COST OF ELECTRICITY

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 970, 13 May 1930, Page 8

COST OF ELECTRICITY

Sir, — I shall thank you if you will public a few' words I have to say on the cessions which the Power Board hamad© to consumers of electricity, notice that in most cases the consumer benefits. I only hops ***** out of it all work will be found ** \ those who are unemployed. Put oj section of the consumers gets no ***** at all—the householders who can»v get on to the low* rate, seldom beyond the sd. rate. There are v !L ones who are up against it. • often after paying rent, rates, insurant* and repairs they have to deny the® selves to pay the electric light char ®L So that many people who need acession do not get it. It is sometii®** said that the 5d rate is used as an ducement to consume more curreßt order to obtain the cheaper rate, might just as well ask a man to two dinners because he can get two for Is 6d instead of one tor Is. CHARLES SPENCEhPonsonby. On behalf of the board it is out that the rates aie fixed wltn * to having each consumer pay fl share «*f the annual c urges on the c . SA cost of the undert iking. Kac-' sumer, however small receives benefit of the board's service*._***L*» p I considered that .">d is a reasonable ! cases where electricity «-« ! low. The principal is similar [ involved in purchase of P™* "JS Sill.- and retail. If one bay* » iliip.ittitles one c l say. l»y ihe dozen. • *:*. in siiA j electricity, in quantity- —C* l T:,c * / m