| Show Colorado River Power Rate Hearings Set The Regional Director of the Bureau of Reclamation announced this week that hearings will be held on the proposed increase in Storage Project power rates The Regional Office in Salt Lake City will conduct the hearing on July 12 at aL the Little Theatre in the Salt Palace This follows up the original rate increase increase in in- crease study announcement made by bythe bythe bythe the Assistant Secretary of the Interior in January ALL PROJECT power customers and interested individuals arc are being invited to present their views on the proposed power rate changes Interested individuals individuals individuals are arc encouraged to provide advance written statements for the public hearing The open hearing will not preclude subsequent subsequent sub sub- sequent individual meetings of written comments by power customers There are approximately 90 Storage Project wholesale power customers of which 21 are arc in Utah Major users of Storage Project power arc are the cities of Provo Logan Bountiful Brigham City Nephi St St. George and Spanish Fork Principal REAs REA's purchasing Storage Project Project Pro Pro- power are arc Moon Lake Electric Association Association As As- Power Association Flowell Electric Ass Association Escalante Valley Electric Association Mt Wheeler Wheel Wheel- er or Power Association and Bridger Valley Valley Val Val- ley Electric Association CURRENTLY THE Utah customers arc are purchasing over kilowatts of Storage Project power This is expected to increase to over kilowatts by bythe bythe bythe the summer of 1975 The existing wholesale firm rate schedule schedule sch sch- Fl is to be changed by raising raising rais rals- ing the demand charge from kw v k mo mo to kw The existing energy rate of of 3 mills hr will not be in in- creased Reclamation will continue to market power presently under contract at load factors as specified in present contracts and after April 1976 market at aL a percent load factor The future future fu fu- fu ture output from Morrow Point Crystal Cry Crystal stal and Central Utah is to tobe tobe tobe be marketed as peaking capacity with I return of net neL load factor O energy percent per cent The future peaking capacity rate is to be kw kw mo COLORADO RIVER Storage Project power is generated at Glen Canyon Flaming Flaming Flaming Fla Fla- ming Gorge Morrow Point Blue Mesa and Fontenelle Total capacity capacity cap cap- is presently kilowatts with additional capacity being constructed at Crystal on the Gunnison River Ri Ri- ver |
