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» & a a . "' ,' s ' " »_1 ,-"' s " " '..V Marcik iC o xX ' # Reiterated by Hydro Wmm mmz mm mm Y --uaeeaunaesomAclieiggs n en temsanss T Notwithstanding the recent pur--: chase of large blocks of Quebec power, chiefly for the Niagara sys-- toe., it has been the policy of Hydro to own and, when practic-- able, to develop additional economi-- cal sources of current in Ontario, the annual report of the Provincial Power Commission, as tabled in the Legislature yesterday, reveals.| "There are stil« many undevelop--| ed power sites in Southern Ontario and also certain developments that by being modernized can be made : to contribute economically to the| power supplies of the smaller sys-- a 'tems," the report stresses, "But power supplies sufficient to take care of normal growth in load of the Niagara system must come from large developments. In Southern * Ontario the undeveloped hydraulic powers of the required magnitude are on international or inter--pro-- vincial rivers. Apart from the pro-- tracted negotiations, which would inevitably precede agreements per-- mitting the start of such develop-- ments, the actual construction per--| lod would be measured in years." ' New Plants, . equipment to serve new customers, The statement which covers the| on existing lines required a capital| twelve--months _ operating _ period |expenditure of about $5,000,000, ap--| ending last October stresses the proxima'ely half of which was pro-! commencemem®t of construction of &A |viqed by the Government as a new 10,000 horsepower generating grant-in~iid. 6 station on the Musquash River, to|~ Further substantial -- reductions be finished in 1938, and the pPUur--| were made in the rates to rural con-- chase for the Eastern Ontario sys-- sumers. On Dec. 1, 1936, the service tem of three plants on the Otonabee | charge to ordinary farm classes was River, property of the Canada C€--|requced to a maximum of $1 per ment Company. During the yeAr | month net, and in August, 1937, this the Commission also obtained con--|requction was extended to all ham-- -- trol over the Sills Island generat-- ) je; classes, except to summer cot-- ing station at Frankford, and the |;ages using electric stoves or other formerly owned by the Quinte and | wire service Trent Valley Power Company. 3 \ Primary load on all systems 88.000.900 in Exten-slons. ¢ frragin es nfe i mt |setioole wit mane for enveelins e report reveals. "This," it says, ,V41, y £ ns "is the highest aggregate primarys to generallng.sla.non..c. 1ransml'ssllc()n \load ever carried on the systems, lines and distributing networks, |and is an increase of 150,000 horso-} storage networks, etc. Total invest-- power or 114 per cent as compared| ment of the Commission in power with the corresponding figure for | undertakings and railways is $305,-- the previous year. As in other re--| 172410.22, exclusive of Government cent years the percentage gains in | grants in respect of construction of ,Ioad in the northern part of the rural lines ($11.951,891.63) and n_w Province were greater than in investment of the municipalities in Southern Ontario." 'distributlng systems and other as-- New 1t asPf's'!.'h@ revenue of the Commission ; (h? ':{?'o:hfio"&g_vg;:r::;'ffm?'ll:: at interim rates from the municipal < & utilities operating under cost con-- timcs and 117 miles of 44,000 and l°5S | iracts, from CustOmers in Tural t::".'e lines were built. This, the power districts, and from customers port states, was exclusive of the with whom--on behalf of the mu-- 3':::'3&&?&?""&? 'l'len':sdizul;g;:} nicipalities--the Commission has ing stations were installed through-- ;Ipledal °°"C'.'"°ts: elev;n witgintthe o'\'xt e l;:m", piow'e Shegn vywre mdl Onatggg.ande(',l{hgt::?ier Ei:v sw::e::: :n:,.::,p:dc oi fincteen ethers was' Manitoulin Island and Nipissing The greatest expansion in rural| *Ural power districts, aggregate electrical service on record was $31,225,988.90," the report states. > manifested, the report states. The "The revenue of the Commission f total mileage of rural primary lines from _ customers served by . the approved for construction was 2,300.| Northern Ontario power properufs f Some 13,000 new customers were| which are held and operated in } connected to the lines during thg!trus' for the Province is $2,967,-- year. To construct these newly 796.56, making a total of $34,193,-- { authorized lines and to provide' 785.46." x