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? ’ 1946. A councilman of the city of Winneraucca testified with regard to the monthly charge of $372.40 against the city for fire protection service. Witness requests a reduction in rate for this type of service. The local manager of the California- Pacific Utilities Company testified as to the mechanism of the meters used by his company; how electric consumption is registered in kilowatt hours, recordings on printed forms of meter readings by employees•and computation of domestic, lighting, heating, cooking and water heater rates. Meter readers are instructed to contact consumer when unusually high monthly readings occur, and determine, if possible, the reason for the unusual billing. Meters were tested at the homes of three of the four complainants who appeared at this hear' ing and same were found to be in good condition. A careful check has been made by the company of the billings against the Humboldt County General Hospital for the years 1946 and 1947, and they are believed to be correct. Witness stated that, to his knowledge, the city of Winneraucca has not been charged, and has not paid, for water furnished for flushing the sewers since the present owners have started operations. The last billing against the city for water used in the sprinkling of the city streets was in the year 1945. Since August, 1944, the utility has operated the stand-by electric plant forty-eight times for a total of 126 hours and seven minutes to provide service when insufficient power was delivered by the Sierra Pacific Power Company. The Vice President and Treasurer of the California-Pacific Utilities Company introduced several exhibits which contain operational statistics for the electric and water departments since the property was acquired in 1944. Electric Department Gross revenues for the five months period August 1 - December 31, 1944, years 1945 ~ 6 and 7 were $34,082.47; $93,724.IS; $113,122.01 and $135,934.33, respectively. Operating expenses - not including federal income taxes - amounted to $27,433.33 in 1944; $66,714.78 in 1945; -4-