Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1936-04-02
OHIO POWER COMPANY RATE
REDUCTION PROGRAM

| On Jan. 16. 1886, The Ohio Pow
er Company announced the continu-
alton of it's progressive rate reduc-
! ton which was initiated early in
1895. Under this program Of rate
reduction, in anticipation Of great
er use of the Company's service, the
| first block of energy taken in any
month by domestic customers has
been reduced from cents last June
to 6 cents at the present time, and
this plan of reducing the first block
will continue. When the progress
sive reduction is fully completed,
the first 80 kilowatt-hours will be
charged for at the rate of cents
per kilowatt-hour. This progressive
reduction has benefited all the resi-
Dental customers of the Company,
and was of particular Importance to
the small customer taking less than
80 kilowatt-nours a month, for with
the reduction fully completed he
will be paying % per cent less for
his current than he paid under the
old rate.
Beginning today, the customer
making fuller use of electric SER
vice receives very material benefit,
for the rate made effective last jan
uary provided that on April l the
third block of 230 kilowatt-hours in
any month would be reduced from 3
cents to IL cents, and the excess
over 800 kilowatt-hours would be
reduced from 2 cents to h cents
per kilowatt-hour. 1t is apparent,
therefore, that all residential Gus
toners of the company, regardless
of their monthly consumptions, re-
ceive substantial benefits under the
new rates.
Commenting on this latest reduc-
ton, which became effective today,
Mr.. Killian, superintendent of the
Ohio Power Company, pointed out
that the rapid increase in the use
of major appliances has made this
type of promotional rate feasible.
Last year." said Mr.. Killian, Gin
the territory served by The Ohio
Power Company, we sold over 1000
electric ranges to our customers,
which brought the total ranges on
our lines up to $4,000. This means
that approximately 10000 persons
are enjoying the comfort, conven-
fences and economy of electric cook
cry. In the year 1895 electric re-
frigerator dealers sold over 10000
electric refrigerators to our custo-
mers, and our statesmen in conjunc-
ton with electrical dealers sold L.
400 electric water heaters. While
the sales of electric water heaters
were not as great as the sale of cleo
trio ranges, we actually sold 2 "
times as many water heaters in 1885
as in 1884. This is explained by
the Water Heater Service Rate in
our Domestic Service Tariff, which
provides, with full electrifcation
and normal hot water requirements,
a rate even lower than the final
block in the standard tariff"
This latest reduction" Mr.. Kill
lian went on to say, ''means that
the majority of our electric range
customers will now be able to per-
form their cooking operations at
the extremely low rate of 21a cents
per kilowatt-hour, and some of
them will enjoy a rate as low as 1 Il
cents for at least part Of their
consumption Mr.. Killian further
explained that the public is rapidly
arriving at an appreciation of the
desirability of full electrification of
the home, including the provision of
water heating service, refrigeration
service, cooking, laundry service,
and many other services
that provide for better living cleo
trically. "By purchasing all of
their household services from a sim
gle source" Mr.. Killian stated, "our
customers become wholesale buyers
of electricity, and secure each SER
vice at a relatively small COST