SOME COMPARISONS
USE OF ELECTRIC POWER. TE AWAMUTU BOARD’S POSITION. One of the most interesting of several reports dealt with at the annual meeting of Te Awamutu Electric Power Board on Friday was a comparative table showing the position as at 3lst March, 1938, 1939, and 1940. (For instance, connected load (in kilowatts). Lighting accounted for 928.958 in 1939, 1,057.586 in 1939, and I, in 1940- Heating figures were, respectively, 6960.218, 8683.943, and 10,135.378. Power rose from 1676.923 to 1867.135 and 2009.429. Street lighting was stationary at 13 kilowatts in 1938 and 1939, but it increased to 26.700 in 1940, mainly through the use of mercury vapour lamps in the business area of Te Awamutu and extra street lamps in the residential area. Bulk supply was 469 kilowatts in each of the three periods. The aggregates were: 1938, 10,048.099; 1939, 12,090.664; and 1940, 13,795.998. Revenue in 1938 was £35,394 4s 3d, representing an increase of 9.96 per cent on the previous year; in 1939 it had grown to £40,507 12s (an increase of 14.45 per cent), and in 1940 it was £44,505 5s 9d (an increase of 9-87 per cent. The units sold were, for the respective years, 8,296,265, 10,134,837. and 11. The average price per unit sold Was 1.02 d, .96d, and .894 - The maximum demand was 1536 kilowatts in 1938, 1785.6 in 1939, and 2131.2 in 1940.
The diversity factor showed an improvement from 6.54 to 6.77 and back to 6.47. The tabulated list of connections, exclusive of small heating appliances and electric irons, showed some interesting facts. The only stationary items were: Bulk supply 3, public halls 29. churches 18, hotels 3. and street lighting 5. Dwellings increased from 1931 to 2045 and 2164.
Other figures were: Business 287, 290, 294;; separator motors, 337, 397445; cow-plant motors 776, 831, 869; other power plants, 789, 1011, 1165; electric stoves 464, 614, 759; water- • heaters 909, 1072, 1251. The totals were: 1938, 5564; 1939, 6343; 1940, 7032.
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Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 60, Issue 4285, 27 May 1940, Page 5
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