Power Supply
• Sir,—The replies of Messrs Olds and Mackenzie state clearly the parochial and the ’ national effects of the M.E.D. J buying a gas-turbine generating set. Because of a policy of unlimited cheap power for domestic use, the M.E.D. has fostered a temperature-sensi-tive load. Because of its tariff structure, the N.Z.E.D. has encouraged peak load reduction by any means economic to the supply authorities. There is ample capacity designed into the national generating system, yet it is profitable for the M.E.D. to spend some £lBO,OOO of overseas funds to buy generating plant N r w Zealand does not need. This is a topsy-turvey remedy for the real problem—the uncontrolled encouragement of electricity for domestic space ‘ heating.—Yours, etc. FUEL AND POWER. 1 March 1, 1965. '
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Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30688, 2 March 1965, Page 12
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124Power Supply Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30688, 2 March 1965, Page 12
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