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Show Compare the price Mountain Fuel customers pay for natural gas with that paid in other cities: Oklahoma City wmmmmmmmmmmmm 5 4.S2 Salt Lake City "1 aa Butte mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm 585.28 Chicago mmmmmmmmmmmmm 643 .07 Las Vegas mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm 679.60 Albuquerque- Wgrnmi 686. 1 4 Great Falls mmmmmmmmmmmrnm mmm 7 1 6. 24 Phoenix -mmSSSSmmm 719.96 Houston 810.04 Denver mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm 825.79 Cheyenne mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm 827.86 Milwaukee ' 854.98 Seattle mmmmmmmmmmm 856.76 ' RenO :::::::-:v:v:-:v:-:vx 945.36 Portland 956.02 Boise 1,015.75 New York 1 , HQ 1 4fi 0 200 400 600 800 1,000 1,200 Annual Residential Gas Bill (Dollars) 4th Quarter, 1 982 Based on Rates in Effect in Cities Shown Applied to Usage of Typical Customer on MFS System (1 400 Therms) Yes, Utah rates continue to be among the lowest in the nation. But does the typical Utah family pay a larger percentage of its income for natural gas because salaries are lower here? The following chart indicates indi-cates that this is not the case: : ' ...... Phoenix piMl'2lO';;; , Las Vegas mmmmmmmm 2.0 Houston mmmmmmm 2.0 . Oklahoma City mmwmmmmmm$M ? . 7 : Salt Lake City ""LI- 2.8 Chicago mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm 3.3 Albuquerque mmmmmmmmmmmmmwmmm& 3.5 . : Cheyenne mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm 3.6 , Portland mmmmmmmmmmmm mmmmmmm AO Seattle mmmmmmmmmmmmm mmmmmmmm 4 0 - . : Denver mmmmmmmmmmmmmm 4.1 , Milwaukee mmrnmm:mmmrnmmmm mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmi 4 . 9 Butte mmmmmmm 5? .' j New York wmmmmmmmmfmmm 5.3 : Great Falls mmmmmmmmmsmmmmmm 5.4 Boise 6.0 . 1 2 3 4 5 6 Annual natural gas bill percent of median family income 3rd Quarter, 1 982 (most recent comparisons available) Source: 1980 Census - Has warmer climate than Salt Lake City's Not only are rates lower here, but compare the cost of natural gas with other energies for residential use: Coal fimfflmmmm 0.325 Natural Gas O 2 Fuel Oil ::;x;:;::x::;:::: O.733 Propane wmmmmmumm mmmmmmmmmmmmd n rq 1 Firewood wmmmmmmmm.mmfflmmMmmmmmmm 1.034 Electricity 1.183 I I I I I I I 1 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.4 Dollars Per Therm 4th Quarter. 1982 We think our customers need the facts to judge for themselves how we are performing. The bottom line of our performance: the rates you pay and the quality service you receive. That's why the shareholders of Mountain Fuel have paid for this message. Zl MOUNTAIN FUEL Supply Company |
