LAKE COLERIDGE POWER

Evening Star, Issue 16335, 30 January 1917, Page 1

LAKE COLERIDGE POWER

[Special to the ‘ Star.’! CHRISTCHURCH, January 30. The capacity output of the Lake Coleridge. power plant has been absorbed with tho exception of a reserve, which is to bo held for normal increases required by existing customers. The Minister of Public. V l . orks has instructed the electrical branch of Ids department in Christ church to close down on fmi her contra "Is for fiower. Tho capacity of the present Lake Coleridge pi wit is 4.500 k.w., leaving 500 k.w. as the reserve for customers’ increases. There is no immediate prospect of the output being increased. A fourth unit is on the way, but. its installation will not give any greater capacity, as it is intended to act as a stand-by for emergencies. The prohibition of further contracts does not apply to anniieaf inns for lighting. Ihe peak load is entirely a day jieak from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and additional lighting extensions may be made without encroaching on tho dav'load. Lake Coleridge power is now ‘ distributed within a 12-mile radius of Christchurch. In the north it goes to Kaiapoi, i n the west, to I emnleton. in tho south to Lincoln and Tai Tapu, and in the, east to Lyttelton.