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Mr. Al Gabiola, Area Manager Page Two 3. CRSP Load Factor The Town of Wickenburg believes that Western should recognize that some customers like itself, may require higher load factors for certain conditions and situations and Western should seek to accommodate those entities, CRSP power should be marketed at not less than a seasonal load factor of 58.2% and Western should give an option for delivery up to 70% load factor of energy after a suitable evaluation, 4. Service Seasons The Town of Wickenburg does not favor a change in service seasons, It would cause a reduction in the amount of power and ener~y available to customers, Town of Wickenburg does not support a flexible approach by Western to meet the i~dividual needs of customers when hydrological and electrical system circumstances permit, ,..... 5. Minimum Scheduling Minimum schedules a~e appropriate in the post 1989 cirteria as a continua.tiqn of existing criteria., . Nevertheless, minimum ra~es of delivery should not be required in the absence qf physical limitations on the CRSP systems. Wickenburg hopes Western will continue to cooperate with customers where conditions permit. a. Operating Criterta at Glen Canyon Dam The Town of Wickenbu~g is strongly supportive of the continua.tion of the e~isting operating criteria at Glen Canyon Dam and oppos~s any manipulation of river flows which would reduce and lessen the current generating characteristics of Glen. ' 7. Contract Term The Town of Wickenburg which needs a long term resource for financ~al viability cannot support too strongly its pvsition that a resource of less tha.n 20 years represents a materi~l and significant change in the embedded cost of CRSP I customers. A contract of less than 2~ years change~ the na.ture of the resource from a long term resource]to a short term resource and denies many preference customers an adequate and fair opportunity to plan their systems around dependable ;66