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Show Three notenough? private (non-municipal) concern. Delays in decisions from the UPSC are so slow in coming, many companies apply for interim increases in-creases to allow for "lost revenues". Utility companies claim their increases and rate hearings, which are an expense to not only the company but to their subsequent source of income-you and me, would not be so regular and time consuming if their cases could be heard on a more regular basis and if decisions could come more quickly. Everyone should have the opportunity op-portunity to attend a hearing, such as the recently concluded California-Pacific Utilities Commission rate increase hearing. Not because they are interesting, not that they are entertaining, en-tertaining, but just so a person can say they have seen one, so they know a little bit about the "give and take", and so they can analyze the commission themselves. The Utah Public Service Commission presently consists of three members, as outlined by Utah State Law. Two of the members : are of the ad-ministration's ad-ministration's party, Democratic, and one is a Republican. Are three enough? Rate increases, by the commissions com-missions own admission, are being filed almost daily. The three-member three-member Utah PSC are to hear all utility cases-water, telephone, electric, gas-when the owner is a w The-commission should take a look at the possibility of expanding to a six or nine person commission. After looking they should act, and set up the additional commissions. Times the present commission by two or three and possibly expensive ex-pensive hearings, could be fewer, shorter and further between. |