2008 UTILITY RATE COMPARISON
		City of Virginia	City of Hibbing	City of New Ulm	City of Eveleth	Local Rural
ELECTRIC						(Lake Country Power)
	Residential Rate				(MN Power)
	Monthly service charge	$7.00	$7.17	$9.00	$5.00	$20.00
	300 - 700 kWh (per kWh)	$.0672	$.088	$.0995	$.07218	$.087
	Seasonal Rate (Summer)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$.107
	Energy Acquisition Adjustment	YES	YES	YES	YES	Wholesale Power Cost Rider
	Commercial Rate (basic)
	Monthly Service Charge	$8.00	N/A	$16.00	$3.81
	Up to 1000 kWh (per kWh)	$.0840	$.0780	$.0895	$.06456
	Energy Acquisition Adjustment	YES	YES	YES	YES
WATER
	Residential Service
	Monthly Service Charge	$12.50	$11.23	$9.00	$14.00	N/A
	All water used (per 100 cu ft)	$1.98	$1.72	$2.63	$1.4961	N/A
	Commercial Service
	Monthly Service Charge	$17.50	$11.23	$16.00		N/A
	All water used (per 100 cu ft)	$1.98	$1.72	$2.39		N/A
NATURAL GAS
	Residential and Small Commercial				(MN Energy Resources)
	Monthly Service Charge	$6.00	$6.29	$10.00	$5.50 - $9.00	N/A
	First 30 CCF per month (per ccf)	$.79	$.590	$.7889	0.5606	N/A
	Purchased gas adjustment	YES	YES	YES	YES	N/A
STEAM
	Residential Rate
	Monthly Service Charge	$14.00	$14.37	$6.00	N/A	N/A
	Steam Commodity Charge (per meter)	$25.00	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
	For steam used (per 100 lb)	$1.07	$1.22	$.984	N/A	N/A
	Steam heat fuel adjustment	YES	YES	YES	N/A	N/A
	Lost Condensate/Sewage Condensate	$.047	N/A	$.087	N/A	N/A
	Commercial Rate
	Monthly Service Charge	$18.00	$13.69	$6.00-10.00	N/A	N/A
	Steam Commodity Charge (per meter)	$25.00	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
	For steam used (per 100 lb)	$1.07	$1.066	$.977	N/A	N/A
	Steam heat fuel adjustment	YES	YES	YES	N/A	N/A
SEWER
	Monthly Customer Charge	N/A	$8.65	$4.00	$13.00	N/A
	Per unit of water used (100 cu ft)	$2.95	$2.13	$2.81	$2.244	N/A
	Seasonal adjustment	May-Sept	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Fixed Rate (per month)	N/A	$17.20	N/A	$30.00	N/A
GARBAGE
	Residential			(Contracted Out)
	City Charge (per month)	$7.80	$9.65	$14-30 based	$12.00	N/A
	County Charge (per month)	$4.83	$4.83	on size of	$4.83	N/A
	Special bags	YES	NO	containers	NO	N/A
	Curbside recycling	YES	YES	NO	YES	N/A
	Commercial
	City Charge up to 2 cu yards (per month)	calculated on	$17.60	based on	$11-37/mth	N/A
	County Charge up to 2 cu yards (per month)	a per customer	$9.68	size of	plus $3 fee	N/A
	City Charge over 2 cu yards (per month)	basis	$8.80	containers	based on	N/A
	County Charge over 2 cu yards (per cu yd)		$4.84		size	N/A