NATIONAL ELECTRICITY
REDUCTION OF EXISTING STATIONS. BIG SAVING, [British Official Wireless.! Rugby, Jan. 19. Details of the fifth scheme of the Central Electricity Board, which covers the mid-east England area, are published to-day. There remain to be prepared schemes for north-east England, south-west England and south Wales, and a small supplementary scheme for Norfolk and Suffolk. _ With these passed it is hoped that a complete outline of a national scheme, embracing England, Scotland and Wales will be available before the end of the year. Under the present scheme the ex* isting 40 generating stations will be reduced to 18, as a result of which the electricity commissioners estimate that there will be an average saving of well over £250,000 a year. An urea of about 7,545 square miles will be dealt with in the present scheme. It embraces a population of approximately 4,666,500. and includes densely populated industrial centres, comprising coalmining, iron and steel works, textiles and engineering in parts of Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, as well as Lincoln and Rutland.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIX, Issue 30, 22 January 1929, Page 7
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