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WEDNESDAY, DEC. 18, 1946

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

% Are gas rates in Indianapolis as low as they should be? How do they compare with gas rates in other cities ? These are logical and fair questions, affecting the pocketbook of every gas user

in Indianapolis. Let’s take a look at the facts.

T. SIMPLEST WAY to compare rates is to use the federal Power Commission’s report on Typical Gas Bills. This report compares gas rates on a therm basis (a therm is 100,000 b.t.u.’s or heat units, and heat units are what gas customers actually buy). Thus, gas rates can be compared on a uniform basis, even though various cities serve gas with different heat values, ranging from 500 to 1000 b.t.u.’s per cubic foot.

The Federal Power Commission reports on three groups of average users: 10 therms a month, or where only ene gas appliance is in use; 25 therms a month, where two gas appliances are used; and 100 therms a month, usually in homes where gas heats the house. Let's make a comparison between cities using manufactured gas:

MANUFACTURED GAS CITIES:

Indpls.

Monthly Use Lowest City rate { rate

Highest City rate =. Indianapolis | ‘Spokane, Wash. 10 therms $1.49 $4 | S14

Duluth, Minn. | Jacksonville, Fla. $3.33 $6.77

| 3 13 997

25 therms Miami, Florida

Birmingham, Ala, | 7 $23.60

100 therms

In the 10 therm bracket—covering by far the largest number of gas users in Indianapolis—the Gas Utility's rates age the LowEsT in the country among manufactured gas cities. Indianapolis’ gas rates compare favorably with the lowest rates in the 25 and 100 therm brackets, too. In fact, Indianapolis is fourth in the list of the 25 therm group and third in the list of 100 therm rates.

A comparison of gas rates in different cities brings to light the simple fact that gas rates vary greatly. Be it manufactured, mixed or natural gas, — individual circumstances like freight rates, pumping costs, financial obligations, etc., enter into the picture. Let us now compare the rates in Indianapolis with cities using natural gas. ’

NATURAL GAS CITIES:

. { vilie 5 owes C3 i : : i: Indpls. Use. | Lowest City rate | Highest City rate Tate | Huntington, W.Va, Phoenix, Ariz. 1 49 10 the rms | $0.23 $2.27 $ . | Huntington, W.Va, Decatur, 111. 3 13 25 therms | $0.56 $4.65 . | Huntington, W.Va. | Cedar Rapids, Ia. g 97 100 therms $2.26 $10.20 .

This comparison with natural gas rates shows that some cities have higher rates than Indianapolis and that many cities using natural gas have lower rates than Indianapolis; but it Dogs Not SHow that natural gas in Indianapolis would necessarily mean rates comparable to the lowest natural gas rates in the report.

It must always be kept in mind that service improvement expenses, costs of expansion, bond obligations and other expenses that were and still are necessary to keep pace with a rapidly growing city must be added to the cost of gas, thus producing the end rate which the customer pays. Gas rates in Indianapolis are as favorable as it is possible to make them, consistent with the obligations to gas users and the bond holders. (More about these obligations in a later ad).

Two rate reductions were made in 1936, cutting the rate 10¢ per thousand cubic feet at the top of the rate schedule. Step rales were established, gradually dropping the rate as the use of gas increased. House heating rates were reduced one-third. Industrial rates were made attractive and competitive with other fuels. In 1946 alone this means a saving of over 144 million dollars to users of gas, based on today’s gas consumption.

Stop and consider the increase in price of practically everything you buy today as compared to ten years ago. Things the Gas Utility buys to conduct its business have increased in price, too. Service trucks, automobiles, tools, gas mains, gas meters — to mention a few—are higher in price. Coal costs in ten years have increased 467, wages are 1029; higher than they were in 1936—and it takes almost a third more employees to handle the increased gas load, than were on the payroll ten years ago. Gas rates have remained constant since the two rate reductions, in spite of these increased costs of operation and in/spite of the heavy costs of keeping pace with a rapidly growing city.

Indianapolis need not be ashamed of its gas rates. The gas rates are fair. Gas rates in Indianapolis represent a fair charge for gas; they provide enough money to finance the rapid expansion that is necessary to serve a growing city—to meet financial obligations—to provide good service. (Watch this newspaper for the next ad in this series, discussing the question of taxes: “How much taxes should the Gas Utility pay?”)

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