POWER SUPPLY
FURTHER SMALL GAIN IN STORAGE
FROST HINDERS THAW
There was still sufficient storage water in the South Island main power system to run the generators enough to cope with the present demands, which had been diminished by voluntary and compulsory savings, tut frosts in the ranges had slowed down the thaw which had begun to build up storage slightly in the last few days, said the District Engineer of the State Hydro-electric Department (Mr W. H. Gregory) yesterday. On Thursday the demand for power was unusually heavy, and storage yesterday morning etood at 35,840,000 units, an increase of only 270,000 units since the previous morning. Yesterday reports showed that rainfall in the previous 24 hours had been of little value. Yesterday morning the level at Lake Pukaki was little more than nine inches, and Lake Tekapo’s level was still five inches and a halt.
The power cuts in the M.E.D. ajea for the week-end are as follows: —3 p.m. to 4 p.m. today. Harewood, Halswell, Bromley, Aranui, New Brighton, Upper Papanui, Belfast and Brooklands, With a cut from 4.30 pun. to 5.30 p.m. in the rest of the area. The cut on Sunday, between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m., will be over the whole area. RURAL ELECTRICITY RETICULATION
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Press, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 26847, 27 September 1952, Page 2
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