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PSC urged to dismiss request for a rate hike

Stewart | 11:48 a.m. Aug. 19, 2008

I suppose Rocky Mountain Power needs this extra income to help pay for the 200 million dollar plus wind farm project in the mouth of Spanish Fork Cannon that operates less than half of the time. At maximum capacity it only able to produces less than 18 megawatts and then for only about half of a day. The rest of the day is near zero.

This electricity is so expensive that I have no doubt that Rocky Mountain Power needs the rate increase.

Roy | 3:13 p.m. Aug. 19, 2008

Stewart, Rocky Mountain Power is mandated by the state to obtain a certain amount of its power from renewable sources by a specific date. Money to do this comes mainly from the blue skies program. Renewable energy is much more expensive than the coal fired plants where most of our electricity comes from and given the choice RMP would just build more coal plants for all of its needs but for enviromental reasons that is not possible. And before anyone makes some stupid comment about me being a RMP employee, I am not, just someone who is informed about the public utilities.

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