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Mr. Reinhardt #5. / ml g fp^ Hsoa-€o4‘Be--baiek-.«,«€. trying to collect water bills for air conditioning artf^efrigeration service from consumers who had never been billed J&ts attempt .had. ever been made - %©- e©llee#i‘-f©r'"-'&i3i’S serv-ie-e. Item 5/Page 13. The Commission finds that the Las Vegas Land and Water Company should in equity reimburse those customers who have paid for service under the 1951 schedule of Rates #21 (effective Sept. 1, 1951) for cooling water ajad refrigeration machines. The amount collected for refrigeration and air conditioning / wA subsequent to Sept. 1, 1951 underRate #21 .dafto*^rf June 30, 1953 amounts to $2350.70 which includes $214-8.50 now being held in a separate water company account, the difference of $202.20 represents amount paid by consumers during the period Sept. 1, to Dec. 31, 1951. Referring to the last paragraph of the Commissions order on Page 17 which states that "the Las Vegas Land and Water Company is authorized to refund any overcharges and waive any under charges for this type of service which may have occurred prior to the effective date of this order", I believe that my comments under Items 2 to 5 inclusive of Commissions findings will furnish the information required by the above mentioned paragraph<?the-?0'&ffim-i-8'&l-oiBe&-~arder. It is my thought that the question as to whether refunds authorized by the Commission should or should not be made^should be ''decided by the legal department and executives of the Water Company.