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billing, and an adjustment was made the following month. Another witness testified as to the charges made against him for electricity during the period August, 1945> to February, 1946. A councilman of the city of Winnemucea 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 he 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 hearing 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 thsy are believed to be correct. Witness stated that, to his knowledge, the city of Winnemucea 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 stand­by 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 - - 4 -