Show Wyoming FLAMING l GORGE i i j k I JENSEN j f i j i LEGEND j W 4 on j CARBON Gas V PLANT f J j mm J j i 1 i New power line planned Immediate construction of a high voltage line to carry large blocks of power into the Uintah Basin has been authorized by directors of Utah Power Light The volt line will extend from the firm's Carbon steam-electric plant at Castle Gate into the Uintah Basin and connect the area with the company's integrated Comes from Carbon Utah Power to build line into Uintah Basin this year Immediate construction of a high voltage transmission line to carry large blocks of electric power into the Uintah Basin has been authorized by directors of Utah Power Light D. L. company secretary and vice said the line authorized by the directors will extend from the firm's Carbon steam-electric plant at Castle Gate some 96 miles by way of Duchesne and to Vernal and an i additional 19 miles northward to phosphate beds being de- by the San Francisco Chemical Estimated cost of the line and necessary facilities is approximately Mr Broussard said has been electricity to the Vernal area for some 33 years from isolated hydroelectric and diesel engine AND the entire Uintah Basin have experienced rapid growth during the past he through utilization of the area's vast natural Among the principal resources Broussard cited are natural oil and asphalt sands in addition to hundreds of acres of good farm THE he will provide an adequate and dependable supply of electric power for the Uintah Basin from the large and efficient generating stations on the utility's interconnected such as the Carbon plant in the heart of Utah's coal Electric requirements of the Vernal Mr Broussard have increased to a point where small diesel generation is no longer satisfactory as a power BROUSSARD also explained that in addition to supplying power for the the together with a line the company is building to the Glen Canyon will integrate as required by law the Flaming Gorge and Glen Canyon Federal plants of the Colorado River Storage |