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Show UP&L reports electrical demand increase in 1982 Despite the recent economic downturn, Utalins' demand for electrical energy still grows. Utah Power & Light firm peak demand in Utah in 19H2 increased by 47,HX) kilowatts. All classes of service to firm customers registered an increase in demand during 19112. That 47,000 kilowatt increase translates in enough capacity to supply 10,000 households. At current generation construction costs ($1,090 per kw) that equates an additional investment in power plant facilities of $51 ,230,000. The company's annual growth rate in terms of demand for the pcriixl 1977 in 1982 was 4 79 percent. The total kilowatt hours delivered to firm Utah customers includes: 1982 Residential 2.810,152,000; 1981-2,597,100,000. 1982 Commercial 2,314.657,000; 1981-2,167,357,000. 1982 Industrial In-dustrial 3,323,810,000; 1981-3, 326, 629, 000. Average annual use per residential customer in Utah: 1982-7,602 kwh; In terms of energy, Utah Power & Light delivered a total of almost nine billion kilowatt hours to its firm Utah customers in 1982. This compares to firm sale of 8 6 billion kilowatt hours in 1981 an increase of some 400 million kilowatt hours. 1981 7,280 kwh. Utah Power & Light gained 7,536 Utah customers in 1982-an increase of 1.8 percent. per-cent. Total firm Utah customers year-end year-end 1982-416,953. Total firm Utah customers year-end 1981-395,907. For the period ending 1987, the company com-pany projects a total of V,'3,2V, firm Utah customers an increase over 1982 or 52,293 or an increase of 12.5 percent. In the 10-year period, 1970-1980, Utah's population increased 38 percent i average annual growth rate of 3 3 percent). per-cent). This is three times greater than the national average annual growth rate of 1.1 percent. Utah's growth rate is ranked fifth in the nation. It has been estimated that by the year 2000 Utah's population will increase by 43.9 percent for an annual average growth rate of 1.8 percent. Ranking Utah fourth in the nation. By contrast, the national na-tional average growth rate is projected at 0 8 percent. For the lo-year period, 1970-1980, the number of households increased at a much faster rate than population 50.6 percent. This has a more significant effect ef-fect load (kilowatts and kilowatt-hour sales). |