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Show Rosy picture painted at power meeting In addition, since 1973, Bountiful has saved over $3 million in a fund utilized to assist in developing other power resources. Glen Carter, representing Lehi, told members present that the Lehi system will contribute $321,000 to the general fund this year. Lehi's rates are about 70 percent of UP&L's. Hess and Carter were asked whether low-cost Bureau of Reclamation power was needed to make municipal systems feasible. Both felt that it was not, though it would certainly increase the economic benefits to have it. Lehi has all their power furnished through this source, while Bountiful has part of theirs. As far as power sources, Hess said both investor-owned and municipal-owned municipal-owned utilities must continually be on and purpose, members of the two bodies heard representatives from Bountiful and Lehi discuss their municipal systems and their operations. Vernile Hess, representing Bountiful, told the group Bountiful has been in the power business since 1935. "We started out just like any business does, on a shoestring," said Hess. "It's a very economical situation." Hess told the group that Bountiful collected $4.6 million in revenues this year from the sale of power, and that out of that amount $1.2 million will be contributed to the general fund of the city. He said power rates in Bountiful are about half of what UP&L charges and that the mill levy was recently lowered in Bountiful, largely due to revenues grossed by power sales. the lookout for power sources. "We are constantly looking for new sources of power," explained Hess. 'You should continually be looking for other sources of power, regardless of where you got it to start with. I think the power resources will be avilable." "I'm sure there will be sources available," reiterated Carter. In other business Friday Carl Palmer, agency board of directors member, shared a letter he received from A.M. Gabiola, the Department of Energy's Western Area Power Administration's general manager stating that Western has not developed a position on the allocation of Colorado River Storage Project power resources in the post-1989 power marketing period. CEDAR CITY - Members of the Southwest Utah Cooperative Power Federation and the Southwest Utah Power Agency had a very rosy picture painted for them in their combined Friday meeting by Bountiful and Lehi municipal power representatives. But much of last week's meeting was spent hammering out differences in philosophies as to how the federation, agency and representative negotiation committee with Utah Power & Light should function. Cedar City Councilman Conrad Hatch, chairing his first meeting as federation president, expressed concern con-cern that the negotiation committee representing southern Utah communities com-munities opting for their own power systems should have a chairman, and that they better communicate with civic and agency leaders before making decision in negotiations being conducted con-ducted in northern Utah. There were feelings expressed by those in attendance at the meeting that federation, agency and civic leaders don't know what's happening with the negotiations. Hatch and others present felt that input should be given to the committee through a chairman before they take any significant negotiating action. Attorney George Fadel has been representing the agency member cities and the negotiating committee in the negotiation process, and there was no criticism of him or his efforts expressed. ex-pressed. According to Hatch, Fadel should provide the federation and agency with information before it goes before the Public Service Commission. Hatch emphasized that community leaders, agency members and federation members must be unified in their efforts and in their communication com-munication procedures. Frank Staheli, agency president, echoed Hatch's Feelings, saying that the bodies need to have a firm course of action or the municipal power issue could drag itself to death within six months. In addition to ironing out some questions with regards to procedures |