The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-09-22
Power Commission
Examines Rates
In Mississippi
Duront Hos Highest
Rote; Reductions
Have Been Made

Washington. Sept. 22-Users OF ell
ectric lights and power in Mississippi
may pay as much as 1888 per cent
more in one community than in
another, a report issued today by
the Federal Power Commission on
typical net monthly bills for the
state indicates.
Biloxi and five other communities
of 10000 to $4,000 have the lowest
rates of SITS. $482 and $7.24 for
25,100 and $50 kilowatt hours, re.
spectively. Clarksdalc Is the high
est in that division with a rate OF
So for rs XVIII. Greenwood is high
est with 1925 for 100 XVIII. and
Clarksdale highest for $50 XVIII. with
a charge Of $o.75.
Water Valley Highest for Is
In communities OF $500 to 10000
Amory and two others have rates
of rs cents; $3.50 and IS for 25,1
and $50 XVIII. Water Valley is the
highest for Is XVIII with q charge
Of $3.50 or 1888 per cent higher than
Amory. Yazoo City has the highest
rate for 100 XVIII. with $a,45 or 16d
per cent higher than Amory. while
its rate for go XVII is ss,A5 Or ss
per cent higher than Atftory.
In communities Of 1000 to 1000
Baldwin, Bonneville. Holly Springs
Iuka and Pontotoc have rate OF
81 for % XVIII, as compared with a
rate of 1912 for Centreville and
Gloster. or a lower rate by 212 per
cent. However, Woodvslle with a
rate of s.. and Durant with a rate
OF S2.87 are not far behind. Durant
also has the highest rate for 100
XVIII, with . charge Of $3.50 or 66.3
per cent higher than Baldwin, and
others whose rate is $3.50 for $50
XVIII. Leland lkads the list with I
charge Of $12 which is 1oS per cent
higher than the cost at University,
here the charge u $575.
Negative Price Found
In Amory. New Albany, and Tupelo
the utilities purchase all energy re-
quirements from the IVA, as do the
utilities serving BALDWIN Boone
Vile, Holly Springs, Iuka, Okolona
and Pontotoc.
Free kilowatt hours are available
in Greenwood according to the con-
ditions Of the utility's rate plan to
those customers who increase their
consumption over that Of a CORE
spending month of a previous year.
The report shows that the average
charge per XVIII for refrigeration
service for which rs XVIII use is as
sumed, ranges in Mississippi from 2
cents per XVIII to Is cents. For
cooking the report shows that IAN
anomalous condition is found" with
range from negative price of-36
per XVIII to s cents. This negative
price" the report states, "arises from
the fact that consumers in Osyka
would pay bills of sis for XVIII for
lighting, small appliances and re-
trigeratlon, and the total bin for
250 XVIII for the same service plus
cooking would be $780,"
IVA Rate is Uniform
In the same community, the re-
port continues, "the bill for 500 XVIII
which includes an assumed usage
of $50 XVIII for water heating, is
s14.60, which is 40 cents less than
the bill in the same community for
100 XVIII. The range of the water
heating increment of $50 XVIII is from
eighteenth of cent to eight cents"
The only uniform rates in the state
are those maintained by power as
sociations which receive their power
from IVA. Their rates are $3.50
per 100 XVIII. except in instances
where the cost OF the distributing
sistem is being amortized. In those
On sas thu rate iS 60 IN 49, rnn 81