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<br />. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />Section I <br />Introductlon <br /> <br />The Publ ic Information Forum today is the third in a series of meetings <br />schedu 1 ed for the development of a plan for market i ng the power resources <br />located in Western's Salt Lake City Area. <br /> <br />As you registered for the meeting, you should have received an agenda with a <br />copy of a revised schedule attached. The meeting today is primarily to <br />review the subjects discussed at previous meetings. Those subjects are the <br />resources expected to be available for marketing, consolidation of resources <br />from the several projects, and the rules or criteria for marketing the <br />resources. We also plan to have a present at i on on Western's conservation <br />and renewable energy program. There have been many questions and some <br />misunderstanding concerning that program. We thought this would be a good <br />opportun i ty for Mark S i 1 verman, Western I s new Director of Conservation, to <br />become acquainted with you and to give you some information on the program. <br /> <br />With regard to the schedule, we would like to have the marketing plan com- <br />pleted in June of 1983. Following this meeting today, and a comment period, <br />a proposed marketing plan will be published. Then there will be a public <br />consultation and comment process to discuss the proposed plan, after which <br />the final plan would be published. We would then expect to go through an <br />allocation process and make the necessary contractual arrangements. We are <br />hopefu 1 th at our customers wi 11 know by June 1984, how much c apac ity and <br />\ energy they will have during the next:contracting period. <br /> <br />During the process of developing a plan for the future, it is our intent to <br />consider all options or alternatives on how to best utilize the power <br />resources i nvo 1 ved. At th i s poi nt, we are st ill in the data gatheri ng <br />phase, and I want to assure you that no pre-decisions have been made on any <br />aspects of future marketing. Our objective is to produce a plan, with your <br />help, that will meet the needs of Western's customers 'consistent with <br />optimum utilization of the Federal resource, and consistent with legislation <br />that applies to the specific projects and the Federal power marketing <br />program in general. Through the public involvement process, we want you to <br />participate in development of the plan. We really need your input in order <br />to do a good jOb and we intend to keep you fully informed throughout the <br />process. <br /> <br />The meeting today will be recorded and copies of the transcript can be <br />obtained directly from the firm providing the recording servce. <br /> <br />1 <br />