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Show WATER FOR UTAH income will make it possible for the farm housewife in Utah to enjoy the full benefits of electricity which have been mostly denied her. Similarly, numerous electric motors and electrically operated devices will lighten the farm chores considerably and may provide greater net returns to the over- all farm operation. As a consequence, it is estimated that the use of electric power in 1970 for all purposes by the average farm consumer in Utah will be on the order of 5,300 kilowatt- hours. This is a most conservative estimate which does not provide for the abundant use of heavy energy- consuming devices. The resulting total energy requirements for rural consumption in 1970 is estimated at a minimum of 157 million kilowatt- hours, or roughly a fourfold increase in twenty years. ( See Chart 11 - Energy Requirements by Class Use - page 92.) ... In Commercial Establishments ... The trend to modernization in commercial establishments - restaurants, motion- picture theaters, grocery stores, drug stores, laundries and many others - has more than doubled the commercial energy consumption of the State from some 48 million kilowatt- hours in 1930 to approximately 116 million in 1945. This increase may be traced to considerable improvement of lighting systems in these establishments, the introduction of air- conditioning in many of them, and the greater use of power for cooking and refrigeration in others. As Utah's economic conditions improve, in relation to the full development of its water resources, the use of power by commercial establishments and their growth in number will rise in relative ratio. It is therefore estimated that commercial power utilization by 1970 will reach almost 500 million kilowatt- hours per year, or a four to fivefold increase in twenty years. ( See Chart 11 - Energy Requirements by Class Use - page 92.) ... Utah's Potential Industries Must Have Abundant Power ... Past use of electric energy in Utah for industrial production has been a most significant portion of the total power consumption of the State. Its mines, smelters and related industrial plants have continued to expand. In harmony with national trends, Utah's industries are consuming large quantities of power for motor- driven industrial equipment and for electro- processes. In 1947, 50% of the State's utility energy production was devoted to industrial production. However, a considerable portion of Utah's industrial power requirements have been derived from individually- owned- and- operated power plants because of lack of other sources. In 1944, 42% of the State's industrial power requirements were met by such individual power plants, with the remaining 58% representing purchases from utility systems. The development of major low- cost supplies of electric power together with high capacity transmission networks to industrial consuming centers, existing and potential, would facilitate the orderly and full development of Utah's industries. This is important, not only to Utah but to the entire West and the Nation, because it will stimulate desirable industrial expansion in a strategic location and will permit full use of urgently needed resources. The mineral and other industrial resources of the State are enormous and of great variety. In terms of national needs for strategic and critical raw materials, many of those minerals represent an important portion of national reserves, and therefore the State must anticipate their early and rapid development. It has been said that preparedness demands foresight; thus national security alone demands that government and industry provide all the necessary tools for the use of domestic resources such as those of Utah. Its copper, lead, zinc, phosphate, coal, vanadium, molybdenum and other substances are essential in the Nation's industrial structure particularly since other sources are seriously dwindling. The mining, beneficiation, processing and fabrication of these minerals is urgent. Inasmuch as very large quantities of power and water are needed for this purpose, the full development of Utah's water resources cannot be delayed any longer. Because of the stress for industrial decentralization and resulting emphasis on western development, Utah's mineral position is extremely important. Its coals provide a reservoir to meet a major portion of the domestic fuel and industrial requirements of the Pacific Coast States [ 91] |