Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-10-01
REFUND ALLOWED
BY COMMISSION
Order Issued of Importance
to Number of Southern
Idaho Towns.

The Idaho Power company is per
mitted by an order issued by the pub
lie utilities commission last night to
refund to the municipalities of Glenns
Ferry, Gooding. Jerome, Bull. Wen
dell and American Falls within six
months from and after Sept. l, 1916,
whatever difference there may be be
tween the amount of the charges fall
ing due to the power company under
its schedule O., for services supplied
on and after Aug. ], 1916 up to and I'M
til the date of the taking effect in such
territory of schedule No. 4, or up to
and until such later date or dates as
the municipalities may respectively
elect to take service under schedule
No within the six months limitation.
The refund is allowed for the rea-
sons set forth in the order which are as
follows:
Prior to Aug. 1. 1916, the street
lighting service of the municipalities
of Glenns Ferry, Gooding, Jerome,
Bull and Wendell, Idaho, was furnish
ed by the Electric Investment COM
pany and the street lighting service
of American Falls. Idaho, was furnish
ed by the Southern Idaho Water Pow
er company, all of said service being
furnished under 10 year contracts and
in accordance with identical munich
pal incandescent street lighting sched-
ules Of said companies, the schedule of
each company being designated as
schedule o.;
applicant filed its schedule No. 4
of rates for municipal incandescent
street lighting under tariff No.
adopted by it in its P. L. c. I. No.
from the schedule originally filed by
the Electric Investment company in
its p. u. C. I. No. 81 which schedule
heretofore has been applicable to all
of its territory other than that speci-
fled by said schedule o., said sched-
ule being effective from and after
Sept. l, 1916, and being applicable to
all the territory served by applicant
in the state of Idaho;
"Whilee said schedule o. and No.
are not identical, schedule No. con-
tains substantially every advantage
for the consume" that is contained in
schedule O.. and furthermore. it adds
an opportunity for the consumer to
obtain this type of service under 10
year contracts by making proportion
ttNtiS pay IitillS lfldh
the payments which are specified in
both schedules for this type of SER
slice when under contracts for a mini
mum term of seven and one-half
years;
THAT it is the desire of applicant to
refund to such of the municipalities
above named as shall make written
election, within six months from and
vice when under contracts for mini
cipal street lighting service under said
schedule No. 4, whatever difference
there may be between the amount of
the charges falling due to this petit
toner under said schedule o., for
service supplied on and after Aug. /,
1916, (said date being the time when
this petitioner succeeded to the inter-
est of the said Electric Investment
company and the said Southern Idaho
Water Power company up to and until
the date of taking effect in such ter
ritory of said schedule No. 4, or up to
and until such later date or dates as
said municipalities may respectively
elect to take service under said sched-
ule No. 4, within said six months linn
itation, and the amount of those
charges as they would have been if the
same service had been rendered during
the same period under the provisions
of said schedule No. A.