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to snow mat we are not aione in the request for higher rates, the Tennessee Valley Authority, according to the Federal Power Commission, since June 1966 has increased its unit price of electricity 107 per cent through June 1974. This compares to the increase of 45.5 per cent in the average unit cost of electricity to Vepco’s residential customers from 1966 through December 1974. This comparison includes the fossil fuel adjustment but does not take into account the utility tax imposed on the customer’s bill by localities in Virginia for which Vepco does not receive one cent for collecting.

On...attached sheets we have compiled certain information which is often requested by our consumers concerning, (1) rate increases or decreases by the State Corporation Commission to Vepco since 1948: (2) the cost per kilowatthour in 1948 and the cost since then; (3) the average niimber of kilowatthours used per residential customer in 1948 and the usage since then; (4) the net profit of

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