Prower use goes up
j fN.Z. Presx Associution) ■ WELLINGTON, October 21. The saving in electricity , consumption last week was only 2.2 per cent, far short ( of the target of 5 per cent I the general manager of the ( Electricity Department (Mr P. W. Blakely) said today. I However, oil generation (decreased substantially over (the week, with fuel costing $63,000, compared with the (previous week's total of ($92,000, he said. ■ “All the fuel was used at I the Marsden station, as the (plant at New Plymouth is (still out of commission while (it is being converted to run ■on natural gas.” ( “The New Zealand maxi:mum demand last week was 3013 megawatts in the halfhour ended 6 p in. on October 13. < “A high demand was also recorded for the North Island in the half-hour ended 7.30 p.m. last Sunday, because of the cold conditions,” Mr Blakeley said. North and South Island storage rose during the week.
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Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33981, 23 October 1975, Page 5
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