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Show Page Four THE SALT LAKE TIMES FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1976 r Howe stated. The Congressman explained that the amendment IMSUHM REPOST public use would result and also where the severity of climate is such that a covered shelter is The Interior and Insular Affairs Committee adopted by a vote of 8 to 6 an amendment offered by Congressman Allan T. Howe which would allow states greater flexibility in use of their Land and Water Conservation Fund allocation. HI was very pleased to see my amendment adopted since many community leaders in Utah have consistently pointed out their need for assistance in the area of local recreation. Fortunately, during full Committee consideration my recommendation was approved to allow up to 25 percent of the total amount of Land and Water Conservation funds that are allocated to a state in any one year to be utilized for the planning and development of sheltered recreation areas, Rep. Dividends Mailed to Vets spe- cifically limits the use of the funds for enclosing only swimming pools and ice skating rinks in areas where a measurable increase in necessary. The benefits that would be realized in greater public year-roun- d use and better returns on tax dollars, plus creating more equity and fairness in the fund operation itself were the reasons I introduced and consistently fought for adoption of this amendment, Rep. Howe concluded. dividend has been credited under Checks totaling $233 million in G.I. Insurance dividends will be mailed to approximately 3 million veterans during the latter part of February, Elmer J. Smith, Director of the Veterans Administration Regional Office, announced today. Smith said the Veterans Adminis- trations early payment of other options selected by divi- dends is a part of a record $376.8 million dividend payment to veterans who have kept in force their National Service Life Insurance policies from World War I, World War U, and the Korean Conflict. Approximately $142 million of the How to Save on Electricity Learning To Read Your Electric Meter Can Help You Use Energy More Wisely A number of our Utah Power customers have asked how they can read their own meters so they can monitor their success at saving electricity. Thats a very good idea. Electric meters are precision measuring devices. They record, in units called kilowatt hours, how much electricity you use. One kilowatt hour (kwh) is 1,000 watts of electricity consumed for one hour, or the power required to burn a light bulb for 10 hours. 100-wa- tt Easy as 1, 2, 3 Meters are simple to read. Here are the steps: 1. Read the dials and write down the figures from right to left , because thats how your power usage is recorded. As in the middle illustration at right, Dial measures single kilowatt hours; Dial 2 records tens; Dial 3, hundreds; and Dial 4, thousands. Some meters have a fifth dial which measures tens of thousands. As indicated, some of the dials turn clockwise, others counter-clockwis- 1 Your meter has either 4 or 5 dials. Each dial has 10 numbers and a pointer. The pointers turn very, very slowly, from smaller to larger numbers as electricity is used. Note that all the pointers do not turn in the same direction. e. Read smaller number When the dial pointer is between numbers, read the smaller of the two. Thus, in the example at right, the first number youd put down is 4; the second, 6; the third, 9; and the fourth, 5, for a total of 5,964 kwh. 3. When the pointer rests almost squarely on a number, as it does on Dial 4, the dial to its right determines which number you record. Note that the Dial 3 pointer is between 9 and 0, indicating it has yet to complete a full revolution. In this case, the smaller number, 5, is the Dial 4 reading. Had the pointer on Dial 3 gone beyond 0, indicating the completion of a full revolution, the reading for Dial would have been 6. V f2V2 a 2. o 8 2 4 Regular checking of your meter can indicate the effectiveness of your energy conservation efforts. For example, read your meter at the same hour on successive days. The difference between such readings is your consumption of electricity in kilowatt hours. Your reading will give you a fair indication of how well you aVe conserving electricity. Remember, use what you need, but need what you use! 8 6 5 4 Dial 8 3yV3 4.V4 Dl 3 4 Dial 57JT 1 Dial 4 8o Q .3 Check meter regularly 24-ho- 0 11 0 sf 1 Dial 0 rag3 5 1 2 J 2 65Y; 3 Dial 2 Dial 1 Dial arl The meter reading is made up of one number from each dial, recorded from right to left. When the pointer is between two numbers, you read the number it has just passed, that is, the lower number. So, the reading above is 5,964 kwh. ur meter is read the same way, from right left. to Try reading this one yourself. Then check your answer against the one below. A five-di- al W m'll :8uipvay Question? Write to Reddy! Utah Power welcomes your questions, suggestions, and comments. Often-aske- d questions and good suggestions are pub- lished in Reddy Kilowatts newspaper column. Write to Reddy Kilowatt, P.O. Box 899, Salt Lake City, Utah 84110. UTAH POWER & LIGHT policy- holders. In Utah, 585 veterans of World War I will participate in the 1976 divident program, and their total dividends will amount to $86,000, an average payment of $147. Approximately 19,639 World War II and Korean Conflict veterans in Utah will receive a total dividend payment equaling $1,728,000, averaging $88. The early payment of dividends are in keeping with the Veterans Administrations traditional policy CO. |
