15 Aug 1981
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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1981
Page
1
Amherst residents faced sharp increases across electric water and sewer bills after a new computerized billing system and fuel adjustment charges. Taylor cited higher fuel costs, leak losses, and a low city reserve as drivers. A council meeting was expected with residents lining the utility office and mayor's office flooded with calls.
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio and the Ohio Consumers' Counsel will jointly investigate Columbia Gas of Ohio over recent price increases that raise September bills by about 11 dollars for the average household. The move follows calls from Sen. Metzenbaum and Gov. Rhodes for a probe.
Senator Metzenbaum will ask the General Accounting Office to investigate Columbia Gas increase calculations and join the Ohio Consumers' Counsel in urging a Federal Regulatory Commission review. Governor Rhodes warns a 40 percent rise could hit Ohio homeowners, noting Columbia buys 8 percent from Ohio wells and sources 70 to 90 percent from southern regions with $7 to $8 per thousand cubic feet pricing.
U S Representative Don Pease of Oberlin leaves the Cleveland Clinic nine days after open heart surgery. He aims to rest and walk locally for recovery and plans to return to Washington for Congress when it resumes. He is confident of full improvement within three months.
Lake Avenue road work slows traffic and hurts sales as 25 to 75 percent declines hit area stores. CP Gilgenbach Co. leads a 1.6 million project widening Riyria Avenue and relocating utilities, with closures and limited access frustrating customers and drivers.
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