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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 28, 1977)
Natural gas bill increases again By KATHLEEN MONJE Of the Emerald Close to 10,000 Lane County residents will find their monthly gas bills increased by an average $2.58 on Oct. 1 Northwest Natural Gas (NNG) has received approval from State Public Utility Commissioner Charles Davis for a 9.7 per cent price increase. The increase per therm, which is about 100 cubic feet of gas, is 3.22 cents. The typical residential bill of 80 therms will rise from $26.47 to $29.05. Commercial rates are also being raised, but the percen tage increase is lower because of higher consumption, said Jack Smith, NNG manager of rates and planning. "This is a tracking increase, which reflects the increase im posed on us by the (Alaskan) pipeline, which in turn reflects a price increase imposed by the Canadians on the pipeline. What we re doing is chasing the price of gas. he said. The last NNG gas price in crease was approved in July Smith said the July price raise was not a tracking increase, but a gen eral increase which the company needed to cover increased operat ing costs.” We had to prove to the Public Utility Commissioner that our rate of return was below nor mal for a company of our size,” Smith said. However, Smith emphasized because of an April 1977 tracking adjustment that lowered prices over 12 per cent, the total net in crease to residential consumers for 1977 is a bit less than 7 per cent. "The pipeline lowered its prices to us, so we lowered our price to the consumer. The average rise in natural gas rates to Oregon customers will be approximately eight percent. This will mean an increase of more than $25 million annually in re venues for the state’s three natural gas distributors. Typical residential increases for Northwest Natural, Cascade Natural Gas Company and California-Pacific Utilities com pany will be 7.3 per cent and 7.2 per cent respectively. The three distributors' rate in creases follow a Northwest Pipeline Corporation increase from $1.94 to $2.16 per thousand cubic feet of gas. Walter who? VP sinks into oblivion WASHINGTON (AP) - Whatever happened to Walter Mondale9 Eight months ago he moved into the vice presidency, established what he called a perfect relationship with President Carter, and set off on trips to Europe and Japan as the President s highly visible emissary But m recent weeks, the vice president has nearly sunk from public view, so much so that at least one of his staff members worries that "in terms of strategy, it makes sense for Mondale to be a little more visible than he s been While Mondale takes pains to defer to the President, his staff members are mindful of his public image and the possibility that some oay he may run for the presidency himself, Close aides to the vice president say he is as busy as he has ever been m the Carter administration, but his activities — advising Carter attending Carter s meetings with foreign officials, quietly lobbying the Senate, and making out-of-town political speeches — are not likely to attract public attention What s happened to Walter Mondale? I don t know how many people are asking me that said said James Johnson, his executive assistant But the weeks since Labor Day have been the busiest three weeks since he came into office." In the international sphere. Mondale took part last week in meet ings Carter held with Egyptian Foreiqn Minister Ismail Fahmy, Israeli Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan, and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko With the President, Mondale has been urging his former col leagues m the Senate to support the Panama Canal treaty His much-heralded role in setting U S policy toward Africa has lessened to some extent, although he is still "keeping himself up to date on the African developments Johnson said. On domestic issues, Mondale announced the administration s proposal last week for expanded home rule for the Distnct of Columbia He is working with Carter on the administration's major tax revision plan, expected to be announced within two weeks. 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