Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-12-22

The Atomic Energy Commission
is working out arrangements with
the Tennessee Valley Authority
and a syndicate of five privately
owned public utility firms where
by the public and private power
networks would jointly supply
electric power to the projected
new Acc installation on the site
of the former Kentucky Ordn-
ance Plant near Paducah.
The new Acc production plant,
which will produce uranium-235
by a gaseous diffusion process,
will eventually have power re-
quirements far beyond the gen.
Grating capacity of facilities now
operated or planned by the util-
tiles serving the West Kentucky
area.
Under tentative agreements
with the IVA and syndicate of
private companies, known as Elec-
trio Energy, Inc, each would
supply approximately half of the
total power needs.
The five companies in Electric
Energy, Inc, are Central Illinois
Public Service, Illinois Power
Company, Gentucky Utilities
Company, Middle South Utilities,
Inc, and Union Electric Co. of
Missouri.
Under the plan adopted by the
Commission, both the IVA and
Electric Energy 1nc. would build
new steam generating facilities,
located in such manner as to pro-
vide the maximum security and
to assure the most dependable
supply of power to the new Acc
plant. The generating and distri-
button systems of both IVA and
of the five private companies
would be so interconnected as to
provide for the use of the total
power resources of all systems
and to permit econonis inter
change of power to utilize per-
iodic surplus power from the
new generating stations.
The supplemental budget es-
Inmates submitted by the Presi-
dent on December i, 1850 include
funds for expansion by IVA to
meet the full power requirements
of the Commissions Kentucky
plant. The Commission requested
the IVA to prepare TO meet the
entire requirement. Subsequently,
the Commission received a preli-
minary proposal from the power
companies to supply the entier
load. Following discussions with
the representatives of Electric
Energy Inc, a second proposal
for supply of half the power was
approved by the Commission on
December 13. Details of the pow
er supply arrangements are now
being worked out among repre-
sentatives of the Commission, the
IVA and the power companies.
IVA, although ready to meet the
Acc request for the entire load,
indicated its willingness to re-
wise its plans SO that all or any
part of the load might be sup
piled by the private utilities if
the Commission found that to be
desirable.
While details of contracts for
power have not been worked out,
tentative plans for a combination
of public and private sources
would result in about the same
net cost to. the government over
a 25-year period compared to the
cost of obtaining the entire power
supply from government-owned
and operated plants. The inter-
connections envisaged for the two
way long term power supply are
needed for interim power supply
before the. new generating capa-
city can be installed, regardless
of the manner in which the ulti-
mate operating power require
ments are met.
1t is believed that two new
generating plants to be built as
part of entirely different power
networks would give greater as
surance of continuing supply. The
existing interconnections of power
systems in the central and south
ern states was a factor i'm locating
the new facility. In addition, the
sharing of the power load by the
public and private systems will
result in considerably lower in
itial capital investment by the
government.
The Commission recognized the
tremendous power demands ir
the south central states area
served by the member companies
of Electric Energy Inc, and fell
that division of the load be,
tween IVA and these companies
was an equitable solution to the
problem, in view Of the capabil
tiles and power supply position d
the various systemsI The Com
mission feels furthea. there is al
advantage to the Commission ii
fha ra1anaf ifixta aIafraa,1f IF All.