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Show S 3 O- " Power Company's 3 Rates Lower Than NationalAverage m Domestic customers of Utah Pow-j, Pow-j, t:v,i. mmrv in the sparse- a w & Light Company m tne specie spec-ie ly settled farm areas and in smaller Utah-Idaho cities and towns are ob-Ci:-: taming electric service at or below :;: hig city prices and at rates substantially sub-stantially less than the national - average. , 05 These facts come from the Federal Fed-eral Power Commission report as oi January 1, 1939, made public by the Utah Public Service Commission. 'rih- The report makes these striking comparisons: On the Utah Power & Light system domestic consumers ei- paid $1.60 monthly for 25 kilowatt stfi hours, whereas the average public service company consumer tional-ly tional-ly pays $1.89 for 25 kwh in towns i ::: between 250 and 1,000 in Population 'J $179 in towns between 1,000 and 2,500; and $1.65 in towns between I.-: 2 500 and 10,000. . (it should be noted that since this T : survey was made the Utah Power & li ht rates have been reduced stm further, making 25 ? kilowatt hours how $1.35 instead of the $1.60 listed (i , in the 1938 report.) W mo kilowatt hours the Utah ' Power & Light system cost is $3,751 J compared to the national average of P "$4.88 for towns from 250 to 1,000 4.69 in towns from 1,000 to -2. and $4.48 in towns from 2,500 to J. i 10,000 in population. C:, For 250 kilowatt hours the Utah K Power & Light system cost is $7.00 i ' compared to the national average of W-towns 250 to 1,000; $852-.towns $852-.towns 1,000 to 2,500; $7.94-towns 2,500 to 10,000. . The national survey reveals costs of electric service to domestic oon-, oon-, Aimers In smaller towns are higher Tf V than in larger cities whereas on the W Power Company system g rates sre uniform, the outlying commiml ties and farms obtaining electricity at city prices. |
