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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 18, 1915)
TUB OMAIIA SUNDAY BEE: JUUY 18, 11)13. a "I 51 - Ql v Effective At Once Third Reduction in Two Years . Maximum Net Lighting Rate, 1913, 13.3c Maximum Net Lighting Rate, 1915, 8c Reduction Within 24 Months 5.3 Cents Per Kilowatt Hour. Percentage of Reduction, 39.8 Per Cent The present reduction is made in conformity with the Company9 s policy to continue to give its customers the benefit of lower operating costs due to physical improvements in the property and increased volume of business The Omaha Electric Light and Power Company herewith announces a reduction in electric rates and a change in the form of Rate Schedule. This reduction means an annual decrease in excess of $80,000 in "' our net revenue, based on the 1914 business in Greater Omaha, after al lowing for discontinuance of lamp renewals. t The new retail rate schedule will consist of a straight charge per kilo watt hour, tho price being graduated downward from 8 cents net per 'vA kilowatt hour, according to quantities of energy consumed , monthly. All questions of connected lighting load or number of lamps will bo .eliminated In those rates. ; All retail consumers, under tho new rates, start from the same base rate and pay identically the same rate per kilowatt hour for similar quantities of current used monthly. " v Owing to the complete change in form of rate schedule from what h known as an initial quantity rate to a simple rate, the effect upon cus tomers' bills will not be uniform. ... The great majority of retail lighting customers (both residential and commercial) and power -customers will enjoy a substantial annual sav- mg amounting an tne aggregate to more than $80,000. ' . 'Equity, as between tho actual cost of tho RArvfro and as between different classes of customers, has been the fundamental -consideration in determining the new rate schedules. . ' i ; .Wq:believ6 the new rates are fair, simple and just to every custom-' ?7i 3?JS8$ c.ss customers. The"y are easily understood. ; A customer's . a 'connected load, or. 'number of lamps, js not taken into consideration in w 5 the retail rates. The quantity of current used per month is the only T element which affects the billing. vt;;; r:' 7lienew rated are now effective. They will apply on all bills ren - faeredow and after August 10th. t aV, ,-Our custoniers will soon bo in a position to observo the actual oper- r ation of tho now rates and make comparisons for themselves with previ- ... ,.ous bills.. We shall be glad to explain the differences between the old " .and new. rates to any customer. ;i " ; The maximum lighting rate is cut from 10.45 cents net to 8 cents net a decrcase of 23.4 per cent. Ml i V ' ' Monthly Minimum Lighting Charge To mako this sharp, reduction of 23.4 per cent, it has been necessary i. . to establish a monthly minimum charge of 50 cents, in accordance with recognized principles of equitable rate-making as laid down by the courts, state utility commissions and municipal governments. The monthly minimum lighting charge of 50 cents is of no effect, provided the customer uses in excess of 6 kilowatt hours of electricity during the month. This charge is necessary to avoid shifting the actual cost of custom ers not using as much as 6 kilowatt hours monthly, on to the customers whose requirements are greater. . Every customer represents' a constant expense to the Company, even though he does not use current, this expense consisting of meter reading, bookkeeping, billing, interest, depreciation and taxes on service wires, meters and transformers, and other costs which continue as long' ( as the customer is connected to the lines. Lamp Renewals Discontinued The carbon lamp, owing to the fact that it requires from two and one-half to three times as much current to operate as the Mazda lamp, is wasteful and rapidly going out of use. Saving in current by the customer more than pays his expense for Mazda lamps. In addition he secures a much better quality of illumination. The company cannot undertake to supply lamps free under the new and lower rate schedule. Efforts to Better ServcPublic V With the exceedingly new low rates, we hope to; obtain many addi tional customers, and thus overcome in part the reduction' in revenue due to the savings which will be made by present consumers. ' Eventually, we believe, we shall succeed in convincing every citizen of Omaha that The Omaha Electric Light and Power Company is a square-dealing, straightforward, business organization, engaged solely in rendering an important public service in the best possible way, and desiring in return only that which is its due. We expect to convince every citizen that our Company is an in : tegral part of Omaha, anxious and willing to do its utmost in the up building of this city. We believe that a fair consideration of the new rates in actual prac tice will demonstrate their equity, simplicity and reasonableness, and that they will prove to bo satisfactory to electric light and power users, largo and small. Schedule of Retail Electric Light and Power Rates Applicable to All Bills Rendered on and After August 10, 1915 GENERAL LIGHTING ,' ' RATE ' Via; . -. v Schedule "A" '4 Single Phase 60 Cycle Current ' ; : ' ' 106 or 212 Volts . Tor all lighting and for, small motors ' Up to 1 H. P. and for small domestic Appliances. Pint 25 KWH. per month at 8.0o per K. w! H. Next 125 KWH. per month at 6.0c per K. W. H. Next 1050 KW1I. per month at 5.0o per K. W. H. Next 2300 KWII. per month at 4.0o per K. W. II. " Next 3000 KWH. per month at 3.0c per K. W. H. Excess KWH. per month at 2.5c per K. W. H. . i The first 6.000 KWH. told under the above schedule of ratea will '.be billed at one-half cent (He) higher per kilowatt hour than the rate thown. but'thla additional one-half cent (V4e) per kilowatt hour will not bo collected tf the bill la paid within ten (10) dayt of the' date therof. v Minimum Bill? Fifty centa (80c) per month per service connec ALTERNATING CURRENT RETAIL POWER RATE Schedule ,,BM 3 phase, 60 cycle current Standard Voltages For motors larger than 1 H. P. First 50 KWH. pr month at 7.0c per K. W. H. Next 60 KWH. per month at 6.0c per K. W. H. Next 100 KWH. per month at 5.5o per K. W. H. Next 100 KWH. per month at 5.0c per K. W. H. Next 100 KWH. per month at 4.5c per K. W. H. Next 300 KWH. per month at 4.0c per K. W. H. . Next 500 KWH. per month at 3.0c per K. W. H. Next 2300 KWH. per month at 2.5c per K. W. H. Next 6000 KWH. per month at 2.0o per K. W. H. Excess KWH. per month at 1.5c per K. W. H. The first S.000 K. W. II. Bold under the above achedule of ratea will be billed at one-half cent ( Vic) higher per kilowatt hour than tho ratea ahown, but tela additional one-half cent (He) per kilowatt hour will not bo collected It the bill la paid within ten (10) days of the date thereof. Minimum BUI: For each service connection fifty cent (BOO per H. P. or fraction thereof, per month for the "first 20 H. P. Installed. Twenty-five centa (J 5c) per H. P. or fraction thereof, per month for the excess. DIRECT CURRENT RETAIL POWER RATE Schedule "Q" Direct Current 500 Volts ' Por motor installations of 5 or more horsepower. First 50 KWH. per month at 7.7c per K. W. H. 7 Next 50 KWH. per month at 6.6c per.K. W. H. Next 100 KWH. per month at 6.Cc per K. W. H. Next 100 KWH. per month at 5.5c per K. W. H. Next 100 KWH. per month at 5.0c per K. W. H. Next 300 KWH. per month at 4.4c per K. W. H. Next 500 KWH. per month at 3.3c per K. W. H. Next 2803 KWH. per month at 2.75c per K. W. H. Next 6000 KWH. per month at 2.2c per K. W. H. Excess KWH. per month at 1.65c per K. W. H The first 5,000 K. W. H. sold under the above achedule of ratea will be billed at one-half cent t Vic) higher per kilowatt hour than the ratea ahown. but this additional one-half cent ( Vc) per kilowatt hour will not be collected if the bill la paid within ten (10) days of the date thereof. . Minimum Bill: Kor each service connection fifty centa (BOe) per H. P. or fraction thereof, per month for the first 20 II. P. installed. Twenty-five centa (I Be) per H. P. or fraction thereof, per month for the excess. " QMAHA ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY GEORGE H. HARRIES, President Maximum Electric Lighting Rates Have Been Reduced Approximately 40 Per Cent Within ; ! ast Two Years Due to Physical Improvements and Growth of Business -4: r Hill jftj