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Show Power CoiEapnns! Hold Mool'lsi? In Salt Lake t'ziy The eighth annual meeting of representatives of private electrical ' companies serving Utah Idaho, Montana, and eastern Oregon was held recently in the Kearns Building, Build-ing, Salt Lake City. Mr. George M. Gadsby, president of Utah Power Pow-er and Light Company acted as spokesman. Mr. Gadsby pointed out that high f. Dec. elctrical peaks and overall e Idaho and eastern Oregon were requirements in Montana Utah, f fully met with surplus capacity I still available and all companies ' expressed confidence in their abili- r,. ty to supply the expanding electri- f cal requirements of this area with- out a break in their record of never f being "too little or too late" pro- ti vided political or economic causes jj beyond their control do not inter- jj fere. - Mr. Gadsby also said that in- fej dustrial expansion of the area may jj be expected but that plans have f been laid for combined capital ex- ', penditures during 1949' of S37 000, L 000.00 for new electric facilities to ,. meet the growing demand. All pow '! er resources of the area, including plants owned and operated by in- f dustrial concerns, are being pooled jj" and all their resources used in the interconnections. ;' The Telluride Power Company's . load in Dec, 1948 increased one-third one-third over its Dec. 1947 load, yet : the peak was met and no curtail- , ment of use was asked according jr to managers of this company. !. Besides Mr. Gadsby those in at- h tendance at the meet were repre- -;! sentatives of Montana Power Com- p pany Idaho Power Company, Calif, a Pacific Utilities of eastern Oregon, I; Public Service Company of Colo- t rado and Telluride Power Company. V, |