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Show niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiniiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiii,,, iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii, Western Resources WRAP-UP llll"- Trend toward renewable sources of energy By Helene C. Monberg, Vernal Express, Washington, D. C. correspondent A trend toward greater use of and reliance on renewable sources of energy, en-ergy, such as solar and wind power, is developing in this country. It surfaced sur-faced this past month in two major "happenings," one in California, one here. Southern California Edison Co. (SCE) of Rosemead, Cal., and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) announced on May 20 they plan to reduce their carbon dioxide (C02) emissions by 20 per cent by year 2010. They plant to do so by practicing conservation, conser-vation, by using more solar energy, wind power and heat from the earth, or geothermal power, and by modernizing mod-ernizing existing generating plants. LADWP also plans to eliminate the use of fuel oil. They said the steps they outlined would reduce smog in smog-ridden Southern California and might help to slow climate change and stabilize power rates. SCE is the second largest utility in the country (only Pacific Gas & Electric Co. PG&E of San Francisco is larger), and LADWP is the largest U.S. municipal utility. These two utilities serve 13.5 million mil-lion Southern California electric consumers. The House passed on May 29 its first 1992 appropriations bill (HR 2427) providing $21,529,999,000 for federal energy and water programs. pro-grams. It included few increases because be-cause of the tight federal budget. But among the increases was a 25 percent boost over current funding to $173,503,000 for solar energy research re-search and development (R&D) programs for the Department of Energy (DOE) for the 1992 fiscal year (FY), which will begin on Oct 1, 1991. Funding for DOE solar energy en-ergy R&D totalled $129,418,000 for FY 1991, and the Administration FY 1992 budget request was for $142,878,000. The House Appropriations Committee gave renewable energy a big push forward. In its report on the energy and water funding bill (H. Rept 102-75 on HR 2427), it directed DOE and its power marketing market-ing agencies such as the Bonneville Power and Western Area Power Administrations (BPA and WAPA) to work with "the solar and wind energy industries to develop a plan to identify and evaluate access to existing transmission lines and the siting of new lines to encourage development de-velopment of renewable energy systems. sys-tems. The plan should focus on those technologies currently capable of supplying utility grade power such as wind, geothermal and solar thermal," ther-mal," it said. It directed DOE to report re-port on this renewable energy plan "no later than Jan. 15,1992." Reps. Joseph M. McDade, R-Pa., John T. Myers, R-Ind., Vic Fazio, D-Calif., Dean A. Gallo, R-NJ., and Carl D. Pursell, R-Mich., all members of the House Appropriations Committee, told the House the higher R&D funding in the bill for renewable and alternative alterna-tive types of energy would make the U.S. more energy-independent. Myers said the "second largest increase in-crease in the bill" went to DOE's research re-search programs to fund projects to provide more efficient and effective use of energy and to provide greater use of alternative sources of energy, including renewables such as wind and solar. Fazio stated, "The bill provides a total of (about) $174 million for R&D into various solar energy technologies. tech-nologies. The represents a 34 percent per-cent increase over the amount provided pro-vided in FY 1991 and $31 million more than the President's (FY 1992) budget request . . . Solar and renewable renew-able energy ... was the only major category of energy research that received re-ceived an increase in the bill," Fazio told the House. The report said types of energy included in-cluded within these DOE R&D higher-funded programs are passive and active solar, photovoltaics and solar thermal energy systems, biofu-els, biofu-els, wind and ocean energy, solar international in-ternational programs, as well as higher funding for technology transfer, program direction and support. sup-port. Larry Mansueti, director of technical techni-cal services for the American Public Power Association (APPA), told Western Resources Wrap-up (WRW) on June 4 that much solar energy is still in the R&D stage and can be "from two to five times" more costly than conventional sources of energy from coal, oil or natural gas. So there is considerable interest among utilities in using so lar energy and other renewables in demonstration projects to try to brjng down their cost, he said. General Manager Bob Bergland of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) told WRW on June 1 that he anticipates antici-pates use of solar energy will go up rapidly as its cost drops because it can be used in small increments, as on remote homes and ranches difficult diffi-cult to reach by wire, and because it is environmentally benign as renewable renew-able energy. On-going solar and wind projects WRW obtained in recent days from Scott Sklar of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), Randy Swisher of the American Wind Energy Association, Edison Electric Institute, NRECA and APPA examples exam-ples of solar and wind and other renewable re-newable energy projects already at work in the 17 Western reclamation .states. Photovaltaics or PV is the technology technol-ogy by which sunlight is turned directly di-rectly into electric current PV cells have been reliable energy sources for the past 40 years, but mainly for weather and communications satellites satel-lites and in remote locations far from power lines, where only small amounts of power are needed, and their high cost can be justified. A new PV project known as Photovoltaics for Utility Scale Applications (PVUSA) got underway under-way in 1987 to demonstrate PV's potential for utility-scale applications. applica-tions. It is a governmentutility partnership part-nership project cost-shared by DOE, PG&E, the California Energy Commission, the Electric Power Research Institute and several other utilities and government agencies. Under PVUSA, five PV arrays or units of energy have been installed at a test site at Davis, Cal, Each array, ar-ray, generally ranging in energy from 15.4 to 19 kilowatts (KW), was built by a different solar manufacturer. manu-facturer. Power conditioning units called inverters convert direct current cur-rent (DC) from alternating current (AC) from the PV arrays, and the power then flows into the PG&E grid. This portion of the project is now in operation. Near-term plans call for the installation by December . 1991 at the Davis site of eight 20-KW 20-KW arrays, two 200 KW systems and one 400 KW utility scalable system, totalling about 1,000 KW. These units will continue to move power into the PG&E grid and will be subject to continuing monitoring and testing through the '90's. i PV 1 t4 - AmmhmhmmI Search and Rescue assists fn LDS Conference Twelve members of the Uintah County Search and Rescue squad assisted the Sheriffs office on security secu-rity at the LDS Church's regional conference two weeks ago. The conference was held at the Uintah High football field and hosted some 12,000 visitors. They also helped with parking and traffic control. During the regular monthly meeting meet-ing of the group, Douglas Jensen and Dan Mathews were voted in as new members, bringing the group's total to 35. With the addition of the two mew members, the group is at full strength with a waiting list of prospective members. John Jorgensen was given full membership after his return to the area. Jorgensen was a' member in good standing but had to drop the membership when he left Vernal to seek employment elsewhere. The Search and Rescue and the Searchettes will have a float entry in the July 4 parade that is being planned to honor veterans of all wars. Merlin Walker reported on the first aid kits that are being put together to-gether and gave a report en the recent re-cent State Board meeting he attended attend-ed in Morgan, Utah, as well as giving giv-ing a report on the up coming National Search and Rescue convention con-vention in Cedar City this week. Other upcoming events will be a steak fry at the Remember The Maine park on June 24; firearms training this week; rodeo security, July 11, 12 and 13; and a trail ride sometime in September. Vernal Elks celebrate Rag Day June 14 The Vernal Elks Lodge began celebrating cel-ebrating Flag Day, June 14, by placing plac-ing flags on Main Street to remain there throughout the weekend. Thursday evening the Elks conducted con-ducted one of its largest attended public services honoring the flag and its history. The evening was directed di-rected by Floyd Bowden, exalted ruler. Rich Gonzalez, a veteran of Desert Storm who was based in England, was the speaker. He noted how proud he was to see Old Glory in store windows and public places in Great Britain. He said this display dis-play increased his patriotism. The historical flags were displayed by Rashael Dunn, Kalli Stewart, Jada Southam, Meika Southam, Carissa Dun and Ashli Bowden. Those attending at-tending also include Jeff Shiner, a Desert Storm Veteran, the VFW and DAR. Commander Duane Hall, VFW, present the Ladies of Elks (LOE) with a certificate of appreciation for their donation to the VFW Flag Project. The Vernal Elks had given Altamont 16 flags Wednesday to fly on its Main Street on flag flying holidays. Flag Day services were followed by a pie and ice cream social under the direction of Carmen Workman, LOE president, in honor of Father's Day. Vernal Express Wednesday, June 19, 1991 7 t Emm Eddie Hoff Eddie Hoff retires from Questar Pipeline Company Eddie C. Hoff will retire as Southern District Manager for Questar Pipeline Company on July 1 after over 39 years of service with the company. Hoff went to work for the company compa-ny in January 1952 on a company drilling rig. Throughout his career with Questar Pipeline, formerly Mountain Fuel Supply, he has worked in the three-state area of Wyoming, Colorado and Utah. He and his wife, Connie, moved to Vernal in 1975. In his present position, Hoff supervises su-pervises the production, gathering and transmission of natural gas throughout a 720 mile pipeline network net-work that , extends from Divide Creek, near Rifle, Colo., south of Vernal and onto Payson, Utah. In addition to his work, Hoff has a great love for golfing, boating and his family. Stanley M. Fabian, Rock Springs, Wyo. will replace Hoff as Southern District Manager. Stanley and his family are in the process of relocating relocat-ing to the Vernal area. . 'ViI W ft v2 DAVIS FOURTH Ward Youth members: Brian Stan Gordon and Melissa Demick begin sorting Gordon, Bret Colthorp, Jared Holmes, Dena donated books to prepare them for packaging. Colthorp, Jamie Rasmussen, Felicia Holmes, GflVD(DI9DlM DflllilGEfl By Nancy G. Bostick Special Correspondent Books. Armchair adventures. Explorations which require only a desire to learn more. Fictional or factual books provide a tangible, important link between the mind and the imagination. In recent weeks, books became even more important to a number of area teenagers. As members of Davis LDS Fourth Ward, more than 40 young men and women committed commit-ted themselves to the completion of a service project. Discussion initially initial-ly centered around a number of possibilities pos-sibilities including sending first aid kits to developing nations. But as each idea was presented, it became apparent that some of them provided, provid-ed, at best, short term assistance. Each participant wished for a way to make a lasting impact. When conversations turned to the true needs of a developing country, one of the most critical factors it was agreed, was knowledge. And the best way to share knowledge was through books. Because the English language is important in commerce, nations throughout the world are clamoring for English-based books. In addition addi-tion to the more obvious requests for math, English, accounting, science sci-ence and similar "hard knowledge" publications, the group wishes to send classic literature, children's books, medical text, "how-to" books and virtually anything which can be read for knowledge or pleasure. plea-sure. Stan Gordon, son of Nora Gordon and Stan Gordon, expressed his eagerness ea-gerness to share an important part of the American dream. "For many years, the people in the Eastern bloc countries have been told what they could or could not read. Now that those countries have begun to govern gov-ern themselves, the people need to have their knowledge and awareness aware-ness increased so that their new systems sys-tems of government can succeed,' he said. He added, "Those people need to be able to think for themselves... them-selves... books are a way to help them do that." Beehive leader, Tammy Holmes, agreed: "It's great that we can help another country in such a small way and what better way than with books." Youth leaders, Rick Zufelt, Dave Jolley, Donna Rasmussen and Tammy Holmes, began contacting various sources to learn about the feasibility of such a project. They discovered that the Red Cross International firmly endorses information infor-mation exchange and encourages organizations to build libraries in developing nations. . . ' Further research showed that the LDS Church itself had assisted in similar projects in the past by providing pro-viding transportation for donated materials from universities and colleges. col-leges. When approached by the local lo-cal group, church officials gave their support and promised to arrange ar-range for transportation and distribution. distri-bution. A goal was set to solicit enough books for a semi-load. Central book drops were discussed for the Roosevelt and Vernal area; Davis IGA in Roosevelt agreed to receive donations, as did Dave Jolley Chev-Olds-GEO in Vernal. Boxes were constructed by young members and arrangements were made for sorting, sort-ing, boxing and storing the books prior to shipping. Area resident, Jack Voyles, was one of the first to step forward with a sizable donation of books, all of which were classics. Most people who read can recall the contribution the work of Dickens, Keats, Browning and other such writers have made in their lives. Personal philosophies and ideologies have been bom with assistance from such great minds. When asked about her feelings towards to-wards the undertaking, Felicia Holmes, daughter of Loren and Susan Holmes, stated simply, "We're going to help the world around us...I don't know what it would be like to live without books." This sincerity was echoed by others oth-ers who arrived for sorting donations. dona-tions. Melissa Demick, Jared Holmes, Jamie Rasmussen, Bret Colthorp and Brian Gordon among others, felt that from this small beginning be-ginning large changes could be brought about. - - Within the Uintah Basin area, volunteers vol-unteers have"shown that they can make a difference in their communities. commu-nities. Thousands of hours have translated directly into the beautifi-cation beautifi-cation of communities, services for the elderly, programs to assist troubled trou-bled teenagers and the revitalization of local economies. It is hoped that the same dedication will aid the Davis Fourth Ward Youth in attaining attain-ing their goal. Individuals, educators, and organizations orga-nizations are encouraged to check their libraries for books which can be given towards this effort A deadline has been set for the end of June to accommodate sorting, packaging pack-aging and shipping needs. Those desiring more information may call Dave Jolley, 789-3161; Rick Zuflet, 789-6764; Donna Rasmussen, 789-1383. You Know If s A Great Country When Even The Checking Is Free rfHI aPW -CTfrare' sc kbhsk ... jgi .TTTTWI If 5 U v - Iff I at.' I f7 ..' SI 1 I Checking accounts have become such a part of the American way of life, it only makes sense that Zions should offer a checking account that's free. So if you write 10 checks or less per month, you pay no monthly service charge for checking at Zions. 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