AN ELECTRIC PROBLEM.
LIGHTING REVENUE NOT INCREASING AS EXPECTED. The smallness of the increase in the (receipts for lighting, as compared with other revenue of the Horowhenua Power Board last Anil neial year, was referred to by Mr. I’. G. Vincent at the annual meeting of the Board last week. He said it seemed to him, after looking into the subject as thoroughly as he could, that there had been an actual decrease, if they took into consideration the number of installations during the year. He would like to know if there was any possible explanation of the position. The Board looked to the lighting load to help to level the peaks of the load. The Chairman said that the hour’s daylight saving in the summer of 1927-28 probably did not affect the Board’s revenue last year. Possibly the consumers of electricity were more economical with their lights than they used to be, and the returns were affected by ilie fact tha t the‘Board had altered lhe system of minimum charges, so that where two minimuims were previously in force the people now paid one, either on the cooking or the heating and not on the lighting. The fact that the flax-iniills wore not working much at night might also be considered; but they only paid 8d a unit for so many units, after which it was a power rate. The matter was. one over which members might cogitate. Probably, there was some factor yet to be discovered. In his own household more light was being used. Mr. Seifert said that in his company’s flaxmill more light was being used than before. Oollinson and Cunninghaime, Ltd., announce that their June Carnival commences on Saturday of this week. See change advertisement on page 1.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 3948, 28 May 1929, Page 2
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293AN ELECTRIC PROBLEM. Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 3948, 28 May 1929, Page 2
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