TESCO faces questions over reserve capacity charging
Texas Electric Service Co. is under scrutiny as a Public Utility Commission lawyer questions why the Fort Worth firm maintains 50 percent more generating capacity than customers need at peak times. The dispute centers on an $88 million rate hike and the 2 million barrel fuel oil inventory for backup. The staff recommends a $27.5 million increase. residential bills could rise about $5 monthly if approved. OPPONENTS include Fort Worth and ACORN groups.
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Austin, Texas
Texas Electric Service Co
State
Public Utility Commission
Allen King
Fort Worth
TESCO
King
Houston Lighting and Power
Gulf States
el Paso Electric Co
Wes Taylor
Taylor
Texas
Sys
Commission
Burkburnett and
Hurst
County Commissioners of
Midland
Tarrant Counties
Texas Municipal League
The
Association of Community Organizations For Reform Now
ACORN
Utility Commission
Carter urges coal production boost at Kentucky plant
President Carter, calling the U S “the Saudi Arabia of coal,” urged expanding domestic coal output to curb oil imports. He spoke at a Jefferson County power plant, praised scrubber technology, and warned against gutting windfall profits taxes while stressing environmental protection. He planned an Bardstown town meeting after the visit.
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Frank Cormier
Associated Press
Louisville, Ky
Carter
United States
Saudi Arabia
America
OPEC
Jefferson County
Bards
Town
Louisville Gas and Electric Co
Congress
Bardstown
Camp David
Carter Rating Drops Again In National Poll
President Carter's overall rating fell to a new low as 74 percent of those polled gave a negative assessment in the ABC News Harris survey. The telephone poll of 1,493 adults nationwide was conducted over the weekend.
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New York
Carter
ABC News-Harris
Kissinger backs SALT II with three conditions
Former secretary of state Henry Kissinger urged ratification only with three conditions including a mandatory defense program between Congress and the president, clarifications of treaty ambiguities, and a strong Senate stance linking SALT to Soviet behavior. He warned that reopening talks could delay U.S. force buildup and noted the risk of losing SALT without a strengthened defense.
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Donald M. Rothberg
Associated Press
Washington
Henry A. Kissenger
United States
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Kissinger
Congress
Senate
U.S
Bob Dole
R-Kan
Richard Nixon
Gerlad Ford
Senate Armed Services Committee
Cyrus R. Vance
Vance
Sena
Scattered thundershowers in Pecos area weather outlook
Scattered thundershowers mixed with partly cloudy skies expected in Pecos and vicinity today and Wednesday. Monday high 102, low 77. Partly cloudy through Wednesday with scattered storms mainly afternoons and nights. Not as warm north today with highs mid 80s Panhandle to around 103 Big Bend. Lows tonight near 60 Panhandle and mountains to mid 70s extreme south. Wednesday highs mid 80s Panhandle to 103 Big Bend.
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Pecos
West Texas
East
Panhandle
Big Bend
Pecos Man Indicted for Incest Arrested on Bond
Tito Gavaldon Levario, 64, of 119 N Alamo in Pecos, indicted by Reeves County Grand Jury for incest in the 143rd Judicial District Court. He was arrested and released on a 10 000 bond pending further court proceedings for a February 15 1978 incident in Reeves County. Indictment sealed July 13.
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Pecos
Reeves County
143Rd Judicial District Court
Tito Gavaldon Levario
N. Alamo
Jury for Thursday Session Cancelled by County Attorney
County Attorney Jack McGowen announced the jury session set for Thursday August 2 has been canceled. The jury listed in yesterday’s Enterprise was to report at 10 a.m. to Judge Darrell H. Glover’s court. They are now ordered to report August 7 at the courthouse.
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Jack McGowen
the Enterprise
Court of County Judge At Law
Darrell H. Glover
McGowen
Selection of 12 jurors begins in Davis trial
In Fort Worth Texas jurors start to be picked for Cullen Davis murder for hire case amid publicity. Prosecutors and defense anticipate fair panel as 32 candidates are culled to 12 with 10 per side struck. Davis hopes trial proceeds toward resolution after prior mistrial in Houston.
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Cullen Davis
Houston
Fort Worth
Davis
Mike Cochran
Associated Press
Gordon
Priscilla
Pat Burleson
FBI
David McCrory
Gray
Brown files for election group
Sacramento report states Governor Edmund Brown Jr. filed papers with the Federal Elections Commission for a "Brown for President" exploratory committee, officially seeking the Democratic nomination. He described himself as a fiscal conservative and environmental liberal as he traveled from Los Angeles to Mexico City for talks with President Lopez Portillo on a US Mexico common market and other issues.
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Sacramento
Calif
Edmund Brown Jr
Jimmy Carter
Brown
Federal Elections Commission
Los Angeles
Mexico City
Jose Lopez Portillo
Mexico
Lopez Portillo
United States
Canada
California
U.S
Nicaragua
Reeves County food grant on agenda for regional meeting
The Community Council of Reeves County seeks 10 000 for a food and nutrition project to aid Reeves Pecos and Terrell Counties. The plan includes cooking classes for youths 12 to 16 in rural Pecos County and emergency food funds covering 60 to 70 families, about 350 people, to reimburse merchants for credit purchases by those in extreme need. The Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission will convene Wednesday August 8 at 1 30 p.m. at Midland Country Club on Lamesa Highway. The project would start in October 1979.
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Community Council
Reeves County
Permian Basin
Pecos
Reeves
Terrell
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