WSP03019

• File Number: 8220.100.50
• Description: CRSP - Power Marketing
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Date: 10/1/1983
• Author: CREDA
• Title: Defending the Public's Right to Public Power - A Response to Consumer-Owned Utilities to Utah Power and Light's Application for CRSP Power
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Publication

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ization Act is both legally unsound and factually unsupported. As the testimony of
the consumers of CRSP power demonstrates, Western's present and proposed
marketing criteria enable it to sell CRSP power on a widespread basis at the
lowest possible rates to consumers. Western's policies are in the public interest
and promote the general welfare in its marketing region. A change in these
policies, even if permitted by law, would result in drastic rate increases for the
current recipients of CRSP power, while UP&L's customers would benefit from
only a small rate reduction. These rate increases would have a substantial nega-
tive impact on hundreds of small communities, and would be devastating to
farmers, small businessmen, the poor and the elderly. Thus, it is clear now that
UP&L's attack on the preference laws is without basis either in law or fact, and
cannot be permitted to succeed. -