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Show BOR Power May Be Available for City Use Cedar City could be high on the priority list if it goes with a municipal power system for inexpensive electric power from the Bureau of Reclamation's Glen Canyon dam. Cedar City's recently formed power board hear a report from member Neil Boyter in which he said that former Bureau of Reclamation Director Ellis Armstrong who was in the area last week, felt that the city had a good chance to obtain some of this power. Boyter said that Armstrong was less optimistic about the city obtaining ob-taining power from the Hoover Dam but had agreed to investigate the matter further. The group spoke with City Attorney Robert Braithwaite concerning condemnation proceedings begun by the Southwest Utah Co-operative Power Federation which the city has supported so far. Braithwaite when questioned concerning the possibility of a change of venue when the case is heard in court said that he thought such a change unlikely and expected that the case would be heard before a court in southern Utah. The Southwest Power Agency, the financing arm of the federation, hopes to purchase CPNational's electric utility system in southern Utah. CPN signed a letter of intent to sell its system fo Utah Power and Light in Dec. but as of yet has not filed for a hearing before the Public Service Commission : concerning the sale. Councilwoman Barbara Starr said that the city council had directed the group to outline its "scope." Board member Eldon Schmutz said that he thinks that the group needs to address the question of actual costs of a municipal system for city residents. Recently appointed chairman Raymon Prestwich agreed with Schmutz Sch-mutz and reviewed the Ford, Bacon and Davis feasibility study prepared for the city several years ago when it began investigating the possibility of a municipal power system. |