REik PLANS DISCUSSED (Cont.)
hope of the agency to
push power lines for
ward along the line
of the new highway,
as' the area settles
to the point where
such an expansiori is
feasible# “
" Ihe; ultimate^ plan
is the electrified- .
tlon of highway towns
from Seward to Kenai,
with Homer and Seldo
via tied in# It is
believed that source
for the peninsula
long power system
could be derived from
a hydro-electric de
velopment located
somewhere in the Ski
lak lake area*
Mr, Bryan said
that Homer residents
already have express
ed approval of union
with ^Seldovia in a
dowor 'cooperative.
Name of the unit, .at
present known as the
Homer ^1ectric «ssoc•
iation, will be. chan
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ged to a more appro
priate area title.
If RBi, officials
in Washington approve
the merger with Ho
mer,, all that w-ill he
necessary for cooper
ative- operation of
the. .Seldovia plant -is
( an engineering appr
aisal of the present:
property and negotia
tions for purchase.of
the plant .and equip
ment of, . Seldo
via Light & Power Co.
Mr. Bryan stated.
Once .RE-a approval
is given of the plant
purchase, the agency.
through th.o local or*
ganization, immedi
ately will take steps
to . redesign the pre
sent distribution
system. r in Seldovia.
Mr... Bryan - emphasized
that REV- considers
the. needs of every
consumer in its power
program.
', "Our policy , is
area, coverage," he
said. "7:e want to
reach' the people on
the, fringes just as
we .do : the people
downtown."
Mr. Bryan opened
"'tha ' Monday meeting
with a brief history
of R jj-ti. ac c ompl ishmen 1
in its 12 years of
existence, in which
the agency has super
vised. the construc
tion of over 700,000
miljs of lina^
Ha told his list
eners of the 35 year
pay-out plan at 2 per
cent interest, with
the individual^ sole
obligation that of
payment of his $5
membership fee and
payment of his light
bill.. iJ.1 consumers
of power are required,
to be members of the
local co-op in order
to receive service*
C* S* underson.
local . cannery'opera
tor, spoke 'In favor
of the plan,* after
John Groothof, pre
sent owner of the
light plant, expres
sed himself in accord
with the petition for
REA control*
Mr* Anderson urged
haste, in order that
the system might be '
functioning properly .
t>y. next canning sea
son* He said the
present emergency al
ready had forced him
to ref us 3. • 15.0,000
pounds of halibut de
stined for the stotf-;
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