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n The GaliJb rnia-Pacific Utilities Company has been furnishing electric power and water service to the city of Winnemucca since July 31, 1944, when the physical property of the Western States Utilities Company was acquired. Practically all of the electric power is purchased from the Sierra Pacific Power Company. Present rates are as follows: Electric: . Domestic lighting, heating and cooking. 1st 12 K.W.H. $1.00minimum per month. Next 23 K.W.H. at 6.6 cents per K.W.H. Next 65 K.W.H. n 4*0 cents per K.W.H. Next 200 K.W.H. * 3.0 cents per K.W.H. Over 300 K.W.H. t B 2.0 cents per K.W.H. Customers using water heaters receive a rate of 1.5 cents per K.W.H. for the first 300 K.W.H. and 1.25 cents per K.W.H. for the next 400 K.W.H. in excess of 200 K.W.H. per month. Water: Domestic - First 1,500 cubic feet at 13.5 Next 2,500 cents per 100 cubic feet cubic feet at 10.0 cents per 100 cubic feet All additional at 6.0 cents per 100 cubic feet Commercial - First 2,500 cubic feet at 13.5 cents per 100 cubic feet Next 2,500 cubic feet at 11.0 cents per 100 cubic feet All additional at 8.0 cents per 100 cubic feet Municipal - Fire protection service, $372.40 per month for all hydrants. Street Sprinkling service, $ .25 per load. Sewer flushing, i 70.50 per mo. for 1st 460,000 gals. Additional, 12.5 cents per 1,000 gals. At the hearing a member of the Humboldt General Hospital Board testified that the Hospital Board had withheld payment of the June and July, 1947., electric and water bills until a test of the meters had been taken. The Board was of the opinion that the charges for the months of June and July, 1947, should be lower than for the same months of 1946 as some of the equipment had been disconnected and the amount of business done at the hospital was considerably lower than for the same period cf the previous year. Bills were subsequently paid after the utility refused to make an adjustment claiming that a test showed the meters were registering the accurate consumption of electricity and water flow. 2 -