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<br />for which power will be committed is 10 years and <br /> <br />, <br />since relatively s~all amounts of additional power <br /> <br />, <br />and energy are ex~ected to become available in the <br />future, those muni'cipals that establish municipal <br />systems within that period might anticipate a <br />future opportunity to obtain a small amount of <br />i <br /> <br />Federal power under then'current terms and <br />conditions. <br /> <br />One obvious disadvantage to Western of modifying <br />the eligibility rlequirements to include entities <br />that are' in the process of acquiring utility <br />! . . <br />status is that after obtaining an allocation, they <br />may not comp1ete.the process by September 30, <br />1988. Western wquld then have only 1 year to <br />place that power ! under' contract with somebody <br />else. Since thete are at least 143 cities. <br />count i es, and towns representing a load of about <br />3,100,000 kilowa~ts that could potentially take <br />action to establjish consumer-owned utilities if <br />I <br />Western extende~ the deadline of January 1, 1984, <br />for all potenti~l applicants who have already <br />filed applicant 'profile data, this course of <br />action is not w~rranted. However, Western does <br />not want to deny an opportunity to those <br />, <br /> <br />municipals who have initiated an investigation <br /> <br />66 <br />