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Show POWER Utah utilities commission has ren-lered ren-lered a decision favorable to Utah Power & Light company, by which 11 special contract customers are ' immediately placed on standard chedule fixed by the commission. ; Commission again affirms author-i author-i :ty vested in it by the state to regu- late rates and conditions of service under existing contracts, even tho i such contracts were made prior to ! creation of the commission. ; EfTect of the decision is (o place ".ll customers for like conditions of I service on uniform rates, j The Commission says: "The exer-j exer-j ise of this right by the state is in j tho interest of the public generally, : primarily to make certain that all I -eetions of the public are fairly I treated as to the cost of service. The interest of the public is paramount.' j The commission recognizes an exertion, ex-ertion, however, in certain special i ontracts, such, for instance, as where passes are given owners of land for property rights of the way ; r some special adequate consider-jation consider-jation of value has passed in consideration consid-eration of the contract. ! The mere making of a contract. : however, at a special rate does not show such consideration as would 'make the reduced contract rate non-I non-I ' iscriminating. Something of val-i val-i ( musi be shown to have moved j froia the beneficiary to the reduced I rate to the utility rendering such I service. |