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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />- -.'., 1''-' r. <br />0u!J00 <br /> <br />characterized by lower than average incomes and higher incidences of poverty. For example, the <br />unemployment rate among the labor force on the Uintah and Ouray Ute reservation in Utah was <br />28% in 1996. The per capita income on this same reservation in 1996 was 4,280 (approximately <br />1/4 of the national average). The people that live in these areas then, are less able to pay high <br />electrical prices. Furthermore, higher electrical prices are one of the reasons that economic <br />development is slower in rural areas of the American West. <br /> <br />These conditions do not accurately depict the situation for residences ofthe service territories of <br />all CRSP customers. CRSP municipal customers that are part of larger cities charge their end- <br />users less than that of surrounding towns. Usually, the retail price for towns like Bountiful and <br />Murray, Utah are lower than the price charged by the private electrical supplier in Salt Lake City. <br />Moreover, the residents of these bedroom communities are just as prosperous as the residences in <br />the contiguous cities and towns that are not CRSP power customers. <br /> <br />20 <br />