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Show 0 . . . - - 13 il hjoI jBisasfea Six Rural Electric Coops Co-ops serving m Utah and adjoining ad-joining states, as well as 21 Utah Municipalities with electrical distribution sys-' sys-' ems taking power from Deseret Generation and Transmission Co-opatlOrOO a.m. Friday October 24. At that time meters were read, and money transferred, transfer-red, consumating negotiations negoti-ations that have been conducted con-ducted for more than a year between Utah Power and Light and Deseret Generation Genera-tion and Transmission Coop, Co-op, granting Deseret a 39.-69 39.-69 ownership Interest in UP&L's Hunter n plant near Castle Dale, Utah, total sale price was $115.-317,668.60. $115.-317,668.60. TJm cooperatives, through , Deseret G & T will realize a generating capacity of approximately ap-proximately 101 MW, and the municipalities' share will total about 68 MW. Under an agreement with Utah Power and Light and financial institutions, Deseret Des-eret G& T contracted for the full 39.69 share of the plants. A portion of this will in turn be sold to municipal mu-nicipal inerests, through an organization now being formed. Cooperatives involved include in-clude Bridger Valley Electric, Elec-tric, Mountain View.WY; and Dixie -Escalante Rural Electric, Elec-tric, Beryl; Flowell Electric, Elec-tric, Fillmore, Garkane Power, Richfield; Moon ' Lake Electric, Roosevelt, and Mt. Wheeler Power, of Ely. The 21 municipalities who will be participating In the Hunter transaction are Beaver, Bea-ver, Falrview, Hurricane, Kaysvllle, Meadow, Morgan, Murray, Spring City, Enterprise, Enter-prise, Fillmore, Heber, Hy-rum, Hy-rum, Lehi, Monroe, Mt. Pleasant, Oak City, Hoi-den, Hoi-den, Kanosh, Logan and Parowan. With the addition of the power source will come an increase In power rates for consumers. Each new plant carries a much higher price tag with this cost passed on to consumers in the form of rate increases. By locking in or current costs, and interest rates, future leveling affects will afford a very favorable power pow-er rate, bringing the benefits bene-fits of a stable power supply to the participants. REDUCING RADIATION: Experts estimate tnat as much as 30 percent of all x-rays given are unnecessary. unneces-sary. What can be done? Ask the physician or dentist why each x-ray is needed. Keep a record, perhaps the films can be reused. Always ask for a gonad shield to protect reproductive organs. And if you might be pregnant, preg-nant, tell the doctor. |