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Show Page Four FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1976 Since January 1st, 1975, residential rates in Mountain Fuel's service area have gone up 52. Actions by the Federal Government and the Government of Canada account for a staggering 84 of that total increase. Only 1 6 has gone to cover our own increasing costs, for everything from exploration and drilling to wages and postage and the hundreds of other things that cost us more money today. The alternative to paying these higher prices is to give up the supply! We can't afford to do that, either. If we did so, our entire service area would suffer because we would no longer have enough gas to heat our homes, let alone to supply indus THE SALT LAKE TIMES try which provides jobs for many of our customers. And the least expensive alternative fuel would cost considerably more than you now pay for natural gas. We can only keep our gas bills as reasonable as possible by conserving in our every use. There is no other realistic alternative until the government gets out of the business of pricing natural gas. Our typical residential customer uses 180,000-cubi- c feet of gas annually, and pays $233.32 for this service. To do a comparable job with another fuel you'd pay $646.70 for propane, $445.42 for heating oil, $248.93 for coal, and $596.91 for electricity. MOUNTAIN FUEL |