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Seminar on Drugs, Alcohol, Pregnancy

COURT HOUSE - A seminar for perinatal health professionals, entitled "Drags, Alcohol and the Pregnant Woman", will be held at the county Health Department's Crest Haven complex here Oct. 5. The program will open with registration at 8:30 a.m. and continue throughout the day. It is aimed at nurses, doctors, social workers and any • others involved in maternity services and prenatal care. ^ .

THE SEMINAR is spon sored by the Cape May County Council on Alcoholism with the state Department of Health, Division of Narcotics and Drug Abuse, Division of Alcholism, Division of Communtiy Health Services Maternal and Child Health Program, and the N.J. Task Force on Fetal Alchol Syndrome. For further information, call Carol Kaslander, 292-0729, or Dr. James F. -Huber, 465-2282

TV Courses At Library

COURT HOUSE - Earning college credits can be as simple as going to the library — the County Library here, that is — Commission For Chatburn OCEAN CITY - Timothy Chatburn, son of Mary E. Chatburn of 945 Asbury Ave., has been commissioned an Army second lieutenant upon completion of the ROTC advanced camp at Fort Bragg, N.C. Chatburn is a recent graduate of East Stroudsburg University, Pa.

under a new program of college by television this fall at Atlantic Community College. ACC will offer eight telecourses, including: Cultural Anthropology; Introduction to Business; Marketing Management; The New Literacy (a computer class), The Constitution; That Delicate Balance; Heritage: Civilization and the Jews; Oceanus: the Marine Environment and Principles of Sociology. The courses are available for viewing by appointment at the library on Mechanic Street. Students must register by Sept. 10. For additional information, call 625-1111 or 646-4950.

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NOTICE OF FILING OF PROPOSED RATE INCREASE AND CHANGE IN DEPRECIATION RATES AND PUBLIC HEARING ALL PARTIES ARE INVITED TO ATTEND AND PRESENT THEIR VIEWS AND ASK QUESTIONS IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF SOUTH JERSEY GAS COMPANY FOR APPROVAL OF INCREASRATES AND CHARGES FOR GAS SERVICE AND FOR AUTHORITY TO CHANGE THE RATES FOR DEPRECIATION CURRENTLY BEING USED AND MAKE OTHER TARIFF REVISIONS B.P.U. DOCKET NO. 843-184 O.A.L. DOCKET NO. PUC 2695-84 1 ! TO OUR CUSTOMERS: Notice is hereby given that on March 30, 1984, South Jersey Gas Company ( Company) filed a Petition with the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (Board) in Docket No. 843-184, together with revised tariff sheets containing increased rates for gas service and other revised tarns and conditions, and a proposed change in its depreciation rates. The changes were proposed to become effective for service rendered on and after November l, 1984 as to the Company's Cape May Division and on and after July 1, 1984, for the balance of the Company's service territory or at such later date as the Board may determine Based upon the Company's total projected operating revenues, per books, for the twelve months ended June 30, 1984, the new rates proposed herein would yield additional operating revenues of approximately $14,063,800 a 5.6%. The actual percentage increase applicable to specific customers will vary according to the applicable rate schedule and the level of the customer's usage. Under the Company's proposal, at typical levels of consumption residential and general service customers would receive increases of between 2.4% and 19.9%. Moreover, any rate relief foundby the Board to be just and reasonable may be allocated by the Board and applied by the Company to any class or classes of customers or any rate schedules as the Board may determine, so that final rates approved by the Board in this proceeding for any specific customer class or rate schedule may be higher or lower than those set forth herein. The Company's composite depreciation rate is currently 3.15%. The proposed composite rate is 3.17%. i The following comparison of present and proposed rates will permit customers to determine the effect upon 1 them of the proposed increased rates. Any assistance required by customers in this regard will be furnished by { the Company upon request. The present and proposed rate schedules are as follows: SOUTH JERSEY GAS COMPANY SlAI^tN.LQEJJT£fJJ>E.CHANGES_lN.PRQEQSEn.IABIFF_ . . . PWM* lute MM* I". .... 4 K.i. Rate Mmhk ————— — » Residential Service (RSG) : $4 50 customer charge per month K .75 customer charge ;<er month . $ 7M» per therm for first 33 therms 3 8B2 per therm for first 33 therms ^ , $ 67« per therm for afl over 33 therms I TIM per therm for aU over 33 Raw Materials Adjustment. $ oooo per therm MOOOper therm Typical Bill Comparison tor Residential Service (RSG) ' ' * Monthly BUI Monthly BUI Increase Increase • „ » at Present Rams- at Pre—awl Rate. A— nnt 35 WW BTR SfH 153% 200 therms *143 JO 3153 87 SI0 .47 7 3% •Present rates include a coat of gas adjustment pursuant to an Order of the Board of Public Utilities Present Rate Schedule Proposed Rate Schedule Rate Sebedale Residential Service — Cape May ( RSG-CM) : $6 40 customer charge per month |fi 75 customer charge per month — S 3921 per therm for first S3 therms _ I 4829 per therm for all over 33 therms i 4940 per therm for first 100 therms 1 4750 per therm for all over 100 therms Air Conditioning (June through September) * $.4750 per therm for aU over 75 therms eliminated Raw Materials Adjustment $ 1552 per therm „ $ 1552 per therm Typical Bill Comparison for Residential Service Cape May (RSG-CM) .Monthly BUI Monthly BUI Increase Increase 35 therms ^ gS 200 therms $134 34 $137 «7 *3 63 2 7% Present Rate Sebedale Proposed Rale Sebedale Rate Sebedale & — -1 — General Service <GSG> • $10.00 customer charge per month $14.85 customer charge per month $ 7362 per therm for first S3 therms $ 8021 per therm for first 33 therms $ 6562 per therm for next 14.967 therms $ 6976 per therm for next 14.967 therms $ 6342 per therm for all over 15.000 $ 6493 per therm for all over 15.000 therms therms Raw Materials Adjustment 0000 per therm » 0000 per therm Typical Bill Comparison for General Service (GSG) Monthly BUI Monthly BUI Increaae Increase at Present Rates* at Proposed Rales Amount n 35 Therms 335 ST RT7T f7 TO T*W 400 Therms $275 85 *297 34 *21 49 , 2 800 Therms L539 13 »S76 38 $37 25 3,000 Therms $1.967 17 $2.11110 |1D 93 •Present rates include a cost of gas adjustment pursuant to an Order of the Board of Public Utilities — .... __ - — — — — — — — — — — — — „ Rate Sebedale General Service * Cape May 'GSG-CM) $14 8S customer charge per month $14 85 customer charge per month $ 5768 per therm for first 33 therms $.5019 per therm for next 14.987 therms $.496 per therm for first 100 therms $ 487 per therm for next 2.900 therms — ., $.459 per therm for all over 3.000 therms - $ 4783 per therm for ail over 15,000 ! therms All Conditioning 1 June through September 1 $ 475 per therm for all over 100 therms and eliminated less than 3.000 therms Raw Materials Adjustment $ 1552 per therm 1 1552 per therm Street Lighting Service is no longer available under this rate schedule Street lights will be billed under Rate Schedules SLS Typical Bill Comparison for General Service Cape May (GSG-CM)

Monthly Bill Monthly BUI Increase Increase al Present Rales si Praposed Rales \ mount * 35 Therms TSTTT 1 HB» B7T 74% 400 Therms $272.53 $280 23 $7 70 2 8% Therms $529 41 $543 07 $13 6$ 2 6% -nam. KStSrsaj? K^sawnJIt «- Rate Schedule — — — — — — — — Large Volume Service < LYSi $ 5774 per therm for ftrjft 200 Mcf $ 5774 per therm for first 300 Met per day per day $ 5534 per therm for all over 300 Mcf $.5534 per therm for all over 300 Met per day per day Raw Materials Adjustment $ 0000 per therm » 0000 per therm •Present rates include a cost of gas adjustment pursuant to an Order of the Board of Public Utilities Present Rale Scbed*** rrspastd Rale Sebedale Rale Sebedale K . Transport boa Service <TSG > $100.09 customer charge per 0100th $100 00 customer charge per month $.06 per therm for all therms $ 06 or the margin derived from the transported ICS Rate Schedule, which ever is greater, per therm for -Ecsras ussy-si ^"5^ assess^ -iest »"a£ flSEBK -»«■ -3*Rate Schedule Monthly BUI Monthly BUI Increase 1.^^ nuMB _ _ dt Copies of the petition are available for inspection 'at the Company's offices. NOTICE is further given that the Office of Administrative Law has scheduled a public hearing on the Petition at thrfollowing time and place: Monday, August 27, 1984, at 7:00 P.M. City Half- City Council Chambers - Room 208 1301 Bacharach Boulevard Atlantic City, New Jersey 08401 Hearings will continue, if necessary, on such additional dates, and at such locations as the Board or the Office of Administrative Law may ies.gnate jERSEy ^ COMt>ANY By: William F. Ryan, President 1