The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1924-07-24
GRAVES OBJECTS
TO BOARD ORDER
IN POWER CASE
Power Company Required 10 Show
Why Rates Should Not
BE Reduced
On its own initiative, in an ordeI

= On its own initiative, in an order
ed July 10, the public Utilities
commission in effect re-opened the
Idaho Power company rate case.
The company has been required
10 show cause on or before Friday
July rs, why the new rates for
water heating and auxiliary air
heating authorized on March /. but
not yet applied should not beredueed.
and why rates for various services
included in the tariff OF that date
should not be subject to discounts.
The order is based on the commits
sion's conclusion that the effect OF
new rates on the company's revenues
have already received the expansion
intended TO be effected by the new
rates.
Monthly reports of the revenue
derived from rates established on
Feb. 29 have been made TO the COM
mission by the company on a study
OF these reports the commission,
SAYS its order, believes that the
revenues OF the company have been
increased without the cnange In the
water heating and auxiliary air
heating rates being included in such
reports" and that the rates on
water and air heating, when applied
will increase the revenues and will
also conserve electric energy which
the company will have on hand for
other services and that such change
will result in increasing the revenues
over and above the increase shown
on such reports and which may be
in excess of the amount found reas-
enable In order No. 929---.----and that
an examination thereof at this time
would be for the best interest OF
all concerned"
Graves Dissents
The order was Srgned by presi- |
dent j. NJ. Thompson and Commits |
sioner w. II. Gibson. Commissioner I
+. C. Graves did not concur. and a
notation to that effect was entered
Commissioner F. C. Graves OF the |
commission, Thursday Of last week
filed a dissenting opinion to the ma
jority decision Issued Monday.
Commissioner Graves takes Mon /
day order and criticlzes il from one /
end to the other. He also goes be-
yond the scope OF the order and criti-
cizes the commission for calling the
power company In at this time when
the new rates. established by the
commission have been effected only
since March 1.
Local interest attaches to the
abatement OF the commission member
BY virtue of his being Filler man,
having been appointed to the posi-
tion last spring.
In his minority report Mr.. Graves
says:
Il see no reason to ere the Idaho
Power Company at this time. The
reasonable thing to co. IN my opin-
ion, is TO wait and see what the
facts are when they develop. and
then we can work with the knowl-
edge that the changes made. II any
will be based on the known merits
OF the case. instead OF on specu-
lation.
IF this commission latter years
OF WOrkt, Is 10 eetaDiSh 10 Wv" 80
of rates one day (which rates with
the exception OF wa.er heating have
simply made uniform the rates exi
isting.) and four months and
a half later ak the company TO
10 show cause why the commissions
own rates should be reduced. with
not giving the said rates a fair trial.
Il is my firm conviction that Il has
forfeited any right TO be considered
seriously. except as necessary stop
ping place on the way 70 the
courts"
Reviews History.
Mr.. Graves reviews. N bis dis
senting opinion. the entire history OF
the power company before the com
mission since October. 1920. when
the company filed les inventory in