The Raleigh Register from Beckley, West Virginia • Page 30

32--Raleigh Register, Beckley. W. Wednesday Afternoon, January 12. 1977 High-Volume Users Curtailed First Sfofe Residents Protected From Gas Cuts CHARLESTON (UPI) West Virginia residents have a double wall of protection between their homes and a cutback in natural gas supplies. Small industrial users of gas, then commercial users would a a i a a residential users.

A a i a a spokesman says that, so far, the current curtailment policy in West Virginia does not even include small industrial users. High volume users of industrial gas in West Virginia have been curtailed by Columbia Gas. a a a Clarksburg, and Equitable Gas of Pittsburgh. "I foresee any tailments of gas to our residential customers, although we dp ask them to conserve gas on their own by keeping their thermostats at 67 degrees," said Kenneth Smith, Charleston district manager for Columbia Gas of West Virginia. "In a our West Virginia curtailment policy, we haven't gotten into small in- dustrial users at a Smith added.

If further curtailments become necessary, Smith said, small industrial users and then commercial users would be cut back before residential users affected. categories are affected depends on what happens during the next three weeks. Smith said. Since March is the last month of winter allotments and Columbia Gas must allow 30 days notice of a curtailment. Feb.

1st is the last possible date to announce curtailments this winter. Smith explained. Continued cold weather or cut- a i a by i suppliers could cause additional curtailments, but Smith said the company doesn't anticipate any at the present time. Columbia Gas has curtailed its large volume users about as much as possible, Smith said. However, two other gas companies serving West i i i a a a i allotments to large volume users in the last two days.

Equitable Gas of Pittsburgh announced Tuesday it. will increase Westinghouse Electric in Fairmont from a 10 percent curtailment level to 14 percent, and a a i i Buckhannon from 13 percent to 16 percent. D.C. Alcorn. manager of in- i a a services for i a attributed the additional curtailments to extreme- ly cold weather, continued cutbacks in gas from two southwest pipeline suppliers and a reduction in deliveries from Equitable's strikebound producing subsidiary in Kentucky.

a a Gas Co. in Clarksburg has announced cut-', backs on gas supplied to a dozen high volume consumers. Rahall Set To Speak CHARLESTON' (UPI) West Virginia's newest congressman, Nick Joe Rahall, will dine tonight at a testimonial dinner of the West Virginia Surface Mining and Reclamation Association. Rahall captured the Fourth District post last ousting fellow Democrat Ken Hechler. who was relegated to a i in campaign after a failing bid to become governor in the i a election.

Hechler. who represented the eight county district for 18 years, has long been a thorn in the side of the surface mining industry and had attempted to outlaw it with federal legislation. His successor is a business executive from Beckley. who takes a moderate stand on the issue. Rahall, 27, will be a guest speaker when the strippers present their annual "Coal Man of the Year" award to James H.

"Buck" Harless. president of Lvnn Land Co. in Gilbert. Hits New Peak Power failures at the Raleigh Mall, Lanark and Stanaford did not prevent Appalachian Power Co. from recording a new record peak demand of 4,239,000 kilowatts Tuesday.

The power failures, blamed on ice weighing down wires and shorting them together, hit the area at 6:20 p.m. Power was restored to most areas between 10 p.m. and 1 a.m. today, according to Line and Station. Supervisor Kyle Ellison Sr.

The new peak demand, recorded for the hour ending 10 a.m., broke the old record of 4,193.000 kilowatts established Dec. 2L according to an APCO spokesman. APCO's executive vice president, John W. Vaughan, pointed out that the peak was attained when the coal industry demand was less and many school systems and industries were shut down. GOOD THRU MS-77 RESERVE THE RIGHT TO LIMIT QUANTITIES RESPONSIILE FOR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS Whole Fryers CUT UP PAN READY Fryers 45 Bologna Mtg.

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