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THE !MICHIGAN DAILY
Wednesday, July 28, 1976
Natural gas prices may increase
W A S 11 I N G T O N (P) -
The Federal Power Commis-
sion established new price ceil-
ings for the nation's natural
gas yesterday, handing con-
sumers the prospect of higher
gas bills almost immediately.
FPC staff studies indicated
average residential gas bills
would increase during the next
year as a result of the commis-
sion's action.
NATIONWIDE, the commis-
sion said, the total cost of the
price hike will be about $1.52
billion, adding about $15.60 to
the average annual residential
bill.
But actual consumer impact
will vary, depending on the
amount of gas used and the lo-
cation.
For example, the FPC said
the average gas bill in Florida
may be increased as little at
$5.20 per year while in Ohio it
ma increase about $23.14.
PROVIDING A few local com-
parisons, the FPC said the av-
erage homeowner in Boston
would have paid about $288.36
for a year's supply of gas at
the previous price but would
pay about $299.93 at the new
prices, a one-year increase of
$11.57, or about 4 per cent.
A Washington, D. C., resi-
dential user would find his bill
increased about $12.35 or 5.3
per cent, to a new high of
$245.10, a lower total than his
Boston counterpart because of
Washington's milder weather
and lower heating requirement.
The commission estimated
that average residential gas
bills would be increased about
$11.70 per year in New York
state; $10.40 in California;
$17.81 in Pennsylvania and
$21.45 in Illinois.
THE INCREASES will stem
from the FPC's decision to raise
the nationwide ceiling price on
natural gas sold by producers
to interstate pipelines from the
previous 52 cents per 1,000
cubic feet to a new top of $1.42,
nearly triple the old price.
And the commission also
applied an automatic increase
of one cent every three months
on top of the new price ceiling.
Commissioner Don Smith
dissented from the majority
decision, charging that the au-
tomatic increases, applied over
the length of a new gas contract
actually means that the com-
mission has approved a price
ceiling which in fact will av-
erage $1.63 per thousand cubic
feet ,not $1.42.
SMITH SAID such a rate is
too high.
"The rate is not cost jus-
tified," said Smith, "and not
only do cost factors fails to sup-
port it, they indicate that a low-
er rate level is more appro-
priate."
A spokesman for Energy Ac-
tion, a citizen consumer group,
said the FPC decision would be
challendge perhaps both in
court and by petition to the
FPC itself.
CITY NOTICE
Attention Voters from
Ward 1, Precinct 2, South Quad
Your POLLING PLACE for the August 3, 1976, primary
election has been moved from South Quad to
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Wednesday, July 28, 1976
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