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Show Page Four THE SALT LAKE TIMES FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1976 Ii 1974, the rates you pM far lateral gas were almost identical to rates pM ii 1929, the year we first legal serviig easterners in this area. Whats happened since? Since January 1, 1975, Mountain Fuel has been forced to apply to increase your gas bill on 1 1 occasions. Ten of those 11 applications were the direct result of actions taken by the Federal Government and the Government of Canada. They were increases we had no control over the only alternative to paying them was to give up the supply. The effect of these increases on our average residential customer (using 1 80,000 cubic feet of gas per year) was a 52 increase in rates, about $80.00 per year. Of these increases, only 16 (about $13.00 a year) have gone to Mountain Fuel to pay for our own increased costs, for exploration and drilling and wages and postage and the hundreds of other things that cost us more today. Even with these increases, natural gas remains your most economical and efficient source of energy. When compared to the cost of heating oil, coal, electricity or propane, natural gas is still a bargain. That doesnt mean you should waste it. We must all conserve all energies to insure a future supply. Our typical residential customer uses 180,000 cubic feet of gas annually, and pays $233.32 for this service. To do a comparable job with another fuel, . you'd pay: $646. 70 for propane, $445.42 for heating oil. $248.83 for coal, and $596.91 for electricity. MOUNTAIN FUEL |