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Show DIXIE POWER GETS INCREASED RATES SALT LAKE. Jan. 12 Permission i to increase rates was granted yesterday yester-day by tho Utah public utilities commission com-mission to the Dixie Power company operating in southwestern Utah including in-cluding St. George, Cedar City and intervening in-tervening territory. The commission found, in a majority decision, that to maintain the present sehedulu In effect ef-fect on the Dixie company's system would be confiscatory. It does not. however, pr;nt the full Increase asked ask-ed for. Tho main report of the commission is i ritten by Joshua Greenwood and WarTfcn Stoutnour writes a concurring concur-ring report. Abbot R. Heywood. president pres-ident of the commission. Is recorded as not sitting In the case, which was heard during last September and October Oc-tober For residence lighting the new rnte is 1 4 cents per kilowatt hour for the first thirty kilowatt hours of monthly consumption; 11 eonts for th1 next 30 kilowatt hours, and 9 cents per kilowatt kilo-watt hour for all over 00 kilowatt hours per month. For commercial lighting the new rate Is 14 cents for tho first an ItlloWatt hours, 11 cents' for the second 60 kilowatt hours. 9 1-2 j cents fbir the next 100 kilowatt hours, and 9 cents for all over 250 kilowatt hours, Th minimum charge for residence 1 1 nil in if; is - i a iiiuiiin, on v. 1 1 it. i i as on all charges under this schedule, a 10 per cent discount is allowed fori prompt payment, leaving the net mini- I mum $1.23 a month. For commercial commer-cial lighting the minimum charge Is j $2 a month, subject to a discount of 10 per cent. Two schedules arc allowed for municipal mu-nicipal street lighting, one graded lamp from $2 1 per lamp per month for each lOu-candlcpowcr lamp to $3. CO per lamp per month for each j 400-candlepower lamp The other, for j multiple service, starts at $1.15 per lamp per month for each 60-candlc- 1 power lamp and grades up to $5 perl lamp per month for" e:ich 400-candle- j pow er lamp. The cooking rate starts with 3.G cents per kilowatt hour for the first 5u kilowatt hours and grades' down to a 1-cent per kl'.owatt hour! for all over 1000 kilowatt hours. No change is made In the present irrigation power schedule. For other purposes power may be furnished at 2300 to 11,2,40 voliafcti at r.n s graded! down from 10 cent. a kilowatt hour! for the first 100 Kdjwit hours t'ol 1.75 cents per kilowatt hour for all! in excess of 8000 kilo.W'iC: hours. ')n I service at .23.0vi volts demand charge of $2 per horseow er of max- I hnum demand. plu. n umugy charge) ranging from 3 1-2 cents down to 7 mills, is allowed. |