Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 198, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 August 1915 — Utilities Commission Approves 8-Cent Light Rate for Rensselaer. [ARTICLE]

Utilities Commission Approves 8-Cent Light Rate for Rensselaer.

The public utilities commission has given its approval to a request made by the city of Rensselaer, at the direction of the mayor and council, for a reduction in the kilowat rate for lights from 10 to 8 cents. The rate will probably be put in force at once. When the meter system of charging was adopted the rate was established as experimental and the' has decided to *make the reduction after determining by experience that it is a reasonable business reduction. This means that all lights above the 75-cent minimum will be given a 20 per cent reduction.