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me lll U11 perxuu tin i^*lt;iseu gas ■et- prices. I LtAS OTHERS SEE US IOfficials of the LCRA liave I GARIete been meeting with customer I ill Ieen groups in an effort to explain I *w Ihis increases in the cost of energy Ilalf --increases cine primarily to Ihe the high price now' paid for fuel. Itwo Charles Herring joined Ped- Iemales Electric Cooperative IManager Torn Hutchison and ■itt, Assistant Manager Bennie |ixkI Euelberg in sessions recently I pAIMIice with customers and consumer I r MIIM Igroups in Wunberley, George- Itown and Leander. Ire- In recent months, the two I 48 Qand PEC managers liave attended I . .dr. more* than 30 meetings to talk I I tto with consumers about the high ILsit cost of electricity. They've dis- I r» uAen- covered that customers are I yaa agenerally willing to listen to the I YY rfacts and will usually accept I # # dand the reasons behind the high Iuf- costs once they understand Ire- them. They haven't tried to 1tin. convince anyone to enjoy his 1electric bill, and PEC hasn't 1rs. met anyone yet who does -- Iis- certainly Cooperative itself I pr p lt; of doesn’t like the high costs. Ithe Another meeting is set for I 32jr- March 31, between LCRA offi- Icers and tin* citizens and city I REGcouncil of San Marcos, one of I _ ^three cities where the Peder- I 3 OtnK nales provides retail service. ■Because customers strug- I REGgling with high electric bills I a a r”are often angry, the sessions I IvlChas occasionally aren't very plea- I ncr»who sant -- but it is thought that I •'EGakt* discussion serves an important I \kl /y in purpose. The task is to try I **d. to reach as many people as ■ ♦♦♦lt;a*nt possible, and if readers of tliese 1ion, newsletters have ideas about I 3 Clas, how it may be better done, Iand please let them know.
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Burnet County Bulletin

Burnet, Texas, US

Thu, Apr 17, 1975

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