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Show Municipal Power Source Under Study By Panguitch Council Panguitch City Manager Bruce Fullmer announced Friday, Feb. 6, the city council's commitment to seek a municipal power source. According to Fullmer, the city has pursued alternatives to bring better power rates to the people in this area. He said that the city has received a federal allocation from the Colorado Col-orado River Storage Project (CRSP). The allocation assures Panguitch a guaranteed 18 percent of their needed power when certain criteria are met. Fullmer says the criteria will be met without problems. prob-lems. There are various sources of power supply, said Fullmer, and the city is very carefully scrutinizing each of these. He said that after j Hi IH I III 1 I irl I I - I I 1 !l I ''',, i' ;k 'ft, I 7 III v ' MF. w-m-Mi fl Ml-" i y& - " - ,4 -- , x x , - If all the deliberations and planning take effect, ef-fect, said Panguitch City Manager Bruce Fullmer, a TAS Coal Co power plant could be built on the city property west of the Kaibab Industries complex. Fullmer said, "We have options and contingencies. working on the project for four years, after very careful planning, it was still a difficult decision for the council to make, considering the economic status of the area. He says the city can, after the new power sources are in place, realize re-alize a profit of many thousands of dollars per month. The city of Kanab pursued a municipal power system and is now realizing a $20,000 to $25,000 monthly return. re-turn. Fullmer said that anywhere along the line that the feasibility of the project becomes difficult the city will re-examine its priorities. Panguitch Mayor Jon Lee Torg-erson, Torg-erson, who like Fullmer, has been in this project from the beginning says, "It's an extremely bold venture ven-ture when we have been entrusted with the city's funds and well being. be-ing. We live here also, and we too will have to live with the decisions we make now." The city fathers say that other sources of power are Idaho and Colorado. TAS Coal Company, which has conducted feasibility studies and worked very closely with the city, has proposed the construction of a power plant on several acres of city-owned property west of the Kaibab Industries yard. The plant would be owned by TAS and they in turn would supply power to the municipality. Fullmer recently met with Jim Koons, vice-president of Kaibab's Fredonia and Panguitch operations, and Jack Voris, manager of the Kaibab Industries Panguitch operation, opera-tion, and they agreed to supply five years of waste products for fuel which would supply 30 percent of the plant's needs. Coal will be the other fuel source and would come from Salina Canyon. When in production Fullmer said, "TAS power in Panguitch could create 15 fulltime jobs." He said that one of the attorneys who will pursue the legal ramifications ramifica-tions of the project will be David Nuffer of St. George who worked with Kanab and who has gained substantial electrical system expertise. exper-tise. He and Panguitch City Attorney Attor-ney Pat Nolan will work together |