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Show Consumer Groups Want to Retailers Have Mixed Feelings Reopen Utility Rate Hearing Consumer groups, along with Salt Lake City and Salt lake County, have petitioned the Public Service Commission to re-op- Continued from page lb the quarter, Newman is ever optimistic but reserved his comment because of the inflation rate. Newman rates retail inflation at about 8.5 percent. Most stores at the mall will be substantially above that this year, he suspects, but signing, saying, The Public Service Commission decision lacked complete review. It didnt consider the question. I think the commissioners were pressed for time. Lopp said the PSC granted social considerations in deciding agricultural irrigators could pay low electricity rates and that those same social considerations should be carried further, applying to rates paid .by citizens. elderly and Tlie lifeline rate structure would reverse the present structure, under which large industrial users pay a lower hour rate than do residential users. Under a lifeline structure, Lopp said, consumers would be encouraged to conserve electric energy, because small residential users would pay a lower rate than industrial en hearings to reconsider applying the so called lifeline structure to Utah Power & Light's rates. According to Martha Olsen and Dan Lopp, representatives of the Utah Coalition of Senior Citizens, the Public Sendee Commission did not address the issues in e its summary rejecting the lifeline on Dec. 2. concept They said if the Commission turns down this petition, they his figures are admittedly not reliable since seven stores were yet unopened at the mall by Christmas last low-inco- five-pag- per-kilo-w- intend to bring the case before the Utah Supreme Court. During an informal city commission meeting, Olsen and Lopp asked the Mayor to consider signing the petition. Mayor Wilson told the two he was in favor of att Some stores have year. reported increases as high as 50 percent, Newman said, but most will be up about 25 percent over fourth quarter a year ago. All variables given due consideration, Utahs retail climate is faring better than the national scene, reported by one national business magazine to be up less than 1 percent. users. No Snow; No Shovels Gi0 at Ojm fusin' Cost Savings Realized Through Extended Mild Weather Assuming zero snowfall through Dec. 31, city and county streets departments will have spent about $59,000 less on snow removal than they spent last year for the same period (Nov. 18 to Dec. 31). That savings estimate is based on money spent for salt and overtime payroll expenses normally paid to snow removal crews. Ray Haley, assistant accounting director for the city streets department, said the city spent $41,000 last winter to cover snow removal expenses. Approximately 46 percent of that amount ($19,000) was spent on over- time 45 percent ($18,500) on salt, and 9 percent ($3,800) on gasoline to fuel snow removal equipment. A county accountant re payroll, ported a 1975 snow removal expenditure of $95,000. percent Seventy-fou- r ($71,500) was spent for equipment and wages, while 26 percent ($23,500) was spent on salt for the countys 1,000 miles of roads. 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