Abstract
THE sixteenth report of the Electricity Commissioners which has just been issued shows that the use of electrical energy in Great Britain is expanding very rapidly. Between April!, 1935 and March 31, 1936, the consumption of electrical energy increased by 16 per cent as compared with the same period in 1934-35. Compared with the corresponding period in 1933-34, the increase is 47 per cent. A survey has been made from which it appears that at the end of 1934 the areas of supply of the 625 electrical undertakings contained more than 12 million premises, of which 53 per cent were connected to the public supply systems. Of the total number, 85 per cent were domestic premises, and 52 per cent of them were connected with supply systems. With regard to electricity charges, two-part tariffs for domestic supplies were being offered by 81 per cent of the supply companies. The fixed or service charge of the tariffs was based on a variety of principles, the most common being the rateable value of the premises (217) and, next to this, 161 undertakings based their charge on the size of the premises. Of the supply systems, 398 offered a two-part domestic service with a running charge of Id. or less per unit, and in 105 of them the running charge was \d. per unit or less. In addition, statistics are given of the undertakings which offer ‘assisted wiring schemes' and of those which provide showrooms or make arrangements for ‘house to house’ canvassing.
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Electrical Supply in Great Britain. Nature 139, 127–129 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/139127a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/139127a0