Show Be g p t Wins p bl Power Award W. W Berry Huichi Hutchings gs manager manag manager er er of City Light and Power at al Bountiful was h honored nored in Los Angeles Angeles' May 6 by t. t the e Ain Amerl 1 tl can Public Power Association holding the annual convention at the Statler Hilton Hotel I MR HUTCHINGS won the Associations Association's James D. D Donovan Donovan Dono Dono- van Personal e n it n lAward t l Award named for a a founder of AP APPA A and pioneer m municipal power leader in Kansas City Kan The award plaque was was presented presented pre pre- presented pre pre- to Mr Hutchings by S. S R. R Finley chairman of the Electric Power Board of Chattanooga Chattanooga Chattanooga Chat Chat- Tenn Term and chairman of the APPA Awards Committee Commit tee during the banquet which brought the 1965 APPA convention convention convention conven conven- tion to a close TilE THE CITATION read W W. W Berry Hutchings h has a s strengthened public power in Utah by demonstrating to the states state's 39 consumer owned consumer owned systems systems how much can be gained I by cooperative effort At the same time he has led in developing developing de de- de regional cooperation that resulted in victory in the fight for public control of the Colorado River storage project transmission system AS MANAGER of the Bountiful Bountiful Boun Boun- City Light and Power Co Mr Hutchings has worked diligently diligently dil dil- to obtain low-cost low power pow pow- er for his city and the other owned consumer-owned utilities in the state As president of the Intermountain Inter Intel mountain Consumers Power Association he promoted the idea of single purchase agency contracts for all of the Utah publicly owned utilities enabling enabling ling them to negotiate with the private utilities and the Bureau Bur But eau of Reclamation for single point delivery giving addition addition- additional al advantages to the consumer owned group IN 1960 he became the State of Utah director of Colorado River Basin Consumers pow er Inc a state organize tion Lion Which worked to assure reasonable transmission charges es for Colorado River storage project power and to prevent the transmission system from becoming a tollgate of the private pd vate vale utilities In 1964 1961 he was elected president of a position he holds at the present time Mr Hutchings has appeared ap before numerous local groups and Congressional committees com corn tu to present the views of this organization and to ad ad- vante Vence the interests of consume tr owned er-owned electric systems in inI inthe I the he tIra basin t f |