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<br />. . <br /> <br />:~ !1Llldy. B(l~ed on a composi tc cost. index developed by the Rureau <br /> <br />3 of Ilerlnllliltion. rosts havo increasc,d 40 percent from .January, <br /> <br />4 ]977 to Jilnu,'ry, ]<)81. The average annual costs in the 19H1 <br /> <br />~) ~;tll('y "re 73 million dollars, a $75 million increase since 1977. <br /> <br />(j Thi[; meiHl~:;, of COllrse, thnt revenues must incrcClse in the sclr.\e <br /> <br /> <br />7 iJmollnt:. 'fa obta i n the requ i ro(l revenue:s, we i're propos i ng iln <br /> <br />n incrcilse in the firm nod nonfitm transmission rilles and in the <br /> <br />9 firm r)OWt~r r~te. <br /> <br />] [1 <br /> <br />'I'h" proposed firm t.ransrni"sion rilte is $10.77 a kilow,lt.t <br /> <br />11 ye,lr. i'lnd t.he proposed nonFirm transmission rat.e 2 mills per <br /> <br />]7 ki 10w"tt hour. 'fhe proposed Firm power rate consists of an <br /> <br />13 en"rqy chi1rqe of $7..15, a kilowatt month, and 5 mills a <br /> <br />14 ~jloWi1tt. hour. The chrrqe For unauthorized overruns would <br /> <br />15 continue to be 10 times the firm power rate. <br /> <br />Hi <br /> <br />'1'11<' firm tranSMission ri1te hi1s only bef'n increi1sed once' <br /> <br />17 b"fore since the initii11 r"te WilS ~stablished in Octoher, 19~5 <br /> <br />1~) r't ~~"'.:10 i" ki.Jo\J.1t:t year. t\Jinc YP(J[S iHJO th~ current rflte of <br /> <br />10 $~.~n i'l kilowatt year wno established. The proposed rate is <br /> <br />20 $3.67 i'1 kilowatt ye2r hiqhcr. The non firm tr,lnsmission <br /> <br />21 results of I mill per kilOWAtt hour hAS never been increased <br /> <br />27. since it: Wi1S first. est.?blishecl in 19G5. <br /> <br />:>3 <br /> <br />The firm pOOler rate hAS heon increased at more frequent <br /> <br />24 intervals. On i1 composit. basis, t.he propospd rat.e is 2.17 mills <br /> <br />. <br />. <br />. <br /> <br />25 2 Id]ow"tt hOllr hiqher thiln the r2te t.hat is now in effect nnd <br /> <br />14 <br /> <br />Tnt.ermount.ain Court Reporters <br />7~3-lJ% <br />