Show The December Power Shortage I 1 In spite of or the wolf cry by Rural Electrification Administrator tor Claud that there was going to be a critical power shortage in the United States during the peak month of December December December De De- De- De cember 1947 the greatest power demand in history was successfully successfully success success- full fully met b by the tho electric power and light industry according t t. f the Edison Electrical Institute Instead of or a critical shortage thero there was a wide nation-wide average of a 5 per cent reserve resene capability on the part of the power companies companies companies compa compa- nies during the peak de demand and American homes and peacetime peacetime peacetime peace peace- time industries are aro utilizing more elect electrical energy than the drain of the war-time war boom Since 1937 the tho electrical industry has almost exactly doubled its electrical electrical elec elec- production The area served by the local power company is no exception Homes served by the TellurIde Power Company Compan has steadily n nt n creased the use of power many times and the steady commercial e expansion In this area has become be- be como come a big factor There ha have hae e been shortages in I hundreds of critical items In Jn the past few years ranging from bobby pins and diapers to automobiles automobiles automobiles auto auto- mobiles and industrial equip equip- ment Yet the power companies companies under private enterprise have been able to deliver the goods with a fair margin of r reserve Granted at times brief power power shut offs or fluctuations in voltage voltage voltage volt volt- age have ha occurred I but these were mostly p tho result of or equipment equipment equipment equip equip- ment that was marked for re replacement replacement replacement re- re placement but couldn't be re replaced replaced replaced re- re placed until the bottlenecks In other industries could be re re- re moved The Tho local power company has has kept abreast of or the increased demand demand demand de de- mand and b by participation in the northwest power pool is always assured of an ample reserve of or electrical energy in spite of the thelong thelong thelong long distances It must cover er with transmission lines All over the United States the power demand p peak pak ak has been passed Power demand will still be on the increase but Industry can now produce generating equipment faster than the demand demand de de- de mand growth |