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LEHI, Utah (AP) -- The Lehi City Council will discuss the mayor's idea of disbanding the 80-year-old municipal power company and selling it.
Lehi Mayor Howard Johnson says any public discussion is premature -- he's just been doing research.
The mayor's proposal was disclosed earlier this month at a City Council meeting from which Johnson was absent. City Administrator Jamie Davidson told council members that Johnson had a proposal to disband the power company and sell it to Rocky Mountain Power.
Rocky Mountain Power spokesman Dave Eskelsen says his company's business plan does NOT envision acquiring any new service area. However, if approached, the utility would consider it.
The City Council will discuss the issue at its meeting tomorrow.
The issue of selling Lehi Power was part of Johnson's mayoral campaign in 2005, when he contended that Lehi Power customers paid more for electricity than Rocky Mountain Power customers.
But recent numbers from the city and Rocky Mountain Power suggest customers of both utilities pay close to the same rate.
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Information from: The Daily Herald, http://www.heraldextra.com
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