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qllkrlllll However...should the PUC
ceived need," TU can (and will)
bring an nclclltlc~nnl line into die
Town. TU representatives have at-
tempted to tell residents that th~
extra power is being brought in to
meet future needs and emergencies.
In the meantime. TU ha~ of-
ferexl...should thP. em.er~esley
an~.'~..to urnvide nnw~r It} ~
re-establish service durinl~ an ~-
genc. The}, have, also, said tlml
~an emergenc}, come to ~
with TU customers, the additim.l
Public utilities are re- source allows the utility to reto~
quired...if for no other reason than service much more quickly and
good faith with its customers...to Please Turn toPage2
attempt to foresee the future 10 to
20 years out. Due to a total lack of
information about what i s going
to happen in the future, the utility
must make a decision based on 'Will They or Won't They: h an depends on the PUC
past history and experience.
· On average it takes two to Continued from page 1
10 years to make the decision,
view all the possible options, pull fectively. Let's say that during no sets at all. Tomados ~te the
up funding and, develop and corn-
plete the construction. If a utility July and a period of temperatures most unpredictable of weather phe-
at 106° (or better), the Brazos line nomenon.
is well-run, these plans will 1~
made and carried out ahead of time; goes down with no backup (re- TU Electric did ask the council
not un~r the pressure of an eraer- dundancy) in place. TU and DCEC and residents: ".If. feasible, what
gency. This leads to a seamless up- customers will be have to endure a route would be your choice of
grade when more power is neeclod far greater loss in time and suf- routes._.__..:" Now you citizens and/or
because of seen and/or unforeseen fering than would otherwise hap- council members have two choic-
circumstances. pen with a redundancy already es. Tell TU where you would pre-
· So;fur TUhas attempted to available. (I remind you of the fer the line be run and any othe~
the best efforts of the utility's Chicago crises during this last concerns you would like the util-
knowledgeable, experts, to predict summer.) ity to address; or keep you mouth
the future. · Last but not least...TU tightly closed after the deed is
To illustrate the difficulty in Electric did not ask Flower Mound done. TU Electric has been more
this phase: Can you accurately pre- council and residents if they want- than fair in giving you all the op-
dict how much power you will use ed a second line; the PUC makes portunity to express your choice
in your home on this date in 19977 that determination. of line routes. For the most part,
Can you accurately predict how At this week's council meeting C the wholeTU offer hasdeteriorated
much power your subdivision will there was a lot of harping on into a "beat up TU Electric fight
use on October 19, 19977 "Three years ago Brazos said this over a second line coming into
TU has made...to the best of its was all the power we would ever Town." I repeat! This is not your
ability to predict the future 10 and need." (See companion article on ' ' · ' '
was made over and over was: "If a Focus on the issue prese~ to
representatives went before the tornado'hits one set of lines, it you. Do your own homework and
Public Utilities Commission would hit the other set as. well. make your own decision based on
(PUC) to present the predictions Not so! Being raised in tornado the facts! .........Where would you
for future needs and a plan for country (Oklahoma) and going rather see the line muted should
meeting these needs. The PUC through a flutuber of tornados, I the PUC approve TU's case? Tllm
will study both the "needs" and the assure you the tornado can and will take the situation up with a mere-
proposed "solutions." Should ~ take one set of lines, both sets, or bet of the council.
PUC decide the perceived necessity , .
has not been proven, it will deny
the request and ~ affair is at an