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UNDER the Electricity Acts of 1919 and 1922, joint electricity authorities were set up, which were to be representative in these districts of the authorised undertakers, the local authorities, the county councils, the large consumers and other interests. In a pamphlet describing the opening of new electricity showrooms in Sutton, a list of those composing the Joint Electricity Authorities for London and the home counties is given, and a record of the progress that has been made since the Authority took over the undertaking. The list of the members is thoroughly representative, and wonderful progress has been made in developing the industry. By instituting two-part tariffs, assisted wiring and hire and hire-purchase schemes, the electric supply has been made available to the poorest people in the district served, which is mainly residential. The supply area covers 190 square miles and is divided into an inner and outer zone, consumers in the latter having to pay slightly more. The work was taken over in July 1932, and in July 1935 the number of consumers had increased by 89 per cent, the load having more than trebled. The Authority has done much useful work in standardising the apparatus and systems it has inherited. The whole of Surbiton has been changed from direct current to alternating current, and in Sutton the supply is being converted from 200 volts to the standard 230 volts. Practically the whole of the supply is being received in bulk from the Central Electricity Board. The bulk supply from the Grid is taken at 33 kilovolts, transformed at the Grid substations to 11 kilovolts and then transmitted to the Authority.
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London and Home Counties Joint Electricity Authority. Nature 136, 750 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/136750b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/136750b0