Show EMPLOYEES of Moon Lake Electric Aun Inc end and Uintah Power and Light Co meet In the Hotel Vernal to learn kern of the overall operation of their utilities Power 1 hold Schools For Employees A day school designed to train and orient employees I n the overall operation of utilities was conducted by Moon Lake Electric and Uintah Power and Light last week The school was held May 17 and 16 in Vernal and May 19 and 20 In Rangely Colo The two locations were ted to minimize travel for the t h e greatest number of employees All employees of the two corn com panics attended two days of the school While half the employ employ- employees ees were in school the other half operated the system SUBJECTS discussed ed safety insurance programs retirement cat c a t Ions I o ns and public relations There was also instruction on the use and need of company forms and re re- re records cords The object of the school was to Imp i m p r o 0 v e efficiency by ac ac- ac acquainting all employees wl wi t h hall all phases of the utilities opera opera- lions their relative uniqueness as a business and their contri buttons to the Uintah Basin Dasin and Northwestern Colorado areas Tom Howells Comptroller of o f Moon Lake Electric pointed out that the two utilities has paid over ver taxes during 1964 1954 These taxes said Mr now how howells ells ells are paid to the countries in n which we op operate rate and are a x e spent for schools and for the op- op operation op operation of these county govern govern- governments ments Combined we are one of the largest tax payers in D u chesne and Uintah Counties I n Utah and In Rio Blanco County Colo Mike Hilton lillton engineer for f o r Moon Lake Electric stated that while plant investment required to operate the utilities was high compared to dollar return the t h e Associations history of rate reo re- reduction was extremely good Because of our large fixed costs Mr Hilton said we rea- rea realize realize lize only a 12 cent return for every dollar of our investment Your supermarket on the other hand realizes 14 for every dollar invested h e said Mr Hilton also mentioned that the company was extremely extremely ely proud of the fact that there is but one employee for eve r y of plant I n v est e s t meat ment while the electrical industry as asa asa a whole had one employee for f o r every of plant invest invest- investment ment Thus we are able to oper oper- oper operate ate our system with about the employees of the industry's av av- average average he said E J Ballard Jr general manager of Moon Lake Electric pointed out that the Association was owned locally and locally operated and that REA was but the loaning Institution much I like a person would obtain a n FIlA loan to buy a home nI I |