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4Tho Daily Tcr Hed Thursday, September 17 ,1987 Poweir compaey waete to ffaie rate: Dy CHERYL POND StoT Writer Carolina Power and Light Co. requested state permission to raise rates by almost 14 percent in order to recover the investment costs of the controversial Shearon Harris Nuclear Plant, located in New Hill, N.C. The increase would mean residen tial customers, who use 1,000 kilo watts monthly, will pay about $11.58 more per month on their power bills. CP&L would receive $205 million more a year. "The majority of the rate request has to do with the Harris plant," said Rick White, manager of CP&L's news service. About 85 percent or $183 million of the request is for Harris, White said. The recovery of the investment in Harris is scheduled over two increases, he said. CP&L was granted a 6.9 percent rate increase this past August, a little more than half of the Campus Calendar Thursday 2 p.m. UNC Ski Team will hold a raffle in the Pit. Tickets are $1, with prizes including skis, jackets, and other prizes. 3:39 p.m. Career Planning and Placement Services will hold an informational meeting for economic students on how to use the UCPPS Office in 309 Gardner. 4 p.m. UNC Field Hockey Gub will meet at Finley Field. Everyone is wel come, regardless of skill level. 5 pan. GAIA: Global Issues Stores .v.v.v .V.V.V. - - .V,VA .1 1 13 percent requested. The N.C. Utilities Commission is not expected to make a decision on the case until next summer. Sam Kirby, a staff attorney for the commission, said that hearings will probably begin in April. "In the meantime, there are a number of steps that need to be taken, and deadlines have been established," he said. ' The Utilities Commission's Public Staff, which represents consumers in utility matters, has hired auditors to investigate how the Harris plant's money was spent, why costs tripled from initial estimates and if these costs were incurred in a cost-effective way. Kirby said that the auditors' final report results are expected in December. The auditors have been working for about six months, said Ben Turner, a rate engineer in the elec trical division of the Public Staff. "Unless someone can show that the will sponsor a lecture by Dr. Charles Jenner entitled "Population, Recources, and the Environment" in the Campus Y lounge. Minority Concerns Committee will meet in the Union. Check front desk for room number. 5:45 p.m. Carolina Baptist Stu dent Union will meet in the Battle House, 203 Battle Lane. 6 p.m. Presbyterian Campus Ministry will have its undergraduate student dinner in the Student Center at 110 Hender son Street. All are wel come to attend. Students for the Advancement of Race " Relations will hold an informational meeting in the Campus Y lounge. The Student Stores is offering a limited time special on Macintosh"' Computers. These are the lowest prices ever! Stop by the Student tent in the Great tnis l nursaay, rnaay ana Saturday tor details! ( C fii tCit CoctSigf font f ontstze Sttjig OA Da to pi IP oj aa '.VAV.VA7.V. I L i L . J i I r rvys r rf AV' vVV Apple and the Apple cost is not reasonable, (and) if there is no evidence that gives the commis sion an alternative, most or all of the request will go into rates," Turner said. "The way the rate case is structured, there has to be a justifi cation for all these dollars." CP&L has submitted a 2,000-page report to the commission explaining its request and why the nuclear power plant costs so much more than initially projected. One of the questions the auditors must ask is whether the consumers will be paying for mistakes made by CP&L. "WeVe cooperated with the aud itors," White said. "We feel very . comfortable that the decisions we made at the time were correct." j The auditors should be looking at whether CP&L made prudent deci sions during the construction, not the final product, White said. Many factors that contributed to the final cost were beyond the control of - Amnesty International will hold a cook-out and letter writing meeting in Chapel of the Cross. 6:30 p.m. FOCUS, the graduate chapter of Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship, will have a potluck supper, at Dr. Brook's House, 413 Granville Rd. Transportation from Craige lobby will; be provided at 6: 1 5. Dr. Loving will be speaking on his experiences with ' Wycliffe Bible transla tors in New Guinea. 7 p.m. Campus Crusade for Christ will hold Thurs day Night Live in 205 Union. UNC Scuba Club will meet in 302 Wollen. UNC Investments Club will hold an organiza tional meeting in T-7 Carroll. All interested Hall of the Carolina ; : :f - :? V. , r y-v rVvv A v f logo are registered trademarks Macintosh ZZZIISX . . - . . ' ' """ CP&L. Some of the factors he cited included the long delay before receiv ing a building permit, the hyperin flation of the early 1980s and the 2,800 regulations that caused the need for rebuilding or modifications. "We believe that we can demon strate that about two-thirds of the cost increase in Harris can be directly attributed to regulations that caused 1 delays," he said. "We believe the cost is reasonable. It is almost average to other nuclear plants." There has been a lot of negative reaction to the building of the Harris plant, but White does not think CP&L's customers will resent the rate increase on that basis. "We would prefer not to have to have a rate increase," he said. "We would just as soon not have to go out and build a power plant. It's very costly. But we have an obligation to serve. I hope our customers under stand why it's necessary." students are invited. UNC Outing Club will , , meet in the Union. All . : money for the M organ ton Canoe Races must be collected at this meeting. 7:30 p.m. UNC Riding Club will meet in the SGMR meeting room in the Union. - Chimera will meet in the Union. A speaker will be discussing extra terrestrial life. Mid-Campus Inter Varsity Christian Fel lowship will meet in 224 Union for its Interna tional Night. A Mexi can meal will be served for 50 cents. American Advertising . Federation will meet in 204 Howell. Union during CompuFest 1 3 ?v f l f f f f f jf 7vfS "V " of Apple Computer, Inc. CP&L rate Date increase Increase April 22, 1970 14.0 '11.9 May 3, 1971 19.6 14.4 . Oct. 29, 1973 21.2 22.2 July 16, 1975 22.0 22.0 Dec. 1, 1976 ' 15.5 11.0 Aug. 31, 1979 9.2 7.1 May 9, 1980 13.9 10.8 May 15, 1981 16.4 13.1 Feb. 19,1982 15.9 1.0 Feb. 11, 1983 14.9 8.2 Feb. 21, 1984 12.6 5.35 Aug. 5, 1987 13.0 6.99 Sept. 10,1987 13.9 Source: The demand for more electricity prompted the building of Shearon Harris, White said. Even with the nuclear plant, allowing for moderate growth, by 1991 the demand will be Police meeting with personnel officials, while the officers with grievances were not. He declined to comment further on the matter. Edwards said she was told the officers who attended the earlier meeting would be paid because the meeting was called by the police department. During that meeting, the 12 offi cers, who received promotions during a departmental reorganization in June, were told how the University planned to respond to the grievances of their fellow officers, Edwards said. The University's response was an offer to re-evaluate the promotions and to allow all officers to re-apply for six of the positions, using an outside agency to assess the appli cants' qualifications. Officer Ollie Bowler said Wednes- 5 II if V increases Requested Approved CP&L higher than CP&L can deliver. CP&L serves most of eastern North Carolina, also including por tions of the western part of the state and northeastern South Carolina. from page 1 day he thought the off-duty officers who attended the meeting were entitled by the SPAG Manual to be paid for their time. The manual states that employees who are pursuing the grievance procedure must be granted adequate time off to process their grievances without any loss of pay or leave time. uWe try not to take off from our regular duties by doing it on our own," Bowler said. "If we have to take time off, students and the University community will suffer." Both Bowler and Edwards said they had talked to an official from the State Personnel Office in Raleigh to determine if the five off-duty officers-should have been paid for attending the meeting. If it turns out we should have gotten paid, he (the state personnel official) will inform me of that m writing," Edwards said. "Then, we can go toward." If the official says that the officers have grounds for protest, Edwards said, they will appeal to the chancel lor's office. Speaker from page 1 self-financing enterprises. Enterprises would have to compete with one another in product quality and pricing, Rosefielde said. But there are problems with Gor bachev's new plan the manage ment tiers are unnecessary in this type ' managers .witnou production v responsibility. Government officials from these levels are uncomfortable with the plan, because they would have nothing to do if enterprises were virtually self-operating, Schwartz said. In addition, Gorbachev's plan does nothing to improve the apathy of the Soviet worker, Schwartz said. The Soviet population doesn't have the same kind of working mentality as the United States, Germany and Japan, Schwartz said. Presnyako's delegation is making a month-long trip to various research i i i" trim rv 1 insuiuuons, inciuaing uixv, ijukc, Harvard and Berkeley, as part of a U.S. Soviet group of professors studying the economic efficiency of Soviet and American market systems. Professor from page 1 nomination is. whether he takes any pride in that legacy or whether he will turn against it," he said. "Like many others, I believe that this is critically important to the nation." Leuchtenburg will speak at about 1 1 a.m. in the Senate Caucus Room at the Capitol Building. Two other speakers, Gov. Bill Clinton of Arkan sas and Mayor Andrew Young of Atlanta, will precede him. The morning event will be tele vised, but will not be aired on the major network stations. It will be covered by C-Span, a cable network station, as well as by PBS and CNN, Leuchtenburg said. The Judiciary Committee is one of the most important and powerful of Senate committees. 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