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Show Utah Power talks about your electric power: Utah Power must spend well over $100 million to build a power plant today. And investors provide most of the money. If you were running a utility like Utah Power, you'd be faced with the responsibility for meeting the growing demands for electricity. And the INVESTORS on wa mee his re(luirement is to rflsKvl Ft 1TP& build new generating plants. That means TOI ICT CI mkc you'd need money... lots of it. o TRUST FUNDS .-i Utah Power would like to talk to flgce; A y:r the money to W iLl-s- v " l While customer revenues pay l o or Peraon and maintenance of the '?X' i company's facilities and a return on m P" invested money, most of the money for new power plants comes from selling stocks and bonds to investors. And these investors ..pect a reasonable profit on their investment. That means Utah Power must run an efficient, profitable operation so it can attract the investor money it needs to meet future power demands. You see, in just ten years the demand for electric power has doubled in Utah Power's service area. And, if Utah Power is to meet the level of demands estimated for 1978, they will need close to a billion dollars for new plant construction. And, since you're a customer, you have a right to know that the money to build the new plants Utah Power & Light customers will need comes from investors, not rate payers, and that investors expect a reasonable profit on their investment. |