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 BORROWER DESIGNATION

     U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

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RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE

DATE REPORT COMPLETED

 NAME OF PLANNING ENGINEER

     CHECK OF SYSTEM PLANNING REPORT

Reference Bulletin 1724D-101A

 INSTRUCTIONS -

a.  Part I to be completed by RUS General Field Representative and forwarded to the Chief, Area Engineering Branch.

b.  Part II to be completed by the Area Engineering Branch.  

  CHECK

             PART I - THE SYSTEM PLANNING REPORT

YES

NO

    (If  ''No''  column  is  checked,  explain  under  ''Remarks'')

 1.

Does  the  report  present  an  analysis  of  the  existing  system  and  basic  data?

 2.

Does  the  report  present  a  transition  from  the  existing  system  to  the  long-range  system?

 3.

Does  the  report  contain  a  summary  of  the  exploratory  plans  which  the  engineer  considered?

 4.

Did  the  borrower  have  a  service  reliability  standard for  the  engineer to  use  as  a  means  of  evaluating  

continuity  and  reliability  of  service  to  consumers?

 5.

Was  each  exploratory  plan  developed  in  sufficient  detail  to  clearly  establish  the  basis  for  selection  of  the

recommended  plan?

 6.

Have  all  reasonable  exploratory  plans  been  considered?

 7.

Have  the  transitional  steps  been  formed  by  grouping  together  various  system  improvements  requiring

approximately  the  same  load  level?

 8.

Are  graphs  presented  relating  estimated  total  plant  investment  to  load  levels?

 9.

Is  a  table  presented  listing  the  fixed  cost  elements  and  the  associated  percentage  of  plant  investment  used

for  the  economic  comparisons?

10.

Are  economic  comparisons  of  exploratory  plans  presented  on  an  annual  cost  basis?

11.

Are  summaries  of  cost  data  tabulated  and  identified as called for in Bulletin 1724D-101A (6.5.4)?

12.

Does  the  report  contain  a  circuit  diagram  of  the  complete  system  for  each  major  step  in  the  transition  and

for  the  long-range  system as called for in Bulletin 1724D-101A(6.5.6)?

13.

Are  the  system's  transmission  lines,  if  any,  and  those  of  the  power  supplier  or  other  utilities  in  or  near  the

system's  service  area  shown  on  the  circuit  diagrams  or  other  diagrams?

14.

Is  the  report  including  the  analysis  of  the  existing  system,  concise  and  well  organized  so  that  management

can  easily  work  with  the  report  without  further  engineering  interpretation?

15.

Has  a  copy  of  a  resolution  signifying  the  board  of  directors'  action  concerning  acceptance  of  the  report

been  received?

  DATE

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  CHECK

YES

NO

                                    PART II - DEVELOPMENT OF THE LONG-RANGE PLAN

 1.

Does  the  analysis  of  the  existing  system  give  a  good  understanding  of  the  system's  performance?

 2.

Is  the  load  level  for  the  long-range  system  within  the  range  of  three  to  six  times  the  average  kwh/consumer/

month for the highest peak month experienced  to  date?

 3.

Does  each  exploratory  plan  presented  including  the  long-range  plan  make  use  of  existing  facilities  as  long

as  it  is  economical  to  do  so?

 4.

Does  each  exploratory  plan  presented  including  the  long-range  plan  provide  a  system  which  is  designed  to

meet  the  required  voltage  standards?

 5.

Does  the  transition  from  the  existing  system  to  the  long-range  system  demonstrate  a  practical  and  econom-

ical  development  of  the  system?

 6.

Are  proposed  voltage  regulator  installations  in  the  long-range  plan  in  accordance  with  the  recommendations

in RUS  Bulletin 1724D-101A?

 7.

Are  the  cost  estimates  used  by  the  engineer  reasonable?

 8.

Are  the  design  criteria  established  by  management  reasonable  so  that  they  do  not  rule  out  logical  explora-

tory  plans?

 9.

In  addition  to  the  economic  comparisons,  are  sufficient  comparisons  and  considerations  made  to  show  the

superiority  of  the  selected  long-range  plan  over  the  other  exploratory  plans?

10.

If  indeterminate  factors  or  uncertain  conditions  exist,  is  an  alternate  transition  from  the  existing  system

to  the  long-range  system  proposed?

11.

Is  the  proposed  long-range  plan  based  on  power  sources  that  the  engineer  and  the  system's  management

are  reasonably  sure  will  be  available?

  REMARKS

  DATE

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