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<br /> <br />",' <br /> <br /> <br />Dispatch Department <br /> <br />6 <br /> <br />FLEXIBILITY YIELDS THE LOWEST PRICE <br /> <br />Growth has not just affe<:ted the infrastructure, but has placed new importance on the <br />mix of resources available 10 the District. The District has the ability to generate about <br />469 MW from its own local resources including hydroelectric plants and nalural gas <br />steam generation. About 288 MW of power is purchased from other sources under <br />long.term contracts. <br /> <br />In a block building near the EJ Centro Generating Station, a group of .power dispatch. <br />ers" work around the dock, seven days a week. In Iront of an array of computer termi. <br />nals and wall charts, dispatchers call on the District's own power resources as well as <br />those of distant power producers to meet the fluctuating demands of the residents, <br />businesses and industry, <br /> <br />Wheeling and dealing like Wall Street floor traders. the dispatchers are in constant con- <br />tact with generating facilities as distant as New Mellico and Washington to find power <br />at the lowest possible costs. local sources and sources under long-term contract can <br />be idled if power can be obtained more cheaply elsewhere. Savings from the aggres- <br />sive pursuit of lowest-cost power are passed on to customers in regular adjustments of <br />the -energy cost" portion of their electric bills. <br /> <br />Diversification of resources, ranging from internal production at the EI Centro <br />Generating Station to power purchases on the spot market, have created the flexibility <br />to meet the growing load on a daily basis with necessary reserves being available to <br />meet heavy summer peaks. <br />