BAY POWER BOARD

Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 207, 14 July 1939, Page 4

BAY POWER BOARD

MONTHLY MEETING U I FRO VED STREET LIU HT.LN G The monthly meeting of the Ray of Rlentyi Electric Fewer Hoard was-held in the board’s meeting room at Opotiki on Tuesday. Fresent: -Messrs. \V. T. Burrett (chairman), Burt, Maxwell, Mitchell, Gault, Spciice and Suinner. Mr. J. D. Dicker (engineermanager), and G. A. Hathaway (secretary ) > were also in attendance. The engineer-manager submitted "itails concerning the extra charges equiredf by ~tho board for the replacng of. certain street lamps in the shopping area of Church Street with t;ie new type as at present in use at the intersecion of Elliott and Church Streets. As a result of a full discussion, the board decided to offer the Borough Council to change five lamps at an increased charge - per annum of £:i os per lamp, or 12 lamps at £3 - per lamp per annum. . The new type of lamp would improve the illumination by at least 250 per cent. The reports submitted to the board were approved. ENGINEER'S REFUR L’ r Llie engineer-manager, -Mr. Dicker, sulmjitted the' following report for.tjio month of June:- . ' Line Maintenance: 8 route cfiains 400 volt on 11,000 volt lines. To pro-

vide for increased lo.ad.ijig .the following changes have been inade*;in..'Transformer capacities. Alain Street sub. ISO Jvv.a. to 3CO. k.v.a. Ford) St. sub. 100 k.v.a. to 150 k.v.a. Opotiki Factory sub. 100 k.v.a. to 150 k.v.a. The 11,000 volt extension along the Tau-ranga-Whakatane main highway is under construction. 1 sub. structure with ■ 30 k.v.a. transformer dismantled. Protective relay equipment fitted to> the series lighting' system, Opotiki borough. A-s an experiment, a new type of street lamp has been erected at the corner of Church Srect and Elliott Street, resulting in a request from the Opotiki Borough CdfUg oil for information covering costs ftjg. a number of these lamps.

'•••• Consumers’ Service Lines: 14 new service lines completed totalling 41 route chains of line. One service of 4.1 chains dismantled, and .one of 12 chains altered. Line Maintenance: Further tree cutting has been carried oiit over sections of both Wliakatane and 'Opotiki areas. One -5 .k.v.a. transformer failed and was replaced. During the above month a total of 23 interruptions occurredl on sections of the hoard’s reticulation, 15 of which were, on the Opotiki feeder and to <|ate* hhd cause has not been located. Ohr.the balance a number was due to blue gum bark, one caused by a car striking a power pole, and one by Jightn&g? Consumer’s Connected, June, 1931) (during the past, month). — Ranges •; k.w. and over,, iKnow .con-' ncctions, 1 re-connection, 0 disconnections, (501 total date, 55G corrcspohd-

ing period 1938. Ranges 2 k.w. u„ 5 k.w. 0, 0, 0, 87, 72. ranges: 0,0, 0,6 SB, 628. .Motors (excluding milking andi bulk supply) 3,0, 0. 175, 14S. Shops and offices, 0, 0. (J, 2i7, 231. Houses, 13. 4. S, 1789, 1606. I’iinips, 0,0, 1, 460, 388. Dairy water heaters, 2,0, 1, 657 531. Domestic water heaters, 4, 1. 3, 676, 621. Total water heaters, 1233, 1152. .Milking plants, 0, O', 3, 658, 626. Separator motors, 0,0, 3, 363, 341. Total consumers, 13, 4,7, 2030. 1822. Total connected load k.w. 9012, 8269.

J’.W.D. Supply: Dor the., above month tliere were 4 shut-downs over the whole area totalling 4 hours 49) minutes. Also Waiotahi sub. , General: SovoialJ contemplated extensions have been .Canvassed with regard to* possible . revenue', and estimates prepared covering the capital expenditure on each extension. Whakatane Golf Links Road: 1 mile of 11.009 volt line' and )-mile of 100 volt line. Total capital cost £356. Guaranteed revenue, .£63: 17.6 per c( nt. Also further load probable in the near future. Native Scheme Uliopc: 1.6 miles 11.000 volt lines. Capita! cost, £6BS. Guaranteed revenue (immediate) £B4. equal to 13 per cent, furl her revenue in second season £36. .Minimum revenue in 2 years £l2O. equal to 18.8 per cent. The above extension is into a, block of country on which development has just commenced, and I have been informed that, as development, proceeds, a considerable increase in consumers can be expected. w Lands’ Department Farms, Rotorua Road, Onepu: information tabled for discussion. s / Additional street lighting Opotiki subject of a separate report. -