ML20073G793

Urges Restart Issues Be Expeditiously Decided So Pending Safety & Economic Concerns of Consumers & Business in State of PA & Around Country Re Future Plant Use Can Be Resolved W/Certainty & Finality

ML20073G793
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Site:	Three Mile Island
Issue date:	03/16/1983
From:	Broyhill J, Moorehead C, Ritter D HOUSE OF REP., HOUSE OF REP., ENERGY & COMMERCE
To:	Palladino N NRC COMMISSION (OCM)
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Dear Mr. Chairman:

We urge you and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to swiftly decide all remaining questions relating to the re-start of Three Mile Island Unit No.1, owned by Metropoli-tan Edison Company, Pennsylvania Electric Company, and Jersey Central Power and Light, in order that the pending safety and economic concerns of consumers and businesses in Pennsylvania and across the country regarding the future use of the plant can be resolved with certainty and finality.

In particular, we urge the Commission to act expeditiously this Spring on all issues other than those pending before the Supreme Court, regardless of the pen' ding nature of that case. If these other issues can be resolved prior to the Supreme Court's decision, then the Commission will not be the source of any regulatory delay after the Supreme Court hands down its decision.

Each year TMI Unit No.1 remains idle Pennsylvania ratepayers pay over $123 million in higher electric rates, according to General Public Utilities. This is disturbina in light of requests for rate increases and funding requirements for TMI Unit No. 2 clean-up.

Each year TMI Unit No.1 remains idle the too 20 industrial customers of Metropolitan Edison and Pennsylvania Electric pay $13.8 million in hicher electric rates (see attached data provided by General Public Utilities). Most of these iiidustries, such as Bethlehem Steel, General Electric, Procter & Gamble, U.S. Steel, Caterpillar Tractor Company, Roche's'ter and Pitt Coal, and Western Electric, provide jobs to thousands of Pennsylvanians.

This higher electric cost represents monies that are sorely needed for industrial capital improvements to create new jobs and minimize the critical unemployment situation in Pennsylvania. The economic climate is difficult enough in Pennsylvania without jobs beina strapped with avoidably high utility rates.

In short, delay by the Commission in resolving the TMI Unit No.1 re-start issue is unacceptable when Pennsylvania jobs are on the line.

For these reasons, we urge you to give the TMI Unit No.1 re-start case high priority i

this Spring.

4 Sincerely, Oi wicii James T. Broyhill Al Carlos kJ

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20 Largest Customers of the GPU Operating Companies METROPOLITAN EDISON COMPANY PENNSYLVANIA ELECTRIC COMPANY JERSEY CENTRAL Carp:nter Technology Corp. Bethlehem Steel Picatinny Arsonal Caterpillar Tractor Company Proctor & Gamble Anheuser Busch W: stern Electric Company- Standard Steel Air Products

-Bethlehem Steel Corp. National Forge Div. of Factory Eng.

National Gypsum Company Bethlehem Mines Nestles P. H. Glatfelter Company Barner & Tucker M&M/ Mars Div. of Mars P.P.G. Companies Greenwich Brockaway Center Cabot Berlyco Appleton Paper New York Life Aluminum Co. of America Sylvania National Lead General Battery Corp. Masonite Chemico Vitaulic Co. of America Pennzoil Peter J. Schweitzer/

Kimberly Clark Burditt Oxygen Co. Rochester & Pitt Coal Lakehurst James River-Dixie / Northern Florence Mining Co. Toms River Chem. Corp. '

! St. Regis Paper Co. Owens Corning Continental Group Borg Warner corp. General Electric . Hercules Inc.

Dana Corp. Universal Cyclops Ingersoll-Rand Co.

East Penn Mfg. Co. U. S. Steel American Can Co.

Rockwell International Edinboro State College Perkin Elmer Corp.

Bowen McLaughlin Hammer Mill Ethyl Corp./Bisqueen Dolomite Brick Corp. Glass Container Co. Carter's Products Inc.

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GPU SYSTEM Energy Cost Savings Associated with the Operation of THI-l*

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Met-Ed Penelec Jersey GPU Retall-PA/NJ $80,432 $38,125 $58,448 $177,005

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230 Resale 1,663_ 2,695 1,412 5,770 Total Company $82,095 $41,050 $59,860 $183,005

• Gross energy savings - differnce in energy cost rates with and without TMI-1.

TOP 20 CUSTOMERS SAVINGS ASSOCIATED TMI-l DPERATION

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Met-Ed Penelec' Jersey GPU Revenue Savings ** $8,138,173 $5,678,471 $976,625 $14,793,269

• Net savings includes the base rate increase, energy cost rate decrease and essociated tax surcharge effect.

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