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DIXIE PROJECT, UTAH 119 met last week and authorized me to negotiate a new contract on the basis of 7.15. Mr. JOHNSON-. The Bureau will deliver this power to the city? Mr. BARLOCKER. Under the program I believe they deliver it to a point outside of the city, and which point I am not aware of, but it is fairly close to the city limits. Mr. JOHNSON. They have their own transmission grid between their three powerplants ? Mr. BARLOCKER. Yes, sir. Mr. JOHNSON, They bring it in and offer it to the city at Mr. BARLOCKER. 7.15 mills per kilowatt, and you see Mr. JOHNSON. YOU agree to take it all into your system? Mr. BARLOCKER. That is correct. We are using at the present time about 3,500 kilowatts, which we are generating with diesel power. We have purchased power from private companies in the past, and they also purchase from us, because their heavy load is in the summertime, when ours in the smallest, and so we exchange power very frequently with the California- Pacific Power Co., out of Cedar City. Out of the programs already through Congress- particularly I am speaking now of the Blake- Powell potential electricity and the power generated at Flaming Gorge- under the proposal at that time, we were to get a 138 kilovolt- watts line into St. George. They finally brought in a 69. We have no reason to believe we will not be able to utilize all of the power that we can get from this particular dam, because it is limited. Mr. JOHNSON. The Bureau will deliver to you at what voltage? How is it coming to you ? Over what size line ? Mr. BARLOCKER. It is coming now on a 69 kilovolt- watts. Mr. JOHNSON. Will this be part of the same grid ? Mr. BARLOCKER. It will be another line. The lines we would build on the Virgin River would be from the southeasterly direction from the city. This powerline comes in from the north. Mr. JOHNSON. YOU now have 69,000 service into St. George? Mr. BARLOCKER. Yes. Mr. JOHNSON. This will be a separate service ? ; Mr. BARLOCKER. Yes, sir. Mr. JOHNSON. From the Dixie project?; Mr. BARLOCKER. Yes, sir; the costs are so close we would have to of course, utilize the power in our own vicinity than to purchase the other power, and there is a waiting list, as I understand it, for the other power, so it won't make any difference to them. We are primarily buying the power to make this project possible and with the few tenths of a mill difference in price we are not too concerned about it. Our cost for producing electricity at the moment is slightly over 13 mills. • •< Mr. JOHNSON. That is all, Mr. Chairman. Mr. ROGERS. Mr. Skubitz. Mr. SKUBITZ. Mayor Barlocker, does any of the land used for crops now fallunder the Government subsidy program? |
