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Show Let's get a bit more light $p on the 'S& subject! f Hi, I'm Reddy Kilowatt, your friend a Utah power. This column is devoted to questions and suggestions we receive from our customers. You are warmly invited to participate. Questions and suggestions regarding electricity, your electric service or energy conservation are welcome. Why not build more hydroelectric plants? QWhy doesn't Utah Power & Light build more dams and use more of the cleaner and cheaper hydroelectric hydro-electric generation instead of building more coal-fired generating plants? A The management of the com- pany would be delighted if they ) could find suitable locations for addi- tional hydro-electric installations. At the present time almost all feasible hydro-electric sites in our country have been utilized; most of the remaining attractive sites are in national parks and scenic areas and not available for s dam construction. It should be noted that an economically acceptable site I lor a hydro-electric plant requires a year-round large supply of running S water; small streams do not have large K enough flows of water to provide acceptable sites for hydro-electric installations. The State of Utah's one large hydroelectric hydro-electric installation is at Flaming Gorge, and the power available from this facility is totally committed. There are no further firm plans to construct hydro-electric dams on other possible Utah sites, which are in national parks and scenic areas. Installed generating capacity in the State of Utah, including both steam and hydro, is not adequate to supply the energy requirements of people in the state; for example, in 1975, 48 of the needed power that UP&L supplied its customers in, Utah came from a steam-electric plant in Wyoming, and whenever available, from hydro-electric generation of other rav companies in the Northwest. n u a Initiative g Proposal C won't lower taxes, it will raise taxes! 5 g g Vote against IE g I Initiative j g Proposal C g a ej n E3 g Paid by Citizens Against Proposal C g Relieves Pain and Itch of Hemorrhoidal Tissues promplk li'mporariK. in mam casi' ThtTr'- ;i mi-dic-atnm th.il n !icv-s iiv;ii"ii:il ln in'rrh"i(l; s mptinn it hill minutr? Thru il pi's ImauihI smithing ;litu;lHv lirlps shrinl: swrllili of ln-inc.rrliciiil:il tls-an-s dn t in(l;imm;lt i(in. Tin n.ime I'rrpcll (ltltn 11 . Doi-tur Irstnl I'n-par.-itiiin 1 with ils i-xclusivr Inmiiihi. i Ami'ricM S Ii miIiii;; lirmurrliuicl; rrmt'tlv by t:ir. OiiilmiTit c suppnsitnrifS SUBSCRIBE DON'T BORROW! ; Electric rates: increasing in Utah, ; decreasing elsewhere? QWhy are rates increasing in Utah while others are decreasing? A Electric rates are increasing everywhere, and isolated, rare instances of rate decreases are special situations of very short duration. In the ' ; UP&L service area rates for residential service have increased about the same as the cost of living index for food and services since 1967. j i Do we onwjfa hm$ Omn IMdfo to oloct j We should be disturbed and concerned that we in Utah do not know j enough about Orrin Hatch's background and where his support is coming from. Hatch was born, raised, practiced law and spent most of his life in ! Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. i' He moved to Utah only 7 years ago. j He has no record of service to or interest in our state and its people. 1 His ties to Utah are new and weak. The Hatch campaign is paid for and run by out-of-state extremists including the beer money of Joseph Coors. D we Ee! lmw Bnvgh bM rami IKMelh? What has he done to deserve our support? Is this the element who can speak for us? Re-elect Senator Frank Moss, whose lifetime of service to our state has earned him respect and influence in the Senate. Moss is the strong Utah voice we must have in Washington. iisita Mm works ior you! Paid for and authorized by the Moss for Senate Committee Donald B. Holbrook, Chairman Why are power rates 1 lower in the Northwest? ft Why, in power-rich Utah, where li there is an abundance of cheap coal and water power, are rates higher than cities in the Northwest? A First, there is not an abundance of water power in Utah. The rates ol power companies in the Northwest are lower than most other western utilities util-ities because of the fact that they have been, up to now, predominately hydro-generation utilities-where the i cost for fuel (falling water) is zero. When v sites were available for construction of I additional dams to generate power i "sing falling water, this was the most desirable and inexpensive way to j generate electricity. J Second, since hydro-electric sites are j no longer available, utilities in the J Northwest are now turning to coal-fired I generation and nuclear plants, and J H is inevitable that this will cause their i customers' bills to increase, probably I more rapidly than those of customers in r Utah. Address your questions or suggestions 'o Reddy Kilowatt, P. O. Box 899, Salt Lake s Cty, Utah 84110. Due to space limitations, Q" questions and suggestions cannot be P'inted In this column, but each will be Qnswered. if Ah & LIGHT CO. |