SOUTH ISLAND STORAGE

Press, Volume XCI, Issue 27679, 8 June 1955, Page 12

SOUTH ISLAND STORAGE

APPROACH TO RECORD FIGURE South Island hydro-electric storage yesterday stood at 201,200,000 units compared with the record winter peak of 209.000.000 units in 1953 and 116,800,000 units on the same day last year. Between Monday and yesterday storage dropped by 10,000 unita because the rain had ceased at Lake Mahinerangi where recent gains have been most noticeable, although that station provides only 13 per cant, of total generating capacity. Lakes Pukaki and Tekano are reoorted to be dropping slowly while Lake Coleridge has shown a rise in the last few weeks Announcing that the South Island power allocation would remain unchanged. the general manager of the State Hydro-electric Department (Mr

A. E. Davenport) issued the following weekly bulletin yesterday: — _ “The capacity of the generating J*" tions is already fully taxed. allocation is down only 5 per cen from normal, and as a matter ox toe the equipment is frequently cauea on for its full capacity to meet peak loaa “There can be no change in tion until the equipment is increases or the demand falls. I g av ® .P* sons for this when I advised that cu would be reduced from 15 m U> ? cent.—and those reason*