ELECTRICAL SUPPLY
THE EARTHQUAKE RISK.
ENGINEERS CONFER. (Per United Press Association.) Wellington, October 11. In the course of his presidential address to the annual conference of electrical supply authority' engineers Mr Hitchcock, of Christchurch, said it was probable—unpalatable as it might be—the undoubted reality of an earthquake risk might have a pronounced influence on the future of electrical supply in New Zealand.
He said the earthquake risk was an argument against centralized control from large capacity plants and strengthened the case for a decentralized supply from independent sources. Mr Hitchcock also said the increasing efficiency in fuel plants was compelling attention. The problem was complex and the relative locations of fuel sources, hydro supply and load centres were involved. It was interesting and significant that in the United States there was now more than one case of a fuel plant taking the base load and a seasonally affected hydro supply carrying the varying load later. Mr Hitchcock suggested that hydroelectric development in New Zealand should be under a commission of control as in Australia and Canada.
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Southland Times, Issue 21835, 12 October 1932, Page 7
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