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Show Reduction Reducrion Ordered In InElectric InElectric Electric Power Rates RatesSalt ' Salt Lake City Jan 3-U 3 U 3-UP- 3 UP 3UPUtah 3 - ( UP P ) - Utah Utahs s electric power consumers consumershave consumershave consumershave have as their New Year Years s present presentfrom presentfrom presentfrom from the state public utilities com corn commission cornmission cornmission mission an api-roxtmatje api roxtmatje ap.roximate aproximate approximate . - , $350000 350000 $350000rate $350 350 $350000rate 350000rate $ 000 000rate rate eduction leduchon reduction i in an order to the theUtah theUtah theUtah Utah Power & Light companyThe companyThe company companyThe The order ordcr climaxed chmaxed a tour four year yearInvestigation yearinvestigation yearinvestigation Investigation by the commission In Into into into to rates and practices of Utah Utahslargest s slargest slargest largest public utility utlllty Some samller samllerleduction samllerieductlon samlleri eduction leduction ieductlon orders previously had hadbeen hadbeen hadbeen been effectedMajor effectedMajor effected effectedMajor Major feature of the order is that thataU thatall thatall aU all of Utah will WIn be under a fiat flat fiatrate flatrate flatrate rate to residential and farm con consumers consumers consumers sumers The new maximum rate rate111 ratewill ratewill \\111 111 will \ be five cents per kilowatt hour hourcompared hourcompared hourcompared compared with Wlth the old schedule of ofse ofsesen ofseven se\ se seen sesen \ en cents for all aU localities except exceptSalt exceptSalt exceptSalt Salt Lake City Ogden and Provo Provov Provowhere Provowhere v\ v vhere where \ here the charge ' \ was as six cents per perkilowatt perkilowatt perkilowatt kilowatt hourThe hourThe hour hourThe The new residence and farm rates ratesordered ratesordered ratesordered ordered effective effectn effectise e on April 1 start startwith startwith startwith with a 90 cents per month mini minimum minimum minimum mum with 11 kilowatts kllo\\atts kllo atts \ ' allowed 'tllo\\ed 'tllo tllo ed Mowed \ then thenthe thenthe thenthe the maximu maxlmu maxrmu n rate of five cents for forthe forthe forthe the next 2o 2a lalo kilo kilovatts vatts and there thereafter thereafter thereafter after on a sliding shdmg scale to one and andone andone andone one half cents per kilowatt kiJowatt hourOther hourOther hour hourOther Other classes of POer power pow PO\\ PO \ er users such suchas suchas suchas as commercial plants and mines minesare minesare minesare are benefited also by reduced ratesChairman ratesChairman rates ratesChairman Chairman Ward C Holbrook m in mannouncing inannouncing inannouncing announcing the commissions commIssion s order ordersalrt ordersaid ordersai salrt said l its primary pnmary purpose is to se sec seCL seCL c CL . . e a for the people of the state of ofltJ.n oft.tah ofi l-tJ.n ltJ.n l tJ.n tJn t.tah ttah - . a : . t e 10 to lovest ve.st vest seat . iates lates rates for electric electrics s I ivice vice t tsgether together : > gether with vuth such provlS prows provi provl prow S & ' is 1S 'Is ' in 111 ur rate schedules as v\ v will vIII \ III aUo alloy alloyc allov"c- allov"c allovc allov"cconvenient v vc -c c " - -c c - . _ - convenient convement useHolbrook useHolbrook use useHolbrook Holbrook and Commissioner Otto OttoA OttoA OttoA A Wiesley Wlesley signed the orderIn orderIn order orderIn In a lengthy statement President PresidentGeorge PresidentGeorge PresidentGeorge George M Mf Gadsby of the po\\er po er power poercompany powercompany powercompany ' \ company indicating mdicating the company swillingness s sWI1l1ngness swillingness WI1l1ngness willingness to accept the order said saidthe saidthe saidthe the commissions commJsslon commission s rate reductIOns reductIOnsImpose reductionsimpose reductionsimpose Impose a . heavy burden on the com corn company cornpany cornpany pany but added fortunately as cutshave cutshave cuts cutshave have been made the use of servIce servIcehas servicehas servicehas has increased mcreased _ |