked that all people conserve 20 percent of this energy they have been been- using because water is not available for hydro generation In turn Moon Lake is also requesting the cooperation of all customers in conserving energy In order to cover the excessive excessive excessive ex ex- costs of purchasing power from available sources sources Moon Lake has filed tiled an a application application ap ap- with the Public Service Service Service Ser Ser- vice Commission to add a surcharge of 1 mill per kwh This surcharge will probably last for one year To the average residential consumer who uses per month it will amount to 80 per month The surcharge will be listed as a separate item on the bill It will become effective for all used after April 27 provided itis It Itis is approved by the Commission |