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<br />10 <br /> <br />In brief, these are the benefits of the combination utility , <br />transmission system. <br /> <br />a) The entire area would benefit from increased water <br />development. <br /> <br />b) State and local governments would materially benefit <br />from increased tax revenues. <br /> <br />c) The savings in Federal investment could pay for 10 of <br />the 11 authorized participating projects, or release <br />this money for other legitimate and necessary government <br />services. This savings would pay for 80% of Frying Pan- <br />Arkansas Project. <br /> <br />c) Preference customers would pay the same 6 mill rate for <br />electricity under either the combination plan or the <br />all-Federal plan. <br /> <br />e) Utility company customers' rates would not be affected. <br /> <br />You can see there are many so-called yardsticks being used to <br />measure this transmission job. We ask no special consideration for our <br />system. All we want and feel we are entitled to is to be measured against <br />a 36-inch yardstick. <br /> <br />If this is done, water users, the Federal government, all power <br />users, the Rocky Mountain area, and the nation as a whole, will reap the <br />maximum benefits from the Colorado River Storage Project. <br />