Show The Trend Now is To Buy Power Not Engines To Generate It At one time municipal electric elec elec- trio systems generated the electricity elec elec- distributed to customers As municipalities found that electricity could be purchased cheaper heaper than it could be generated generated gener- gener ted by them the trend to purchase pur- pur purchase chase hase power from large utilities began Of all municipal electric systems stems established in the United States less than 20 now gen- gen power and a large part of the 20 generate by hydro water power Source Federal Power ower Commission and Edison Electric Institute statistics The fact that so many municipal municipal municipal muni muni- cipal electric systems throughout through through- out the nation arc are now purchasing ing electricity from tram large suppliers suppliers sup sup- pliers rather than buying new engines to make it certainly indicates indicates in in- the trend to this method With but a single exception no municipal electric system in this area has installed an engine to generate electricity since 1947 Eight years ago the municipalities municipalities polities purchased only Last year purchases had increased to or over 6 times as much as as 8 years ago |