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University Daily Kansan, March 28, 1983
Natural gas rate reduction announced
KU to consider cost benefits
By JOEL THORNTON Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
A rate reduction that was recently announced may persuade the University of Kansas to begin using natural gas in its power plant again, a KU official said Friday.
William Hogan, associate executive vice chancellor, said the University would be studying the costs of both natural gas and oil in the next few weeks to decide whether the new natural gas rates, which were reduced from $5.16 to $4.10 per thousand cubic feet, would justify a switch back to natural gas instead of fuel oil, as is now being used.
The new rates will go into effect April 23.
"If it is more economical to use gas at those prices, then we will switch on April 23," Hogan said.
RODGER OROKE, DIRECTOR of support services for facilities operations, said that even with the lower rates, using oil in the power plant would probably be cheaper than gas.
he said, however, that there were extra costs involved in ordering, heating and pumping the oil that could make it more expensive than natural gas. The power plant is equipped to use both oil and natural gas, he said.
Hogan said the power plant began using fuel oil March 1 because the University had determined that paying for natural gas would be easier than continuing to use natural gas.
The price of natural gas had increased 34 percent from $3.85 in February 1982 to $5.16 in February 1983.
Northwest Central Pipeline, which supplies gas to Kansas Public Services Gas Co., announced the rate reduction last week. KPS is the area distributor of natural gas and supplies KU.
Bill Salome, vice president and general manager of KPS, said he hoped that the rate reduction would persuade the University to begin using natural gas again. The University is KPS' biggest customer.
"WE HAVE HIGH HOPES they will," he said. "I'm reasonably sure they will want to come back again. We think the price of gas is cheaper."
He said that KU had intended to switch to oil for three months, before reviewing the alternatives again. The new rates will be in effect at least until October, when Northwest Central will file another rate change request.
If the University had wanted to switch to fuel oil for longer than three months, Salome said, KPS might have had to ask the Lawrence City Commission for a rate increase to make up for the lost revenue.
Northwest Central cut its rates because it was able to stop buying expensive gas in Wyoming, in favor of cheaper gas in fields in southwest Kansas, Salome said.
Alan Button, a KPS official, said a chase in Northwest Central's take or pay contract with its Wyoming supplier allowed it to stop buying gas if the carbon rate of the gas exceeded a certain level.
BUTTON SAID, HOWEVER, that the switch would be temporary because he expected Amoco公司, Northwest Central's supplier, to challenge the contract in court.
Hogan said the drop in natural gas rates would not affect the need for KU's request to the Legislature for an additional $720,000 for utility bills.
The request was approved by the Board of Regents at its March meeting.
The University knew at the beginning of the year that its appropriation from the Legislature would not be enough to last the whole year, he said.
The rate decrease will not affect KU's energy conservation plans either. Hogan said, KU expects to save $850,000 in energy costs this year through various conservation measures, such as building a new energy storage buildings during the winter break.
"It appears we will achieve that figure, plus slightly more," Hogan said.
Commission candidates will debate
The Downtown Lawrence Association will sponsor a forum for candidates running for the Lawrence City Commission at 8 p.m. tomorrow at City Hall, Sixth and Massachusetts streets.
Candidates Mike Amyx, Ernest Angino, incumbent Commissioner Don Binns, David Longhurst, Barbara Maxwell and Bonja Yoter, top six vote-getters in the primary election, will speak at the forum.
Mayor Marci Francisco and David Allen, who are running for the commission as write-in candidates, were also invited to participate.
The candidates will have two minutes to respond to each of four questions submitted by the association concerning downtown redevelopment.
The audience will then have the opportunity to submit questions to the candidates through a moderator.
The top three vote-getters in the April 5 general election will win seats on the commission now held by Francisco, Bims and Commissioner Bonnan. Bims won the only one of the three to run for the primary election.
KU letter opposes stand on policing federal aid
By SUSAN STANLEY Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
The KU administration has sent an official statement of its stand against the withholding of federal financial aid to students who have failed to register for the draft to the American Council on Education, David Amble, vice chancellor for student affairs, said Friday.
Chancelor Gene A. Budig approved the letter as the University's official stand on the amendment, Ambler said.
The cover letter, sent last month, was a response to the council's request for opinions on the Solomon amendment. Ambler said.
THE SOLOMON AMENDMENT, signed into law in September, requires all men eligible for Selective Service registration to verify their registration with the financial aid office before they can receive aid.
Ann Evensole, director of the office of student organizations and activities, said that the chancellor had approved Amber's statement.
The decision cites the possibility that the law violates the student's rights in the event of an assault.
Eversole said that the policy statement in itself was not an unusual move. Mr. Eversole also said
U. S. District Judge Donald D. Alsop issued an injunction against the law in a Minnesota case on March 10.
strongly enough about the amendment to unify taking a stand on the law.
AMBILER SAID THAT the University would continue to participate in all federally financed financial aid programs for the benefit of the students, but that the administration thought that the military conscription requirement should not be enforced by the office of financial aid.
The requirement constitutes selective enforcement and discrimination. A
"Registration is the law and enforcing the law is the responsibility of the enforcement branches of the government." Ambler said.
"The program has been thrown in to some real confusion because of the nature of this issue."
Ambler said financial aid offices were in a quandry over how, and even if to enforce the collection of the registration verifications.
"I AM CONFIDENT that the government will issue some guidelines outlining the procedures which they should follow when the decisions are made," he said.
Jerry Rogers, director of the KU office of financial aid, said that he was aware that Amber had written the letter and that he agreed with its stand. Rogers said that the office would be making a decision soon about whether it would continue to collect the registration forms.
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