The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-12-31
JANUARY / LIGHT
BILLS WILL SHOW
ADVANCE OF 15B
Flat Increase Here Is An
nounced by Board of Pub
lie Affairs
Board Discards Revised Rate
Schedule Adopted Early
i'm December

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Bluffton consumers will receive In
the mail on Thursday morning for
current used during the month Of
December viii show an increase of
15ee over the former rates.
This rate was announced by the
board of public affairs following the
boards decision to discard a revised
schedule Of electric rates adopted
early in December. New and high-
er water rates adopted at that time
will remain in effect.
Under the latest plan Of rate. in
creases, future bills for electric
service viii be computed at the old
schedule which has been in effect
here for a number Of years to
which a fiat 1850 increase viii be
added
UNIFORM RATE RAISE
This form of computation will re-
suit in a uniform 1876 advance in
charges for current provided to
every user in every classification,
members of the board announced,
and eliminates variations which had
been found in the now discontinued
new schedule of rates whereby the
bills of some consumers would have
been advanced only approximately
three per cent and others would have
paid up to 20 per cent more for cur
rent.
Lack of uniformity in the schedule
set up early in December when the
rate increase first was announced
was the principal factor causing the
change in plans, members of the
board said.
Higher rates for water service
viii remain the same as announced
at the boards first December meet
ing. These rates provide for an in
crease of nearly 409o in the mini
mum charge for the first 1,500 cubic
feet, and a 20eo boost in the cost of
water used in excess of minimum.
RAISE APPLIES TO DECEMBER BILLS
Increased rates for both electric
current and water will apply to De-
cember bills, making them effective
as of December l.
Members of the board also said
that further revision of rates for
electric service is contemplated some
time within the next year, whenever
there is an opportunity to make a
careful study of the overall picture
in each classification, and then set
up a new rate schedule based on
the survey.
RATE SCHEDULE
Until that time rates for electric
current will be on the following
schedules:
DOMESTIC
First 30 XVIII sc per XVIII; next
80 XVIII &c per XVIII; next 4C
XVIII &c per XVIII; next 100 XVIII
215c per XVIII; over 200 XVIII 2t
per XVIII.
Flat 15a5 will be added to tota
of the bill computed at above rates
COMMERCIAL
First 80 XVIII sc per XVIII; next
120 XVIII &c per XVIII; next zoo
XVIII 315c per XVIII; next 15(
XVIII &c per XVIII; over 500 KWH
&c per XVIII.
Flat 1870 will be added to tota
of the bill computed at above rates
GENERAL POWER
First 500 XVIII 4c per XVIII
next $500 XVIII 21ac per XVIII
next 5000 XVIII &c per XVIII; mex
1900 XVIII lee per XVIII; ovel
10000 XVIII lie per XVIII.
Flat 1870 will be added to tota
of the bill computed at above rates
WATER RATES (Old Rate)
First 1900 Gu. ft. 1925 per quar-
ter; next 23,500 Gu. fit. 81 per 1000
Gu. fit. per quarter; over $4,000 Gu
ft. 75c per 1000 Gu. ft. per quarter
WATER RATES New Rate)
First 1000 Gu. ft. $3.50 per quar-
ter; next $4,000 Gu. ft. s1.20 pc
1000 Gu. ft. per quarter; over 25,00l
Gu. ft. 90c per 1000 Gu. ft. pc
quarter.