Power scheme too costly
It could cost $600,000 to supply power from the national grid to consumers in the Waimakariri River basin—and there are, at most, 14 properties that could be connected.
This figure was given to the Central Canterbury Electric Power Board at its meeting yesterday. It decided to take no action. The district manager of the Electricity Department (Mr G. B. Collie) wrote that on the board’s evidence, it would not be in the national interest, because of the poor states of the economy, to provide an llkV point of supply for the board.
The situation could change, said Mr Collie, should the proposed alpine village scheme go ahead at Castle Hill. A point of supply would cost about $250,000. This would plainly be uneconomic for the likely load. The chairman (Mr L. F. Chamberlain) said that in addition, it would cost the board $350,000 to reticulate the basin. The figures put the scheme “right out.” Mr W 7 . H. Faulkner, a long-term advocate of the scheme, described the figures
as fantastic, and said it proved that the scheme was not feasible.
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Press, Volume CXVI, Issue 34128, 14 April 1976, Page 20
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