SUPPLY OF POWER

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21260, 24 November 1943, Page 4

SUPPLY OF POWER

BOARDS PERPLEXED DEPARTMENT'S STAND Concern at the continued sale of electrical appliances to the public at a time when the power supply in the Dominion is insufficient to meet demands was ekpressed in a letter to all supply authorities from the ElectricPower Boards and Supply Authorities’ Association received by the South Taranaki Electrical-Power Board. The secretary of the association, Mr. E. W. Swain, said he had received a letter from the Electricity Controller, Mr. F. T. M. Kissel, who said he could not see that there were sufficient grounds at present on which : he could recommend to the Government any further measures on the sale of appliances. Replying to Mr. Kissel, Mr. Swain said he was Derplexed by the whole situation. He asked Mr. Kissel if the supply authorities “were to' have a properly-designed and thought-out plan for handling the control of electricity next winter and if Mr. Kissel did not think it was time someone did something about it in a positive rather than a negative fashion. The only conclusion that could be drawn from the correspondence relating to appliances was that the Electricity Controller did not regard the position as at all urgent or difficult. Boards, however, regarded their chances of keeping the load within the limits imposed by the controller as most remote. . . „, “Can you give me in a few woicis a message to send to boai ds saying whether you regard the situation seriously or not, whether you consider fir ther measures' than those already taken should be put in hand, and whether we are to interpret the information in your letter to mean .hawe can let up and connect all the load offering?” asked Mr. Swain of Mr. Kissel “Many of the boards feel that such action would be the logical conclusion to draw from the department s stand in the matter. The boa.as seem to feel that the department s actions do not in any way indicate that sense of urgency implicit in adherence to such drastic limits as those now placed upon them.