Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1920-06-05 | Page 5 | Power Rate Case Causes Argument

POWER RATE CASE CAUSES ARGUMENT Lag Lawyers ryers y ers and nd Comm Commission n Debate Dehate Difference B Between Be Bc- tween Peak Terms What Wh Is s tho the difference In the th meaning mean- mean ing of ot an Integrated Intec and average I peak This question caused a L. L roundtable round roundtable table discussion yesterday In tho the hearIng hearing hearing hear hear- ing ing- of or tho the application of or the tho Utah Power Light company for tor an nn increase In Increase In- In crease creaso In tho the rate for power now before be be- be fore tore tho the public utilities commission Before BeCore it was decided counsel for tor both sides and the commission took a n. hand The Tho conclusion reached was that there thore was a difference of ot a n ratio of or orono ono one to twelve o under a a. minute five peak Then It was ns decided that after the method of ot measuring measuring- tho the peak had been determined there would still bo room for tor difference as to tho the accuracy of or the measurement This caused Judge Joshua Greenwood Green Green- Gre Greenwood n- n wood president of ot the commission to ask If It It were not a fact tact that the more moro experts exports they had tho the greater the tho disagreement dis dle- agreement This was as admitted During tho the examination cross-examination of or 1 R R. H. H Ashworth rate rato expert for tho the compan company com com- pan pany Judge Russell G G. G Lucas asked Taking the valuation of ot tho Bear river system at and dividing divid divid- ing this b by tho the output of ot kilowatts kilowatts kilowatts kilo kilo- I watts would mako tho the cost per kilowatt kilo lello- kilowatt watt This kilowatts equals O horse horsepower ower which Is 46 Then I per pOI horse horsepower tools ower Then assuming m f fone ng that one ono man took toole th the e c entire n ti r a output If It the tho consumer paid moro more than tho the figures herewith presented he would bo payIng payIng pay pay- Ing moro more than 12 per cent on the 20 Mr Ashworth admitted If It one or two men took tho the entire output this per kilowatt was all that he was eXpected ex expected ox- ox to pay Judge o Lucas then asked If It a man horsepower he should not p pa pay 1 any moro than timos tiros the tho 3 32 kilowatt The witness r replied that he did not agree with this assumption for tor as soon as ono one got sot away from the first simple Illustration other factors entered In