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<br />through the establishment of a "yardstick" through <br />sales of Federal power to preference utilities. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />In its submittal to Western, UP&L notes that its <br />opponents make mych of the argument that the <br />preference law is intended to serve the purpose of <br />providing an environment for competition in the <br />utility industry; The preference power community <br />claims that the sale of Federal power to <br />preference customers provides a "yardstick" <br />against which the performance of an investor-owned <br />utility can be gauged. <br /> <br />Rather than categorically stating that the <br />"yardstick" concept is irrelevant under <br />reclamation law, UP&L submits that its proposal <br />for the marketing of CRSP power will promote <br />competition to ~ greater degree than will the <br />renewal of existing contracts. UP&L's alternative <br />would include, as part of its contractual billing <br />obligations, specific identification of that <br />portion of each customer's bill attributable to <br />CRSP power, and!that portion of the bill <br />attributable to: supplemental power sources. <br />According to UP&L, this bill would constitute an <br />immediate basis for comparison which would <br /> <br />36 <br />