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DI-ARDAOIN, 30 LATHA DE N CHE1TE1N 1968
THURSDAY, 30th MAY 1968
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Hydro Board Looks To Future
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INDUSTRY
1 With a year of “ solid
^ achievement” behind his Board,
and a net profit of £812,000 to
j prove it, Mr Tom Fraser,
U Chairman of the North of
Scotland Hydro-Electric Board,
;-1 on Tuesday presented his annual
I report on the Board’s working
![ for the year to 31st March,
i! 1968.
1 The profit jumps up by
■i £414,000 on the previous year
^ and some of the other high-
1 lights of a happy year were an
| increase of 7.8 per cent, in
j elearicity sales; a record 27.1
per cent, increase in the sales
I of appliances, and the connect-
j ing-up of another 9183 new
• consumers. The latter figure
means that 96 per cent, of all
potential consumers in the
h ; Board’s area now have a supply
tJ of elearicity.
■ “ The Board’s aim is to pro-
m vide our Area with an electricity
i' supply that is as economical
I qnd efficient as possible,” said
J Air Fraser.
| “ We extended supplies to
a another four islands—to Yell :n
f Shetland and Barra, Vatersay
i and Grimsay in the Western
Isles. Work is in progress on
j supply lines on North Uist.
1 Diesel generating capacity has
1 been inaeased to meet growth
i of demand on the islands. Rein-
| forcement of supply lines all
ft over the Area conunued.
Iv “Ninety-six per cent, of all
a potential consumers in the
I Board’s Area now have a supply
of electricity. Remember that
this has been achieved in an
area where the average con¬
sumer density is 21 per square
mile compared with 301 per
square mile in England and
Wales.
Charges Below Average
“ In regard to elearicity
tariffs, unfortunately the Board
had to increase their charges as
had every other Board in the
country. I am still happy to
see, however, that the Board’s
charges are well below the
average for Great Britain. You
would hardly credit it but a
consumer in Shetland can buy
elearicity more cheaply than in
the heart of London
“Another 9,183 consumers were
conneaed to the supply system,
the highest number since 1959,
bringing the total to 444,463.
We now have 96.2 per cent, of
farms and 87.5 per cent, of the
aofts conneaed to the mains.
“ You will be interested in
one particular prospeaive con¬
sumer—an aluminium smelter
at Invergorden. The Board
would welcome this new indus¬
try, and have made great efforts
to bring it, and the large num¬
ber of jobs it would provide, to
the North. There would be no
difficulty in providing the power
required from the Board’s Grid
system now under construaion
and which will pass close to
Invergorden. A great deal of
time and effort have been
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this project and we are hopeful
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Mr Fraser said that the
Board reaches its “ 25th mile¬
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oldest of the nationalised elec¬
tricity authorities.
“As you know, we are con¬
tinuing our campaign to attraa
new industry to the north.”
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