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Show Oo Oosts Coats t of Power in U SCompared S SCompared Compared by BureauThe Bureau BureauThe I IThe The icneral general a verage average aver ax * cost of a akUowat.t akilowatt akilowatt kUowat.t kUowatt kilowatt . hour of electricity elect.rlclt.y electrlclt.y electrlclty . . is hieh-1 hieh 1 hlgh- hlgh high- high hlghI hlgher higher - er In the United States from municipally mun mun- municipally munIcipally - I icipally owned plants than from fromprivate fromprivate fromprivate private electric systems l5ystems accoralnito a.ccorolngto aceorotngto a.ccorolng accorolng aceorotng . to 1B37 1937 quin quln quennlal quennial census of the theelectric theelectric theelectric electric Industry in the United States Statta Btates UR release re'fe refe rE1et ' sed tc * recently by by'fthe byfthe y ' th the X\ X U ) \ a . fl R , . rpThe Oencus Oensus Census bureau bureauA 'urtau urtau ' , -A A - i- i rp iThe < ; : - , revepurfreceived The Th reporttli5t report * . Utt Ust ? avcrae average It ver .ge ge . * revepurf reve\n reve n ravcniM \ received per kilowatt ltUowett now .10'lJr .10lJr 10lJr pour . ' from ftorn ftornprivately fromprivately privately owned plants p'ants pants ' at . 18 1 cents centswhUe centswhile c nta whUe while whil * municipals munlclpa munlcipala received an averace aver aver- average ' . - ace age of 01 2 2.4 24 . > 4 cents centsThe centsThe centsThe The privatcfy prlvateJY privately operated company companyalso companyalso also showed to better bettei ' advan advantftfe age ge hi 10 lu 10rates lurates hirates rates for farm fMm residential residentla restdentla . } aervlce service . , the census cenlSWi censua flurei flsutes figutes ( revealIn revealIn reveal In the strictly rural servlc service field fieldthe fieldthe th the private Industry's Industrys ' chartea charges were werelower werelower lower 3 31 1 cents for 'farm farm ' ' and 3 34 4 cents per kwh tor for non-farm non farm - ' ' ' as axalnst against municipal plant charcea charges c : chargesof argea argeaot of ot t 5 8 cents and 4 44 4 . cent cents * respec rtspec- rtspec respec- rtspecUvely respectively - . Uvely tively the report stated |