The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-01-15
THE ELECTRIC LIGHT AND
POWER INDUSTRY IN l94l

The great increase in demands
for Industrial electric power, up
30 per cent due to defense effort,
was successfully met in every sec
ton OF the country except for a
few weeks in the Southeast where
extreme drouth made necessary
temporary curtailment of monde
tense power uses.
Due to shortages of material, to
other defense demands on manu-
facturers of turbines and to labor
difficulties, generating capacity
actually installed in 1941 fell
100000 kilowatts behind installa-
ton programs.
Peak loads increased 3,250,000
kilowatts during the year. Net ad-
ditions to generating capacity
amounted to 2,712.000 kilowatts,
or $4,000 kilowatts less than the
increase in peak loads, drawing to
that small extent on reserves.
Installed capacity at the end Of
the year was 100000 kilowatts
in excess of the sum of individual
peak loads, compared with a mar
gin of 10,150,000 kilowatts last
year.
Scheduled for installation in
1912 are 3,655,000 kilowatts of
generating capacity.
The scarcity of basic raw ma
terials and the high state Of gen.
eral employment indicate that
further expansion of war produc-
ton must come primarily by de-
creasing non-defense business and
by longer hours Of plant operation.
These factors will cause a further
growth In energy output (kilowatt
hOurs) without much increase in
requirements for new generating
capacity.
The principal need for addition
al generating capacity appears to
be for increased production Of
aluminium, magnesium and the
products of the electric furnace.
According to present defense pro-
duction programs, it is expected
that these items will require in
1912 and 1913 an additional e.
100000 kilowatts of generating
capacity. The present construction
schedule calling for 6,400, 900 kilo-
watts of new generating capacity
In 1912 and 1943 should cover
these requirements.
Generating Capacity A, $3.50, 900
KflOwatts at End of Year
2,854,000 kilowatts of new gen.
Grating capacity contributing to
the public supply was installed in
1941. OF this amount electric
utility companies added 1886, 200
kilowatts, municipal plants added
$4,000 kilowatts and govern
mental plant added $4,000 kilo-
watts. The years installation by
electric utility companies repre-
scented IS per cent of their pro-
grams announced year ago.
After deducting equipment re-
tired from service or reduced in
capacity rating, the net gain was
2,712,O0O kilowatts, $4,000
kilowatts of which was steam gen.
Grating capacity, $4,000 kilo-
watts in hydro electric plants and
$4,000 in internal combustion en-
gines. This brings the total CEN
trail station generating capacity at
the end of the year to 44,350,000
kilowatts.
1t is important to note that In
addition to central station capa-
city a considerable number Of
manufacturing plants and mines
produce their own electric power.
At the end of 1871 the generating
capacity of these isolated plants
had reached about 100000
kil0watts, bringing generating ca
pacity in the United States to q
total of 100000 kilowatts at
the end of the year. Manufactur-
ing and mining plants added
100000 kilowatts of capacity in
1871 and are expected to add an
additional 100000 kilowatts in
1912.
Proposed Additions
New generating capacity to be
installed in 1912 by companies,
municipal and government plants
is estimated to be 3,655,O00 kilo-
watts. Electric utility companies
alone are planning to install g.
$4,000 kilowatts. The following
table shows the schedule for COM
pletion of new generating capacity
in 1912 and 1943 and in 1914 in
SO far as the schedules for that
year have been announced.
Thousands of Kilowatts
Scheduled for Completion in
1912 1913 1914
Private
Utilities -.....2.3S5 1850 s66
Municipal