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Thursday, August 5, 1971
The Nyssa Gate City Journal, Nyssa, Oregon
Idaho Power Company
New Rates Effective
New Idaho Power Company
rates that increase the cost of
residential and farm home elec
tric service in eastern Oregon
by not more than about a nickel
a day--or less than the cost of
a postage stamp--are now In
effect.
Company president Albert
Carlsen, explaining the chief
features of the new rates, said
they became effective with
meter readings August 2. They
brought the utility's rates In
eastern Oregon up to the same
level as those in Idaho, where
new rates became effective last
January.
The rates conform with
changes authorized by the Ore
gon
Public Utility Com
missioner in an order granting
the company what Carlsen de
scribed as a "modest” ad
justment.
Marking only the third time
Idaho Power has asked for a
general rate boost in more than
a half-century of service, the
pates will increase its annual
revenues from eastern Oregon
customers by 5 1/2 percent.
Marking only the third time
Idaho Power has asked for a
general rate boost In more
than a half-century of service,
the rates will increase its annual
revenues from eastern Oregon
customers by 5 1/2 percent.
Carlsen declared that even
with the rate adjustment, elec
tric service in eastern Oregon
« ‘«still will be one of the lowest
cost items and biggest bargains
in our customers’ budgets.’’
i The company’s single new
rate for all residential and farm
home use, according to the uti
lity president, continues to be
“well below” the national ave
rage.
He said no residential-farm
home, or domestic customer
will have an increase in his bill
of more than $1.60 a month.
"That amounts to an increase
of about a nickel a day, which
is less than we pay now for a
first-class stamp to mail a let
ter,” Carlsen pointed out.
Under the new domestic rate,
the average user of electric heat
will pay an additional 77 cents
monthly—or slightly more than
two cents a day.
Carlsen said low “end” rates
continue
to
make
"real
bargains” of electric water
heating, electric heat and other
uses.
"More than three out of four
families,” he reported, “will
be able to add to their elec
tric use at kilowatt-hours costs
as low or lower than they were
paying before.”
He cited as an example the
company’s domestic customers
who use more than 400 kilowatt-
hours of electricity in a month.
After using their first 400
kilowatt-hours, they have a block
of 500 kilowatt-hours available
at a low 9-mill rate.
This
means that the average cust
omer who uses an electric water
heater will be able to heat his
water for the same cost as
before the rate adjustment.
For all use above 900 kilo
watt-hours, Carlsen said, do
mestic customers will pay 1.21
cents. The 1.21-centstepofthe
rage is a reduction of 3.3 per
cent from the former 1.25 -cent
"all-electric” rate.
The utility president said
rates for most of the com
pany's commercial, irrigation,
large power and institutional
customers represent increases
of about 5 1/2 percent.
He invited the company’s
eastern Oregon customers to
obtain copies of the new rate
schedules at local Idaho Power
offices.
SOLV ASKS PUBLIC
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Brammer Car Wrecked In Woodburn Crash
Work Smarter - Not Harder
UPHOLSTERY LOOKING A
bit tired? Dirt dulls colors.
You can clean most upholstery
at home, using a shampoo made
especially for upholstery.
First vacuum thoroughly, then
remove stains with a grease
spot remover or liquid deter
gent. Work in a well-ventilated
room.
Test the upholstery
shampoo on an inconspicuous
spot for colorfastness, applying
the foam with a sponge or soft
brush, using a circular motion.
Avoid overwetting the fabric.
Go over the area two or three
times with a clean damp cloth
to remove suds and soil. Con
tinue cleaning a small area'll
a time overlapping areas to
prevent streaks.
You’ll find some shampoos
that don't need rinsing. Just
allow to dry, then vacuum. Be
sure to read the directions.
Vinyl upholstery can be
cleaned with a sudsy sponge,
then rinsed.
If you have hard-to-remove
stains, ask your county Exten
sion office for a free bulletin,
‘‘Longer Life for Rugs and Up
holstery.”
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This is the car of Mr. and Mrs. Ted Brammer, wrecked
when they collieded with a southbound Southern Pacific
freight train Sunday afternoon, July 25 at Woodburn.
At press time Wednesday Salem Memorial Hospital re-
ported that Arlene is in good condition, and Ted in fair
condition. She suffered pelvic injuries, and he head injuries.
The picutre is courtesy of the Woodburn Independent.
William Schireman. Mrs. John
Stam and Mrs. Leo Gonyer
TO AVOID LITTER
brought flower arrangements
Garden Club
for discussion.
Members will assist Purple
Town and County GardenClub
Litter and vandalism take
Sage Garden Club in register
met
Monday
for
brunch
and
their greatest toll during the
ing flowers in that department
summer months, according to business meeting with Mrs.
Garnett E. Cannon, president
of SOLV, Inc., (STOP OREGON
LITTER
AND VANDALISM)
who pleaded today with all Ore
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be especially conscious of out
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For the most part, littering
is a form of involuntary vanda
lism, yet costs the state of
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Oregon over $2 million annually
just for clean up, Cannon said.
All SOLV members urge Ore
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gonians and Oregon visitors to
consciously remind themselves,
when outdoors this summer and
fall, that it is not an impossible
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dream that littering and vanda
lism can be curbed.
“SOLV,” Cannon said, “is
dedicated to improving the
quality of life in Oregon, as
both catalyst and clearing house,
by which and through which,
social awareness, desire and*
habit, built on education, ex
ample and pride, can help
prevent vandalism, littering and
other forms of involuntary van
dalism.”
Town And Country
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Mrs. John Stam was recently
installed Assistant Director of
District 11.
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