Show 3 Moon Lake reduces its J Power rates May 20 J The Moon Luke Electric has announced a 20 reduction in its electric to residential H The decrease will be retroactive Ko the of May and will af-Jf feet all Moon Lake Electric consumers In bolli and Colorado This 20 in residential rates will result in a gross dollar by consumers of some said E. Bal- Bird General Manager of the I electric service to rural areas of bg-her than those experienced far consumers in the more urban areas stated due to the simp-Re fact that it costs more to Service farm families scattered a wide area than it does Khe grouped of this the elec-Itric rates to rural residents will lEe competitive with any service in the jl When asked about the rea-f foi bird said While the general commercial and in-m growth of the region Babied us t operate more there are two prime actors which make it feasible or up to J this large I n to residential p. in order to support uch a low rate we are dependent upon the large purchases of our industrial we enjoy stabilized cost of reserve power-made possible by the recent j completion of Flaming Gorge Dam We are now buying ap-j proximately one-third of ouri system's electrical I from the Colorado River j Storage Project THE INCREASED economies j of the Association is evidenced by the fact that Moon Lake's electric system has been doub- j in sales every 2 since the average number of employees has in-j creased by less than 5 in that Mr Ballard |