ELECTRICITY

Waikato Independent, Volume XXIX, Issue 3102, 25 June 1929, Page 4

ELECTRICITY

POWER AND LIGHTING GHASGES. REDUCTIONS IN: CAMBRIDGE / : • DISTRICT. ; At yesterday's meeting, of-• the Caiabridge ElectricXPower. Board certain .re--, k ductionS':'w^rC-'j^aeS"^ ::^o'' charges for power and lighting. The .most impor- 3J lant of that will" affcci everyone—is the reduction of charge for lighting from 9d per unjprto The committee set up to go intoftha; matter of a reduction in ported as follows: Lighting Bates. That all* domestic lighting be reduced -c from 1/- gross to lOd gross, reducible to 7Jd nett per unit. " : Commercial Lightings—First units per month, Sd per unit nett; next 100 units at 7d nett; all over 200 units, 6d nett/ •-. . . ; As an alternative,/ consumers be supplied on the following scaleir-: 60 hours' use :/ per wattage, 8d per unit nett; all oyer this, v • •■, 4d per unit nett;.each individual con- > sumcr to have the Option of adopting; . either scale. - . ■.■■±-X. '-(:- \ 'v. ■■; The original rate for .commercial lighting was 9d nett for any quantity* •■;; Water Heating and Water Piimping. Engineer's Report. ?Pfj|£ In an exhaustive report on the resuSk '• and reasons for the.. reduced; Mr. H. C. Oaten said that, an tion of the rates disclosed that .: alterations are v needed.; At- present.' water heating off, peak is being sold at < the rate of £4/10/ r per 750 watts, and as this is off peak it can be' /ratedas:. low in price compared with other v Boards (list submitted). Regarding the use of water heaters which are' required ' for 24-hour service, these are being supV plied at less than cost, viz., 10/^; per „ month, or £8 per k.v.a. 'Our power cost last year was £B/2/-' per ;k.y.a.,/and; L, would recommend that the price ;fOr full-time heaters be £l2 per k.W; -year ;: or 15/- per month per 750, or 1?/-; peri 600 watts.:V It is to the advantage, of - : { the Board to get coHsumers on" to time " switches, and a rate as "suggested., will , greatly assist the Board!. ; / ''; •' , Regarding wafer pumps, these were ' originally quoted at £3 per annum. At ''; that time it was considered that'jh.p.: : : pumps would-be the standard size,-but. : several % h.p. and .£'h.p. were put in. In this case the % h.p. and oyer are being supplied at less than costv also. .1- ,

Reporting on commercial lighting, Engineer said that at .the' present there exists no- sliding scale?sf or ; /this class of current consumption, 1 and .he o recommended thej foregoing; KliiV; connection with the alternatiyeiadopte<l ~■ of 60 hours f use per month-of 'installed,;' wattage" at 8d per unit;, or aty flVerjbhi? at 4d per unit, the Engineer-sai\: it,,: would benefit the small shopkeeper T>rhja [■'' : kept his lights going for long hours on, say, a wattage of 300. A using ligh'ts of heavier wattage or i . short hours would have to uso ovenft certain amount to obtain the -reduced' charge. This is just and equitable because of the.lighting being on peak and- m giving-small return j>er k.w. of demand.', _"■,■ This would only affect aboutl2'eon-, sumers, and the water heating about - two or three. ' „ ' : /> V^ It was decided to adopt :: the; Engineer's recommendations in-^connec-v; . tion with water heating and;water :. pumping charges, the revised scaled being:-—Water heating: Present ifttela . < sustained where heaters are on time, or < change-over switches. Where; f are on a continuous service tbe; charge ; to be £l2 per k.w. per per month per 750 watts;- or 12/-' v4m-£ 600-watt element.' The present charge ' for a 750-watt element on time switch is £4/10/-, and on continuous iselcT^e.;, £6. . : ' "* ' . - Water Pumping: 1 h.p., £3 per anmira , (present rate); i h.p., £4/10/s f h-p., £6/10/-; 1 h.p., .£9. • Time, float o*;-change-over switches are to be installed; - in each case. ■•' ■ - - .-'•■ ".. In connection with the water heating and pumping there "was some discussion,.; ■. Mr. Harbutt being opposed to -raising the cost to consumers on a continuous service. He considered it would "cause.' . dissatisfaction among those who had■'":; early installed the conveniences. .- Mr: Garland was also ,vOf the, same .; opinion. ..• ~._ ;: ; [ r . . . .'"""."• -,"7 Mr. Lye said? the ; arrangementiwould " have a tendency-to put all CQUsumers, on time switches, and[the >; benefit on the. peak-load -being kept j down. -:.;.• .._ ' "''"■"■.--.:".:■•.:-•:.■: The reduced:charges wU£ operate aa :■/. from July Ist. Picture !Lighttg&-;:£v "V-^r It was further resolved that po^J»~< for picture theatre projectors ; charged 'at power. rates, in lieu of lights i • - ing rates, as at present. .-.•»••: > 7 In reply to Mr. Harbutt, the Engineerstated that the whole of the reductionswould represent a by the ; . Board to consumers of £9ooper: annum.