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Show SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 14, 2001 Opinion Letters him I had broken six shovels already shoveling all the snow he pushed into my driveway, I broke my last shovel over his head. Continued from Page 4 27-Mo- re 28-H- up on a slant. d May the garden 27-Ha- plowed today. All the trees are got out of in bloom. It looks like a nice January I went spring day. I guess its not bad house Wind. the today. to the store to get food, and on here. believe it!! It is June the way home a damned deer ran in front of my car, and I hit still snowing. Maybe it will quit melt the ice. December white stuff Been inside for three last night. days, except for shoveling off the driveway, AFTER the snowplow goes through. Cant go anywhere, cars stuck in a mountain of white stuff with the door frozen shut. The weatherman says to expect another ten inches of the stuff again tonight. Do you know how many shovels full of snow ten inches is? Ha! the December weatherman was wrong. We got 34 inches of that white stuff this time. At this rate it wont melt before summer. The snowplow got stuck up tlie street and the driver came to my door and asked to use my shovel. After I told roads. The wind blew hard today. I see why all the trees grow 17-Ca- nt it. Did about $3,000 damage to before the monsoons arrive. the car. Wind. Those damn Cant even have a picnic here. beasts should be killed. Wish Wind. cover gone June the hunters had killed them last November. and it froze last night, and came out again got all the trees. All the blosApril today, and has melted all the soms are black and dead. No snow. Now all we have is fruit this year. 19-Clo- 23-Su- a! . ud n to Georgia. I MUD, MUD everywhere, July maybe the snow wasnt so bad cant imagine why anyone in their right mind would ever live after all. the car to the ga- in Kanab. May town. Would in you believe Anonymous rage the thing is rusting out from all Just kidding - the winter has just been too long! that salt they put all over the ok The Chicken' Club. WOULDNT YOU LIKE TO (YOU ALREADY ARE.) have to buy a certain of our natural market. the So the gas on open reason youre paying more for gas right now is because were paying more for it. We Perhaps this handy chart can explain it better. About. 69 bill comes directly (and we mean directly) from the cost of the natural gas you use we dont mark it up at all. As you can see, the portion of the typical annual bill has varied over time, increasing in particular most recently. gas-cos- ' Questar (Gas) makes no TYPICAL ANNUAL RESIDENTIAL BILL money when it changes the price of natural gas that its customers must pay. Utah consumers get all their natural gas at cost. r Sait Lake Tribune January 5,2001 to reduce the discomfort of the ts current energy crisis. For example, about half of our supplies come from company-owne- d reserves It will cost more to heat your home this winter. That will be a burden, but it will not be the work of sinister forces. It will be supply and demand ." prices significantly below open market rates. This makes Questar Gas less vulnerable to national price increases. It also makes for bills . (see 1985 1986 THE UNITED 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 STATES CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR UTAH including our regulated rate of return, or profit. Notice how stable this part of the bill has remained over time. All we can say is, improved efficiency and technology have really paid off. In just the past four months, Questar (Gas) said it has saved customers $240 million by providing the cheaper gas from company owned fields." -- Denver Post January 14, 2001 chart again) that have remained consistently beneath our cost of living, and significantly lower than most other areas in the country. Jan Chicago Tribune August 14, 2000 Now take a look at the operating costs segment of the chart. This reflects the cost of reliably delivering gas to your home, at The point of all this is that the pain youre feeling with higher bills doesnt mean higher profits for Questar Gas. In fact, were doing more than most litilities And if youre getting the sense that wed like to keep it that youre right. For more information, log on to way, www.questargas.com. TAKE COMFORT. Questar Gas remains committed to helping customers in many ways. Of course, the best thing we can do is keep rates as low as possible. That helps all of us feel more comfortable. Gas Paid for by Questar Shareholders. , J uI U'jlil Jr.h Iidl Hiij hill!. I ikitj.'i'iit IT Ts.ariinU 3aiU brra 1 |