BIG POWER SCHEME.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 18, 22 January 1929, Page 7

BIG POWER SCHEME.

Electrification Project At

Rome.

COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

(British Official Wireless.) (Received 12 noon.) RUGBY, January 21. Details of the fifth scheme of the Central Electricity Board, which covers the middle-east area of Englaud, were published to-day. There now remain tn bo prepared schemes for north-east England, south-west England and South Wales, also a small supplementary scheme for Norfolk and Suffolk. When these schemes have been passed it is hoped that a complete outline of a national scheme to embrace England, Scotland and Wales will be available, probably before the end of the year. Under the present scheme the existing forty generating stations will be redured to eighteen. As a result the Electricity Commissioners estimate that there will be an average saving of well over £250,000 a year. An area of about 7545 square miles is dealt with in the scheme. It enibract-s a population of about 4,666,500 and includes densely - populated industrial centres, where there are coalmines, iron and steel works, texture mills and engineering works. The counties concerned are Yorkshire, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire, as well as Lincoln and Rutland.