A Superpower System For The Region Between Boston And Washington

Author : W. S. Murray
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780265618950
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (189 download)

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Download or read book A Superpower System for the Region written by W. S. Murray and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-23 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Superpower System for the Region: Between Boston and Washington The market for superpower energy will be furnished by the electric utilities, the industries, and the railroads. The estimated requirement for energy supplied through the electric utilities for municipal, private, industrial, and railroad purposes in 1930 is kilowatt hours. This energy could be supplied by a coordinated power system such as is described in this report at an annual cost of $239,000,0001ess than by an uncoordinated system such as is now in use. This amount represents the net saving after the necessary fixed charges on total capital expenditure have been deducted. The cost of uncoordinated power production in 1930 is com puted from the cost of the present system in 1919. The total investment in generating and transmission facilities for the superpower system will be of which will represent the value of existing facilities to be incorporated into the system. A study of the manufacturing establishments Operating within the superpower zone shows that by 1930, through the maximum economical use of purchased electric energy, they can save annually above the fixed annual charges against a capital investment of to provide the motor equipment necessary to receive and use this power. The combined capital investment necessary for the electric utilities and the industries as of 1930 therefore amounts to and this total investment will yield annually above the fixed charges the sum of or 33 per cent on the investment. Within the superpower zone there are miles of railroad measured as single track - that is. Including each track of main lines, yards, and sidings. Of this total about miles can be profitably electrified, so as to yield by 1930 an annual saving of as compared with the cost of operation by steam. The capital expenditure necessary to electrify the miles would be 357 and the average return upon the investment would therefore be per cent. As defined in another section of the report, the superpower system begins at the generating. Stations connected to its lines and ends at the busses of existing electric utilities. Therefore, the cost of power discussed in this report means cost at the busses of the electric utilities and must not be confused with the cost to the ultimate consumer, which is necessarily much greater, owing to the added cost incident to secondary distribution systems. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.