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<br /> <br />demonstrate significant actions and to acquire the <br />ability to distribute power by September 30, 1988. <br /> <br />Western has received requests for an extension of <br />the January 1, 1984, deadline by only three <br />potential applicants who have already submitted <br />applicant profile data, none of whom seem willing <br />to proceed with the formation of a municipal <br />utility unless assured that it could obtain low <br />cost Federal power. As stated in the earlier <br />discussion of Eligibility Requirements, Western <br />only intended to provide an opportunity to <br />potential new customers who already had a utility <br />system or who were already in the process of <br />acqUiring one to achieve benefits other than <br />solely becoming eligible for an allocation of <br />Federal power. Federal power in this market area <br />was made available on a widespread basis under <br />1962 marketing criteria, and both long-term and <br />short-term allocations of power have been made <br />periodically ever since. If, since 1962, a <br />municipal has not taken significant and tangible <br />steps to acquire a utility system, it is not <br />unreasonable to assume that establishing a <br />municipal utility has not been a priority for the <br />citizens of that city. Since the contract period <br /> <br />65 <br />