“gha's as the communities in.the interior

‘expanded |. —* so: did‘ Inland.” : The

: availability of low'cost; high efficiency

natural gas, assisted. in ‘that growth.
“Inland, activated its. 50,000th
197

in. 6:and a short eight
years later, its “100,000th’ customer.
Now on the threshold of further ex-

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corporate ‘citizen in” provincial ac-
tivities and in municipalities where it
provides natural gas service.

The ‘price of natural gas to con-
sumers. throughout: Inland’s service

area. has ‘escalated dramatically-over

the last few years. Most of these price
have been beyond Inland’s

the as.
recognized . asa leading utility in

"Canada:

The basic objectives of Inland over
the: years || have never changed: The
fed“ to. making

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eosin thes growth me the-B. c interior.

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the ‘highest ethical dard:

natural‘ gas “available. to as many
British:,,;Columbia:‘ households as

fF economically -possible, and. at the

same: time. providing. safe, * efficient

~ service atthe lowest possible rates.

q ‘at

“Inland “is

“control and have come about ‘as a

result of increases in -the. wholesale
cost: of gas: to. Inland and ‘various
government taxes. Inland’s. cost: ‘of
service to consumers : (regulated: .by
the B.C. Utilities. Commission, ex-
cluding increases beyond ‘‘Inland’s
control), has changed ‘little since we
started business in .1957.~Even: with
wholesale cost ‘and’ various. tax in-

creases, natural gas continues to offer.

aclean, d dable form of energy.at

in-the

was :-well:f

of its affairs; and to bea goed

:retal
changed very little ‘since. the. insugura®

n of service in‘1957 :'Price incre:
97;

electricity in most of our service area.

ly half the price-of oil and ©