GENERATION OF ELECTRICITY

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 73, 19 December 1919, Page 3

GENERATION OF ELECTRICITY

The requirements and provisions under which licenses to use water for the pur>X"'Ose of generating electricity aj.pear in the Gnzotto' issued last evening. Applicants must furnish a number of detailed plans and also a. etatoinent of tlin quantity of water*to be- taken, and the difference in level between the water and the headwords nnd in the taiWace; a description of the electrical s; stem to bo adopted—that is to say, whether direct current or alternating current, and if the latter the number, of phases and periodicity, and m either caso tho'pressure o£ generation,' transmission, iuui supply. If the Minister thinks an aj>plication should bo further considered ho mny appoint a commission of inquiry for the; purpose. Thd rental is iixed n>. 4s. per- kilowatt of maximum output generated during each year.as.'indicated by a watt-meter. Before tho issue of the license the licensee shall deposit with tho Public Trustee a sum of per kilowatt for every kilowatt authorised to 1 be .lined, but not exceeding a maximum depes.it of Such deposit s! all H retained by the Public -Trustee, without payment of interest, until tlw licensee produces a certificate under the hand of an officer appointed by the Minister'to tip effect that the licensee liav duly irnd l.ioperly constructed and installed on tlie premises the whole- of the hydinnlic and electrical installations authorised by the license. In order to fctnntlanlise the conditions as far as possible throughout the Dominion, it is suggested Unit when convenient the .thrw.pl\nsc ftmr-vire s> stem he adopted for distribution at a frequency of 50 cycles, per second, nnd % roUnge of 230 between each phase and a neutral *.r lighting purposes nnd snifill motors, nnd -100 volts between phases for enpply to largo motors.