2 eR ers PUBLIC NOTICE PAGE 10 ~*- What You Pay, What You Get ~*~ Cin groups around the country are trying to change the discriminatory and wasteful rate struc- tures used by electric utilities, such as Kansas Gas and Electric, Kansas Power and Light, and Kansas City Power and Light. Following are some of the ideas that groups are coming up with to make utility rates more equitable and more representative of the cost of energy used... EQUALIZED, OR FLAT RATE STRUCTURES: Under 100 KWH's, 1.8 cents per KWH for the next 100 KWH's, andonup. This type of rate structure would especially encourage industry to conserve energy. LIFELINE RATES: Lifeline service would guarantee a minimum amount of electricity required for basic needs at a low, constant monthly cost. For example, you would receive 400 KWH's per month at a max- : imum charge of $10.00. This would not be affected by rises in fuel costs or rate increases. This type of reform is especially important to low-income users this system, everyone would pay the same amount per who might soon see electricity priced right out of KWH no matter how much or how little electricty is used, While residential, commercial and industrial users might continue to pay three different rates, there would be no preferential cheaper rates within these three divisions. If you used twice as much electricity as your neighbor, you would pay twice as much, INVERTED RATE STRUCTURE: The way rates are ‘set up now, the more electricity you use, the less you pay per KWH. Under inverted rates, the more electricity you use, the more you would pay per KWH. So, you might pay 1.5 cents per KWH for the first Wf Cyan we expect utility companies to willingly limit their own profits out of concern for the health, saftey and pocketbooks of Kansans? Right now, the three largest utilities in the state, Kansas Power and Light, Kansas City Power and Light, and Kansas Gas and Electric, are investor (or privately) owned. The companies are owned by their stockholders, who en- joy a state-granted monopoly to supply energy to cer- tain sections of the state, Investor-owned utilities’ first priority is to increase their stockholders pro- fits our energy needs take a back seat. By eliminating the investor-owned system of energy production, and thereby the utilities’ growth-at-any - cost logic, Kansans could take a first step towards cheaper power. Replacing the profit-first logic with a rational plan for the use of our limited natural re- sources is essential. One such plan is called Public Power. One of the first steps which could be taken under Pub- lic Power would be the redesign of rate structures so that everyone is paying the actual cost of the produc- tion of energy. Once rate structures are reformed to their reach. PEAK LOAD PRICING: During the summer months, utilities experience peak load, or maximum demand (due primarily to air-conditioning). When this hap- pens, utilities must put into service less efficient (and therefore more costly) electric plants to meet this peak load. The usual reason utilities give for building new plants is that their peak load has in- creased, Peak load pricing involves raising the rates during those months when utilities are experiencing their peak loads. This system would discourage the there Is an answer THE CHOICE IS OURS towards more human labor, rather than dependency upon machines), then we will see that we dont need any more large nuclear power facilities. Nuclear excessive use of electricity during periods of great- est demand, and hopefully reduce the demand for new electric plants. However, if this increased rate were applied only to residential users, it would re- sult in even more discriminatory rates than present- ly exist. ELIMINATION OF THE FUEL ADJUSTMENT CLAUSE: The Fuel Adjustment Clause allows an electric utility to pass on rising fuel costs to its cus- tomers without filing for a rate increase. Some groups that are working to have the Fuel Adjustment Clause eliminated think that the Clause gives utilities the chance to get around the regulatory process, The Clause also reduces a utility's incentive to minimize costs. These are just a few of the plans that energy groups across the country are working on. Would you like to see one or more of them working in Lawrence ? You can contact the Peoplés Energy Project if you would like more information about it. You can also start talking to your friends and neighbors about these ideas. It's probably the best way we can begin to make some changes... it be in coal, gas, oil, Or uranium. More rational technologies could be pursued that would procure safe power for everyone. Energy production could be de- centralized by using solar and wind technologies to heat and cool our homes, Our "energy experts" have not bothered with these resources up to now, because they could not bottle up the sun and sell it. Since Pub- 1i€ Power would be more concerned with human needs, it could favor a balanced system of energy production, one which would promote conservation instead of waste, while combing all the potential alternatives for a better way to produce power in the public inter’- est. Best of all, no new laws are needed to legally reform power is a total waste of our money, since these plants the system of energy production in Kansas, A simple are proving unworkable, and threaten the health and safety of people throughout the state. Here again, the stockholders need for a profit overrides the glar- ing need for safe, thrifty and cheap power. The greatest benefit of Public Power to a community such as Lawrence would be its inventiveness. Policy could be formulated by all sectors of society in town, reflect the true cost of energy production, and we con- instead of business and industrial interest being the centrate on conserving the energy we produce (through home, business, and factory insulation, and a drive only groups with input. No longer would we welcome addiction to the major oil company holdings, whether sess eegce@eeasa ieee a rs «beads of all e descriptions» armadillo bead co. eesnces sc 2 ent n nan ne ee ee 8 8 eS 8 8 8 en ne ee ee TVUUCUEReCUeUUUUUBeeapeaeasaas a ere ee 0-0-0-0,0.0 0 0 0 5 600 0,0,6 eos ececeasea sas BOX 114 |) ea MON.-FRI. 7:30-5:00 SATURDAYS 10:00-1:00 aewe) WHAT DO YOU THINK? What do you think ? That's a question that isn't asked of anyone much anymore. Our society has become so complex, so jumbled with numbers, letters, wires, plans and dia- to turn things around a bit. 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