Show we overlook achievements C L edgar president of 0 the edison electric illuminating company of boston in discussing the possibilities 0 ot super power or giant power said 1 I sometimes wonder whether peo pes curiosity and their desire to peor peer into the future keep them tron froin appreciating the really w wonderful ond erful things that are taking place right now taue tahe tor for example the question ol of super power or giant power as asit it Is otten often called which are high sounding names for or a general development ot of greater efficiency in the generating and distribution ot of electric power people are wondering when we are going to have super power when the developments that are supposed to be necessary in order to have super power will lie be accomplished As a matter of tact fact we have super power now this word Is really the name tor for a service already accomplished for ten years the larger and more rapidly growing electric light and power companies or central stations as they are commonly known have been spreading their distributing systems over more and more territory and as the volume of 0 their output has increase the efficiency ot of their generating plants has improved and as their business relations have brought them into contact with other central stations arrangements havo have developed naturally and easily tor for the exchange or interchange of service it lias has therefore come about that the larger companies which could generate current and put it out on their lines at a lower cost than the small companies are already selling current to the other light and power companies all ali this development has helped more evenly to distribute the demands tor for current over the larger generating stations with consequent improvement in operating conditions fewer peaks or high demands and more regular service servias ser referring to the recent survey of 0 super power possibilities on the atlantic coast made under the direction of W S murray sir mr edgar said it is ia interesting to note that while people have been thinking and talking about the possibilities possibilities of this development it has been taking place and has been developed here in new england in a very practical manner electrical developments jn n the state of maine blaine stand off A by themselves the state law forbidding the trans transmission mission into other states of any electricity generated by the water powers of that state but electrical generation and distribution in the other states or new england is even now well tied into one great system it might be well to add that super power or interconnection inter liter connection of electric resources is an actual fact in this nation today not something to be accomplished in the future some soine politicians Iti itic ians clans have just awakened to the possibility of the term as a catch phrase to use as a handle for or visionary schemes of public ownership of hydroelectric hydro electric development which they propose |