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<br />I <br />I lJ.~2 <br />I G. <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />Effects of Rate Changes (Western Division) <br />1. Wholesale Firm Power Customers <br /> <br />The tabulation titled "Increase in Annual Cost of Power Furnished <br /> <br />to Several Western Division Wholesale Customers" shows per- <br /> <br />centage increases in power costs that would have resulted if <br /> <br />the proposed new rate schedule had been in effect in CY 1972. <br /> <br />These increases range from 4.5 percent to 5.l percent for the <br /> <br />nine customers who together purchased 87.5 percent of the <br /> <br />Western Division firm energy in that year. <br /> <br />All customers listed, except for two in Nebraska, are using <br /> <br />their total contract amounts of Western Division service. The <br /> <br />G&T in Nebraska receives auxiliary service only from Basin <br /> <br />Electric Power Cooperative. The other customers listed in <br /> <br />Colorado and Wyoming are furnished auxiliary service by the <br /> <br />Colorado River Storage Project. <br /> <br />2. Rural and Residential Customers <br /> <br />A bar chart titled "Effect of Proposed New Rate on Typical <br /> <br />Rural and Residential Customers" shows the annual dollar <br /> <br />and percentage effects on a representation of rural and <br /> <br />residential customers, based on a straight pass through by <br /> <br />wholesalers of the proposed rate increase. The bsr chart <br /> <br />illustrates that the Bureau's proposed new rate schedule <br /> <br />would increase typical retail customer bills by from l.l5 <br /> <br />37 <br />