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<br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />D~G~~Jtribution supply systems; however, these programs may <br /> <br />take as much' as a year to become fully effective and <br /> <br /> <br />therefore are not expected to be significantly beneficial <br /> <br /> <br />for the summer load season. <br /> <br />For electric systems operating in the states of <br /> <br /> <br />Oregon, Idaho and Washington, it is estimated that <br /> <br /> <br />about 4.2 pe~cent per month of the projected electric <br /> <br /> <br />energy requirements could be saved through voluntary <br /> <br />energy conservation procedures. If this is accomplished, <br /> <br />an average monthly savings of 365 GWh could be converted <br /> <br /> <br />to storage. 'Over the four month period, the aggregate <br /> <br />savings would be 1460 GWh which is about 5.0 percent <br /> <br />of the projected hydroelectric energy requirements. <br /> <br />Through cooperative efforts of utility systems and <br /> <br /> <br />state officials in the states of Oregon, Washington, <br /> <br /> <br />Idaho and Montana a voluntary energy conservation program <br /> <br />was initiated on February 15, 1977 with a goal of reducing <br /> <br /> <br />electric energy usage by 10 percent. As of the first <br /> <br />week in March, the temperature-corrected saving amounted <br /> <br />to about 4.5 percent. The present goal of 10 percent <br /> <br /> <br />was established to avoid later mandatory curtailments. <br /> <br /> <br />The initial program has consisted of appeals to all <br /> <br /> <br />customers to Qurtail electric energy use., Because results <br /> <br /> <br />so far have fa~led to reach the 10 percent goal, all <br /> <br /> <br />customers will be further urged to make every practical <br /> <br />~~};f1~~I <br />:.........:.;'.'..:,: <br />~~: ~,' --,;"..,. : .:,; ':~',.'-,', <br /> <br />;: O~,~~,~,..;<~~~;.:~ <br /> <br />~~w'" <br />~"., <br />~1r <br /> <br />47 <br />