Class Rates for Light and Power Systems or Territories

The author offers arguments in support of the principle of establishing uniform rates throughout a system or territory for different classes of service. In establishing the rates he segregates the services into eight different classes and divides the rates into energy and demand charges; the energy charges being those charges which increase with the kilowatt-hours supply and the demand charges being proportional to the peak demands of the different classes. By establishing similar rates for similar services throughout a territory any appearance of discrimination is avoided and a sliding scale of rates will take care of quantity consumption.