increasing the rate of discount from 50 per cent. to 663 per cent. on the regular charge of 15 cents per kilowatt. From March 1, 1906, the Suffolk Gas and Electric Light Company of Bay Shore established a discount of 10 per cent. from its regular rate of 20 cents per kilowatt for cash if paid within ten days. The Troy Gas Company reduced its maximum rate June 1, 1906, from 16 cents to 15 cents per kilowatt. The Utica Gas and Electric Company on October 5, 1906, extended the existing contract for lighting the streets of Utica with arc lights for five years from January 1, 1907, at $56 per arc lamp as against $109.50, the price stipulated in the present contract. The company further stipulated that if at any time during the extension of the contract the stipulated rate was reduced by the Commission that the company would abide by it. This action was taken pursuant to the recommendations of an exhaustive report made by members of the common council, reciting the action of the Commission in the Syracuse Lighting Company case, and giving the result of investigations at Syracuse, Rochester, Buffalo and Niagara Falls. Estimated saving for full term of contract, $206,242.50. The Saranac Lake Light, Heat and Power Company, June 1, 1906, made a new rate of 15 cents per kilowatt-hour for an equivalent of 50 hours burning per month for each lamp installed, with 6 cents per kilowatt-hour for the excess. The former rate was 15 cents for an equivalent of 70 hours and 6 cents for the excess. The Montgomery Electric Light and Power Company, lighting the villages of Canajoharie and Palatine, reduced the price of electric current to small consumers from 12 cents to 10 cents per kilowatt-hour, September 1, 1906. The Ellenville Electric Light Company reduced its rate April 1, 1906, from 17 cents per kilowatt-hour to 15 cents, with a rate to factories of 9 cents per kilowatt-hour. All bills over $5 are entitled to a discount as follows: $5, 5 per cent.; $10, 10 per cent., etc. The Rochester Railway and Light Company entered into a new contract, September 15, 1906, for five years for the care, maintenance and lighting of the city's electric street lamps from July 1, 1907, to July 1, 1912. Under the prior contract the price per night for 2,712 single arc lamps was 21 cents or about $78.50 per year. There were also in use 495 lights hung in pairs for which the company was receiving 184 cents each per night, or $66.61 per year, making the total number of arc lights paid for by the city, 3,209. It was estimated that the average number of lamps of the different classes for the five-year period would be as follows: Underground circuit in pairs on iron poles Underground circuit single lamps on iron poles. 500 500 2600 200 32-candle-power incandescents were provided for in the new contract as against none in the old. The prices submitted by the company were as follows: This amounted to a saving of $60,505 per year, or $302,525 for the five-year period. The city of Oneida has made a new contract with the Empire State Power Company for public are lighting at $37.50 per arc light. Under the old contract with the Madison County Gas and Electric Company the price was $66 for one o'clock service. The new service is for all night to begin January 1, 1907. The Tonawanda Power Company, lighting Tonawanda and North Tonawanda, reduced the price for commercial lighting December 1, 1905, as follows: From, resident incandescent lighting 15 cents per kilowatt with 20 per cent. discount, and 12 cents per kilowatt for commercial incandescent lighting, discount 10 per cent. To, 10 cents per kilowatt for resident and commercial incandescent lighting, with discount of 10 per cent. Or, a sliding scale at the option of the customer of 12 cents to 6 cents per kilowatt with 10 per cent. discount. The Oneonta Light and Power Company will January 1, 1907, reduce the price of electricity from 15 to 10 cents per kilowatt, minimum charge $1.00 per month. The East Creek Electric Light and Power Company, supplying electric light for the village of St. Johnsville, reduced the price of electric current for lighting August 1, 1906, from 10 cents to 8 cents per kilowatt-hour. Keeseville Electric Company November 1, 1905, reduced the price of electric current to customers consuming more than 50,000 watts per month to one-half the base rate of 12 and 10 cents per kilowatt. The Chatham Electric Light, Heat and Power Company entered into a new contract with the village of Chatham, which went into effect February 1, 1906, by which one 4.25 ampere arc lamp at $70 and six 6 ampere lamps at $85 each, replaced one 3 ampere lamp at $54 and six 4.25 ampere lamps at $75 each. 115 25 candle-power incandescents under the new contract were furnished at $1.30 per month instead of $1.083; 16 16-candle-power lights for village purposes were furnished free. About December 30, 1905, the Rome Gas, Electric Light and Power Company reduced the price of power from a sliding rate with a maximum of 8 cents per kilowatt-hour and minimum of 3 cents, to the following: .02565 per h. p. hour. .024125 per h. p. hour. per h. p. hour. .0225 .013125 per h. p. hour. .013125 per h. p. hour. .0125 per h. p. hour. 3,000 to 4,000 h. p. hours.. 17,000 to 18,000 h. p. hours. 18,000 to 19,000 h. p. hours.. 19,000 to 20,000 h. p. hours... With a discount of 5 per cent. if paid before the 10th of the month. A new contract for the lighting of Ballston Spa by the Ballston Spa Light and Power Company went into effect December 1, 1906. 218 25-candle-power incandescent lamps are furnished at $15 from one-half hour after sunset to one hour before sunrise. Under the old contract the rate was as follows: For 54 lamps from one-half hour after sunset until one hour before sunrise, $22 per annum, and 164 lamps until 3 a. m., $18 per annum. The Yonkers Electric Light and Power Company January 1, 1906, reduced the price of city lighting to the municipal buildings of the city of Yonkers from 15 cents per kilowatt-hour for the first two hours average daily use of the total connected capacity, 10 cents for the 3rd and 4th hours and 5 cents for excess average daily use, to the flat rate of 10 cents per kilowatthour. This rate was not applicable, however, to commercial lighting. The Montgomery Electric Light and Power Company renewed a contract which expires April 15, 1907, for street arc lighting in Canajoharie at $66.67 per annum per arc lamp, for five years from that date at $50 per arc lamp. The Edison Electric Light and Power Company of Amsterdam reduced the price of commercial lighting April 20, 1906, from a sliding scale for lighting varying from 12 cents per kilowatt-hour to 6 cents per kilowatt-hour according to consumption, to a rate of 5 cents per kilowatt-hour less 10 per cent discount, with a rate of 33 cents per kilowatt-hour for large installations consuming in excess of 1000 kilowatts per month. The city of Amsterdam has entered into a new contract with the Edison Electric Light and Power Company for lighting the public streets at the rate of $39.50 per lamp per year where the lamp is served from aerial lines, and $51.00 per lamp per year where the lamp is served by the underground system. Under the former contract the rate was $68.99 per lamp per year for 2000-candle-power lamps on an all night schedule. Beginning with January, 1906, the Malone Light and Power Company reduced the rate of 12 cents per kilowatt-hour for bills of less than 25 kilowatt-hours per month, to 10 cents, the rate previously charged on a monthly consumption exceeding that amount, and the meter rent of 20 cents per month on bills of less than $3 was also abolished. The Kingston Gas and Electric Company January 1, 1906, reduced the rate for metered power service from 8 cents per kilo watt with a discount of 10 to 25 per cent., to 7 cents per kilowatthour on a consumption not exceeding 50 kilowatt-hours per month and from 200 k. w. hours per month... 5.6 cents per k. w. hour. 200 to 1000 k. w. hours per month... 4.9 cents per k. w. hour. ́ 1000 to 2000 k. w. hours per month... 4.2 cents per k. w. hour. 2000 k. w. hours upward per month... 3.5 cents per k. w. hour. with a discount of 10 per cent. on all bills exceeding 50 kilowatthours per month. The Northern Westchester Lighting Company after February 1, 1906, allowed to customers in Ossining and Croton discounts of 10 to 20 per cent. as follows: 10 per cent. on bills under $10. Prior to that time no discount had been allowed on the rate of 20 cents per kilowatt-hour. Geneseo Gas Light Company reduced the rate July 1, 1906, from 1 cent per ampere-hour (equivalent to 20 cents per kilowatthour) to 12 cents per kilowatt-hour for incandescent lighting. Beginning January 1, 1907, the Schenectady Illuminating Company established the following rates: A new power rate was also established, namely: a sliding scale from 7 cents to 3 cents per kilowatt-hour, depending upon consumption per horse power of installation. A cash discount of 10 per cent. is also allowed. The minimum charges on lighting installations will remain as heretofore. The minimum charges under the power rate will be $1.00 per month each, installations of 1 and 2 horse-power capacity, on installations above 2 horse-power the minimum charge will be 50 cents per horse power per month. The former rates were 15 cents per kilowatt-hour with cash discounts of 10 to 50 per cent., according to consumption, and a special rate of 10 cents per kilowatt-hour with discounts of 10 to 50 per cent. on a contract of guaranteed consumption. |