Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 18, 1915, Page 14

B THE, OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JULY 18, 1919, Reduced Electric Rates Effective At Once 4 Third Reduction in Two Years Maximum Net Lighting Rate, 1913, 13.3c Maximum Net Lighting Rate, 1915, 8¢ Reduction Within 24 Months 5.3 Cents Per Kilowatt Hour. Percentage of Reduction, 39.8 Per Cent IR S AR e PRattod TS The present reduction is made in conformity with the Company’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 3 The Omaha Electric Light and Power Company herewith announces to establish a monthly minimum charge of 50 cents, in gccordance with | areduction in electric rates and a change in the form of Rate Schedule. recognized principles of equitable rate-making as laid down by the This reduction means an annual decrease in exoess of $80,000 in courts, state utility commissions and municipal governments. \* = our net revenue, based on the 1914 business in Greater Omaha, after al- The monthly minimum lighting charze of 50 cents is of no effect, 1 - .. lowing for discontinuance of lamp renewals. proyided the customer uses in excess of 6 kilowatt hours of electricity . The new retail rate schedule will consist of a straight charge per kilo- during the month. SVt ok | R watt hour, the price being graduated downward from 8 cents net per This charge is necessary to aveid shifting the actual cost of custom- 8 | kilowatt hour, according to quantities of energy consumed monthly. ers not using as much as 6 kilowatt hours monthly, on to the customers f All questions of connected lighting load or number of lamps will be whose requirements are greater. y o} . eliminated in these rates. Every customer represents’ a constant expense to the Company, ‘ { All retail consumers, under the new rates, start from the same base even though he does not use current, this expense consisting of meter ‘rate and pay identically the same rate per kilowatt hour for similar reading, bookkeeping, billing, interest, depreciation and taxes on service quantities of current used monthly. : wires, meters and transformers, and other costs which continue as long \‘ Owing to the complete change in form of rate schedule from what ( @s the customer is connected to the lines. #s known as an initial quantity rate to a simple rate. the effect upon cus- Lamp Renewals Discontinued tomers’ bills will not be uniform. ] The carbon lamp, owing to the fact that it requires from two and . The great majority of retail lighting customers (both residential and one-half to three times as much current to operate as the Mazda lamp, - commercial) and power customers will enjoy a substantial annual sav- is wasteful and rapidly going out of use. Saving in current by the +.- ing amounting in the aggregate to more than $80,000. customer more than pays his expense for Mazda lamps. In addition he I," " Equity as Between the actual cost of the service and its selling price secures a much better quality of illumination. ; - and as between different classes of customers, has been the fundamental The company cannot undertake to supply lamps free under the new . . consideration in determining the new rate schedules. : and lower rate schedule. ‘ ... ... Wae'believe the new rates are fair, simple and just to every custom- Effo i : , 7 erand class of customers. Théy are easily understood. A customer’s With the exceedingrl'; ::wBloevf't :;eie;: ?ig:bt!:fi)btain many addis """ connected load, or ‘number of lamps, is not taken into consideration in i gnuu rates, The quantity of current 1 per month is the only tional customers, and thus overcome in part the reduction in revenue |- "eloment which affeots the billng. i s i o b R o A | 1. Thenew rates are now effective. They will apply on all bills ren- of Omaha that The Omaha Electric Light and Power Company is a by Mmmfl-fi"hmt 10th. square-dealing, straightforward, business organization, en aged solely 17 " Dur. custoniérs will soon be in a position to observe'the actual oper- in rendering an important public service in the best possible way, and N . ation of the new rates and make comparisons for themselves with previ- desiring in return only that which is its due. . . oue bills.. Weshall be glad to explain the differences between the old We expect to.convince every citizen that our Company is an in- ' #nd new rates to any customer. tegral part of Omaha, anxious and willing to do its utmost in the up- ° " The maximum lighting rate is cut from 10.45 cents net to 8 cents building of this city. 1 'net—a décrease of 23.4 per cent. ¥ anb%lieve tht?t ta fair gonsidgtratiqn Olf' t_t;e neg rates in l;alctual pracg L : B g i §ia ) ice will demonstrate ir equity, simplicity and reasonableness, an AlS v g Monthly Minimum Lighting Charge that they will prove to !‘;atiggactgry topelec¥ric light and power users, . To'make this sharp reduction of 23.4 per cent, it has been necessary large and Smafl- 4 Schedule of Retail Electric Ll'gllf and Power Rates Applicable to All Bills Rendered on and After August 10, 1915 GNRAL LIGHTING ALTERNATING CURRENT DIRECT CURRENT T TRATER RETAIL POWER RATE - RETAIL POWER RATE 8 i 5 Schedule ‘A" Schedule ‘B’ Schedule ‘0"’ L e Single Phase 60 Oycle Current 3 phase, 60 cycle current Direct Current .3 WA 106 or 212 Volts. Standard Voltages 500 Volts ol oA t For motors larger than 1 H. P. For motor installations of 5 or more horsepower. M q For all lighting and for small motors < Ll 50 KWH. month at 7.0c XK. W.H First 50 KWH. per month at 7.7c per K, W. H. ‘sif UptolH. P and for small domestio Applisaces. s Sl O 4 (X W, & Next 50 KWH. per month at 6.6c per K. W, H. t‘ ’, First 25 KWH. per month at 8.0c per K. W. H. Next 100 KWH. per month at 5.5¢ per K, W. H. Next 100 KWH. per month at 6.0c per K. W. H. B 125 KWH. per at 6.0 per K. W, H. «Next 100 KWH. per month at 5.0c per K, W. H, Next 100 KWH. per month at 5.5¢ per K. W, H. el Next month Next 100 KWH. per month at 4.5¢ per K. W. H, Next 100 KWH. per month at 5.0¢ per K, W. H, Next 1050 KWH., per month at 5.0c per K. W. H, Next 300 KWH. per month at 4.0c per K, W. H. Next 300 KWH. per month at 4.4c per K. W. H, Next 2800 KWH. per month at 4.0c per K. W. H. Next 500 KWH. per month at 3.0c per K. W, H. Next 500 KWH. per month at 3.3¢ per K. W, H. Next 3000 EWH. per month at 3.0c per K. W, H. Next 2800 KWH. per month at 2.5¢ per K. W. H, Next 2800 KWH. per month at 2.75¢c per K. W. H. ¢ . ; KWH por a 250 per K. W, B Next 6000 KWH. per month at 2.0¢ per K, W. H. Next 6000 KWH. per month at 2.2¢c per K. W, H, LY Excess month - W. H. Excess KWH. per month at 1.5c per K. W. H. Excess KWH, per month at 1.65¢ per K. W. H £ |5 . The tiret 5,000 KWH, sold under the above schedule of rates will The first 5,000 K. W. H, sold under the above schedule of rates will be billed at one-half cent (% c) higher per kilowatt hour than the rates shown, but this additional one-half cent (%c) per kilowatt hour will not be collected if the bill is paid within ten (10) days of the date thereof. Minimum Bill: For each service connection fifty cents (50¢) per H. P. or fraction thereof, per month for the first 20 H. P, installed. Twenty-five cents (25¢) per H. P. or fraction thereof, per month for the excess. The first 5,000 K. W. H, sold under the above schedule of rates will be billed at one-half cent (%e) higher per kilowatt hour than the rates shown, but this additional one-half cent (%¢) per kilowatt hour will not be collected if the bill is paid within ten (10) days of the date thereof. ' Minimum Bill For each service connection fifty cents (50c) per H. P. or fraction thereof, per month for the first 20 H. P. installed, Twenty-five cents (25¢) per H. P, or fraction thereof, per month for the excess. ' 'OMAHA ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY AR N GEORGE H. HARRIES, President i “rxl'mum Electric Lighting Rates Have Been Reduced Approximately 40 Per Cent Within " .the Last Two Years Due to Physical Improvements and Growth of Business .| "be billed at one-half cent (% e) higher per kilowatt hour than the rates shown, but 'this additional one-half cent (%¢) per kilowatt hour wiil not be collected if the bill is paid within ten (10) days of the date therof. L% . Mintmum Bill: Pitty cents (50c) per month per service connec- P A tion! }