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Government In (Slow) MotionLITTLE HOCK (AP) - Oddsand endsGovernment in motion, »tem1:—Starting point: After calculations were made by his staff, Attorney General Steve Clark announced that Arkansas Power Light Co. had overcharged customers $19 million during the preceding 22'2 months He made that announcement on April 16, 1979—Status today: The Public Service Commission decided that APL s overcharges totaled about $7 million and ordered APL to refund that much But, the PSC order is being appealed by APAL to the courts.—Footnote: The fellow who did Clark's calculations, Basil Copeland, went on to work in the state Energy Department, which was created under GovIBill Clinton Now . Gov-elect Frank White is reducing that department and one of the jobs he has proposed to abolish belongs to CopelandGovernment in motion, item2:—Clark proposed a study of the possibility of a program through which utilities would finance improvements in home insulation with no-interest loans that would become a part of the customer's utility bill That was Jan 26,1979.—Status today: A plan to implement such a program through APL is awaiting a decisional the PSCGovernment in motion, item3:—Gov. David Pryor announced a program to reduce energy consumption in the public schools by having buildinginspections to show officials the energy-saving actions they could take He said the state would get $11 million in federal funds in a three-year period to help carry out the plan His announcement was made Oct. 24, 1978.—Status today: So far, 707 school buildings that are “administrative units” have received the inspections, about 500 remain to be done. So far, Arkansas has received $2,936,* 000 in federal funds for this program.Change of style:Pryor, now a U.S senator, has stopped wearing metal ornamentation, like a watch, even his wedding ring He just got to where he felt bound up by '‘things” and quit wearing them, he sadTitan II srey «Ann Pride, an aide to Pryor, tells a story about something that happened to Pryor when Arkansas was agog with the Titan II missile silo explosion a couple of months ago near the tiny town of Damascus Pryor had proposed in Congress legislation to require a warning siren around the silos to signal nearby residents to evacuate.An* NBC newswoman from New Ybrk called Pryor at home in the middle of the night and expressed to the sleepy senator some questions reflecting her concern that his siren idea might not solve the evacuation problem Says Ms Pride: She thought it would just jam the subway system at Damascus He informed her then of certain slight differences between New York and Damascus ”
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Fayetteville Northwest Arkansas Times
Fayetteville, Arkansas, US
Sat, Dec 20, 1980
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